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Great for students....not so much for anyone else - 4/10/2008 |
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| We've lived in Athens for about two years now, and while the city has its charms (some good restaurants, a couple of nice old neighborhoods), I'm really tired of it. Everything is aimed towards college students - 90% of the food outlets serve pizza, wings, subs, or some combination of the three. It's not outrageously expensive, but the fact that about %70 of the students at UGA are rich kids from the suburbs of Atlanta who got the Hope Scholarlship and whose parents bought them an SUV for graduation means that the housing is often a lot pricier than you would expect in a college town. There are lots of gated student communities, which is bizarre. The worst thing about Athens is that there are two big employers here - the Athens Regional Hospital and UGA. UGA employs about half the city, if not more, but criminally underpays its workers. This means that Athens is poor. Like really poor - I read somewhere that it is one of the poorest counties in America. The place is just crammed full of projects. And this is a county in Georgia, which doesn't exactly lack poor counties. I wouldn't recommend Athens unless you're a student or really, really into indie rock and jam bands, because there's precious little else here.
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| Quality of life - 10/29/2007
Good quality of life with plentiful access to music, a vibrant downtown, and exciting college[read more...]
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| We Really Liked Athens - 9/22/2007
Recently our family went down to visit Athens, Asheville, Charleston, and Savannah. It was a bit of a whirlwind, but we came away most impressed with Athens as a great balance regarding places to[read more...]
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| Athens-a great place to live - 9/1/2007
Athens-a great palce to live. Being a college "town" (home of UGA),makes for a diverse mixture of people,cultures, and personalities. UGA offers educational and cultural events for the entire area[read more...]
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| The Epitomy of a College Town - 7/7/2007
I have visited many college towns, esp in the SE, including Auburn,AL; Knoxville, TN; Columbia, SC; Tuscaloosa, AL; Gainesville, FL; Baton Rouge, LA; Oxford, MS; Laramie,WY; and Columbus, OH. Along[read more...]
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| I was impressed with Athens... - 5/31/2007
No city is perfect, and I don't see perfection in Athens, but I am looking to move out of Florida, the Tampa area, (anyone wanna trade?...a townhouse in Brandon for about $150K+-)and I checked out[read more...]
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| To Laurel- - 5/17/2007
My husband & I both lean left and we love Athens. I think you would be right at home. The city center is very culturally diverse. It is like a mini big city. At the city festivals you will see[read more...]
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| reply to zak- - 5/17/2007
We moved from Texas to Athens area 6 years ago and have loved it. My husband teaches at UGA but we have two small children 3 & 10mos and have found it to be a wonderful place for families. Beautiful[read more...]
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| young family in athens, ga - 5/7/2007
my husband and i are seriously considering moving to athens, ga. however most of the literature i have read describes athens as either a college town with lots of wild singles 18-25 OR a great place[read more...]
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| Re: "Look elsewhere" - 4/27/2007
I was just looking around cityviews at where nice places might be to visit when I saw Joe's posting. Joe, I agree that to lump "white" versus "nonwhite" culture into gross categories and say a place[read more...]
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| I am wondering... - 2/28/2007
How a flaming liberal would do here? I read the comments about the person from New York and I wonder...I am extremely liberal and love all people of all kinds, all colors, all sexual preferences,[read more...]
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| Living in Athens, GA - 1/7/2007
Excellent University of Georgia, lots of classes, low cost of[read more...]
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| Look Elsewhere - 1/4/2007
I lived in Athens for 11 years and now live nearby in Atlanta. I have fond memories and would happy to move back, but for the New Yorker asking about diversity, I say look elsewhere. There's a lot in[read more...]
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| I'm curious to know about diversity and interracti - 11/7/2006
I am a native New Yorker - I've lived in NY all of my life (32 yo) And I am tired of the snow and ice. I am ready for sun and warth for most if not all of the year. I am also wondering how diversity[read more...]
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| Jewel of the South - 5/9/2006
Athens is home to the University of Georgia and brings in all the accompanying cultural diversity that you would usually find only in a large city. Athens remains a smaller town in NE Georgia. It[read more...]
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