Beautiful Vacation or Retirement area - 8/10/2020
Ive lived in the Atlanta metro area for 30 years, and Ive always loved the mountain recreational life in north Georgia. Ive spent a lot of time on the eastern side, and it never measured up to Blue Ridge. Everyone is open and friendly. I've yet to meet anyone who isn't (knock on wood). So, as we are approaching retirement age, we bit the bullet and bought several acres in Fannin County. If you want to live in Mayberry, this is the place. It is conservative, and folks here have old fashioned values and ideas, just like my my small-town parents and grandparents had. That is how I was raised, and it feels like home. People lift a finger on the steering wheel when you drive by, just like in a small town. There isnt the crowding, mentality and crime that comes with cities where people are crammed like rats in a cage. It's yes ma'am, no sir, thank you kindly, and please. Crime is low and contentment is high. If you are bored, you don't automatically go shopping...you go hiking, or canoeing, or fishing in a trophy trout stream. You stop and chat with the neighbors at the corner store. There are plenty of churches and old-time values. The air is cleaner, the folks are respectful, the mountains are covered with trees, and the creeks and rivers run clear. You expect to see Aunt Bea, Andy, Opie or Barney at any moment. Everyone knows everyone and their momma an-em. It is unspoiled and that is the beauty of it. It is a far cry from Atlanta. And THAT is why we moved here.

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Asheville, NC