Move to DC or stay in Atlanta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've lived in Atlanta and now live in NoVa. I wouldn't go back to ATL even if you tripled my salary. I like everything better here: weather, schools, nature, proximity to skiing + beaches, proximity to Philly, Balto, NYC, nowhere near the amount of rednecks and racist douchebags.

All these previous posters seem to care about is big houses. Is that what brings you happiness? If so, stay in ATL. The big houses are literally all that place has going it. Charlotte is even worse.

Ditto this. Though I live in DC now but grew up in Atlanta.

Plus...you want to live in DC...secret is before you have kids buy in a "transitional" area. Or buy something small. Then leverage it up later if you need to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would move here for increased job mobility not necessarily tied to your current position. There are many jobs in this area. You are young and it won't be the end of the world to rent an apartment for a few years while you put down roots. In a few years your income will go up and you can buy a house and start a family. It's OK to be of limited means for a few years in your twenties.

Best advice of the thread.

[Anonymous]

pit2atl wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is what you get for 450k in a nice suburb of Atlanta (Johns Creek), will all 9 rated schools:

https://www.redfin.com/GA/Duluth/2005-Brookstead-C...se-30097/home/24640667#schools

This is what you get for a nice suburb in NOVA for 450k:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Springfield/6410-Blarney-Stone-Ct-22152/home/9768494

You decide.

Yes but if you work midtown/downtown it 1 to 1 hr 15 min each way. Not a lot of transportation options (though some) .

Exactly! I definitely wouldn't live in Johns Creek not my type of neighborhood. That springfield house may be a bit extreme I'd probably do Woodbridge, Va

Well, I have news for you. If Johns Creek is not "your type" of a neighborhood, then Woodbridge, VA is a non starter, it's a hell hole. Johns Creek is 1000x nicer. Welcome to NOVA!

[Anonymous]

^PP here. The commute from Woodbridge to Tysons, VA is at least 1hr 15min and to MD is minimum of 2 hrs each way.

[Anonymous]

I would not move to DC at all. Quality of life here is exceptionally poor and getting worse due to unmanageable traffic. Very often, metro is broken or delayed. Streets and highways are often blocked for hours on weekends.

I have been here 30 years and have had it. Will leave asap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
All these previous posters seem to care about is big houses. Is that what brings you happiness? If so, stay in ATL. The big houses are literally all that place has going it. Charlotte is even worse.

My brother bought a highrise condo in Midtown and he loves it. He has all the conveniences of downtown living without paying the crazy high downtown prices that DC or NoVA would command.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All these previous posters seem to care about is big houses. Is that what brings you happiness? If so, stay in ATL. The big houses are literally all that place has going it. Charlotte is even worse.

My brother bought a highrise condo in Midtown and he loves it. He has all the conveniences of downtown living without paying the crazy high downtown prices that DC or NoVA would command.

Who wants to live in midtown Atlanta? It has an interstate in place of a river.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All these previous posters seem to care about is big houses. Is that what brings you happiness? If so, stay in ATL. The big houses are literally all that place has going it. Charlotte is even worse.

My brother bought a highrise condo in Midtown and he loves it. He has all the conveniences of downtown living without paying the crazy high downtown prices that DC or NoVA would command.

Who wants to live in midtown Atlanta? It has an interstate in place of a river.

The same could be said about DC. Who wants to live in a city built on top of swampland? Living choices are subjective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All these previous posters seem to care about is big houses. Is that what brings you happiness? If so, stay in ATL. The big houses are literally all that place has going it. Charlotte is even worse.

My brother bought a highrise condo in Midtown and he loves it. He has all the conveniences of downtown living without paying the crazy high downtown prices that DC or NoVA would command.

Who wants to live in midtown Atlanta? It has an interstate in place of a river.

I mean...
https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/9/13/20863162/midtown-atlanta-development-construction-photos
"Over the past five years, in just the 1.2-square-mile subsection of Atlanta that is the Midtown Improvement District, some 40 high-rises, block-altering residential communities, and significant building alterations have materialized. A dozen more have been proposed.

And right now, as another red-hot summer for Atlanta development transitions to fall, 14 more significant projects are under construction.

It’s this latter group we’ll be focusing on for the latest installment of Visual Journeys, which tours around Midtown to see where major construction sites stand in Atlanta’s most drastically changing neighborhood."

Clearly a lot of people. If you're not one of them, that's fine. But Atlanta is booming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would move here for increased job mobility not necessarily tied to your current position. There are many jobs in this area. You are young and it won't be the end of the world to rent an apartment for a few years while you put down roots. In a few years your income will go up and you can buy a house and start a family. It's OK to be of limited means for a few years in your twenties.

Best advice of the thread.

+1. People in DC and other expensive areas buy houses later because it’s so expensive here. But we make more and have more upward mobility. Don’t base your decision on buying a house right away. DC offers more museums, culture, walkability, public transit, easy travel to other cities and abroad, etc than Atlanta. Of course Atlanta has many good things too. Which lifestyle do you prefer? Base your decision on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would move here for increased job mobility not necessarily tied to your current position. There are many jobs in this area. You are young and it won't be the end of the world to rent an apartment for a few years while you put down roots. In a few years your income will go up and you can buy a house and start a family. It's OK to be of limited means for a few years in your twenties.

Best advice of the thread.

+1. People in DC and other expensive areas buy houses later because it’s so expensive here. But we make more and have more upward mobility. Don’t base your decision on buying a house right away. DC offers more museums, culture, walkability, public transit, easy travel to other cities and abroad, etc than Atlanta. Of course Atlanta has many good things too. Which lifestyle do you prefer? Base your decision on that.

ATL has way more flights than IAD or DCA and it's not even close

[Anonymous]

I’m from Atlanta, moved to DC, moved back to Atlanta. Stay put if you don’t want to be poor.

[Anonymous]

Don't do it, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way. $250k minimum to move to DC. Do you have kids?

Nonsense.

People exaggerate. DW and I each make ~90k and we are doing fine.

Where do you live, where do you work, and how nice is your house? I need to know these before I can assess that you are “doing fine.”

[Anonymous]

Capital One is a fine place to work.

Negotiate. $90 is low for them.