need info on savannah, GA and surrounding area.

[Mike97gt]

Me and my girlfirend are thinking of moving down south after she is done with school, and one of the areas we are looking at is savannah,ga and surrounding area. basicly I am wondering whats it like down there, and where are the good places to live.

I HAVE to get out of massachusetts, you can't touch a house up here in a good area for under 500,000. my parents sold 2 years ago and got 430,000 for a nice house but it was directly across the street from a 24/7 ice cream factory. if it was not near that factory it would have gotten 600,000

 

[302 coupe]

stick to the surrounding area. You don't want to live in Savannah, its kinda like California, nice place to visit but you don't want to live there. $500K can get you a nice place just about anywhere in Ga. go to www.realtor.com, type in your search parameters, see what happens. There are some nice places in Sav, but you can get way more bang for the buck just outside of the city limits.

 

[outlawjay]

Unless you got some ties to Savannah I wouldn't go there, I don't like it. The best places to live in Southern Georgia are along I-75- Macon, Warner Robins, Valdosta, Tifton, and maybe Cordele. Those are my favorite Georgia towns, I've only been to Savannah twice, however. I've got two friends in Savannah and I think there ok with it, but plan on leaving. One works at the Mercedes dealership, the other is at Southern in pharmacy school.

 

[karman]

Savannah is nice

Me and my girlfirend are thinking of moving down south after she is done with school, and one of the areas we are looking at is savannah,ga and surrounding area. basicly I am wondering whats it like down there, and where are the good places to live.

I HAVE to get out of massachusetts, you can't touch a house up here in a good area for under 500,000. my parents sold 2 years ago and got 430,000 for a nice house but it was directly across the street from a 24/7 ice cream factory. if it was not near that factory it would have gotten 600,000

My uncle and aunt bought a house down there a number of years ago and has really enjoyed it. They live within the city limits and are a short drive to whatever they want (beach, downtown etc.). Remember though, they do have hurricaine evacuations from time to time which we don't get up here. If you really want to relocate you might want to look a little further inland and north (say Tennessee? ). Good luck whatever, I'm staying here.

 

[Mike97gt]

My uncle and aunt bought a house down there a number of years ago and has really enjoyed it. They live within the city limits and are a short drive to whatever they want (beach, downtown etc.). Remember though, they do have hurricaine evacuations from time to time which we don't get up here. If you really want to relocate you might want to look a little further inland and north (say Tennessee? ). Good luck whatever, I'm staying here.

yeah we are still thinking about where we will go when she is done. massachusetts is OUT other than that we are all over the place.

for some reason my girlfirend came up with 2 areas no where near each other she was interested in.

1. virginia beach area, va( not the city itself) she has a friend there

2. savannah,ga and surrounding area.

now she is willing to consider the carolinas, all i care about is how close the drag strips are, and if people will pay me to fix their cars and pay her to fix people.

if we do stay in the northeast we will buy in new hampshire.

 

[merc123]

Surrounding area, try the coastline like Sea Island. That is like a resort/ritzy style community. Very nice beaches. I was there during the G-8 summit they held about 2 years ago doing security work.

 

[hotrodnut]

I lived close to there in the 80's, I found it ok for a car guy, of course I lived in the middle of Roebling Road's 2.02 mile road course. There was a local Drag Strip, roundy-round Track and some good Auto-x's. The beach is kinda nasty there but 15 or so miles out from the city. I lived about 10 miles west and was far enough inland to not worry about the storms. One thing I didn't like was the heat of the summer being near or above 100* a lot and the smell of the Paper Mill back then.

The Ferrari club has a big to-do at Willington Island every year, the BMW club fills the city once a year and other Car Clubs comes in for a open-track days out at Roebling Road.

They have "River Street" there too which is/was a very neat place to go, party place and even a party boat on weekends. It was and I still think is a place that is pretty casual to be, you could go from place to place carrying your drinks plus uptown from it there was an open party in the streets every weekend in the Summer. Sanannah has one of the biggest St. Patricks day events held down on river street too that goes on for a few days every year. Bands and eats in the streets and one whale of a Party!

 

[merc123]

St. Simons island is where I was at the G-8. I'm going on vacation there when I get back. It's a nice community.

 

[rd]

We live in Beaufort SC, 50 miles north of Savannah, and more or less go to Savannah for serious shopping, the mall, etc. Generally, we like it. Has tons of suburbs, and is really close to more rural living if that's what you want. Currently it has my favorite salvage yard. Much nicer than Charleston.

Waterfront property is, however, somewhat expensive if that's what you are looking for.

Only big negative is that, unfortunately, Savannah Dragway just closed for good.

Downtown on the River has good entertainment and restaurants. Today is the mega celebration of St Patricks Day!

 

[hotrodnut]

Only big negative is that, unfortunately, Savannah Dragway just closed for good.

Oh no!!!! not another one! What happened?

 

[Mike97gt]

Oh no!!!! not another one! What happened?

ohhh thats a major drawback.

 

[302 coupe]

not really, the track in savannah sucked, it was pretty run down, and the track was half covered in ricers and sand, the other half was pot holes. There is a track in screven (approx 45 min away), there was talk of building one at Oglethorpe Speedway at one time but I don't know if it ever happened. And then theres the track in Jackson, SC, not too far of a drive.

 

[RMODEL65]

beaches on st siomons sea island and jekyll

Surrounding area, try the coastline like Sea Island. That is like a resort/ritzy style community. Very nice beaches. I was there during the G-8 summit they held about 2 years ago doing security work.

if u come to ga get ready for the humidity, mosquitos sandgnats! the beaches them selves are fairly nice but the water is dirty cant see teh bottom fo the ocean floor if u r more than about a foot of water! savannah is nice to visit they have an extremely high crime rate everytime i watch the news someone else is dead! the traffic is bumper to bumper there are alot of one way streets! contributing to the congestion! if i was to suggest a place to live i would suggest macintosh county its booming right now you can get in some land for a decent price and its only about 35 mins from sav! its more of a small town feel still but its just a short step into the big city of sav. as for the g8 it was the most disorganized mubop jumbo ever i got pulled over three times for my car being ugly lol i was stopped by federal officers the 1st time they pulled guns on my cousin and I.ill try to post a pic of the car if it will work. u can only get away with drivinga car like this in ga lol as for st simmons/sea island its a bunch of snobby people who dont mind there own buisness and a house on the island will come in around 500000 also the st simmons island is also sinking but they dont tell people that!!! i live down town brunswick in the historic district of brunswick in a three story victorian home its nice my grandfather bought in the 60's the city commision wants brunswick to be like sav but there arent enough homes and downtown is to small also!! if u are intreasted in a home in glynn county and have the money look into jekyll island its a state park very nice to live at and a short 15 min drive to brunswick

 

[merc123]

Yeah, the water is dirty. I had fun at G8, but I was one of the gunho riot controllers

 

[Mike97gt]

I was thinking more of the suburbs no matter where I move. I am not a city guy. I live in the boston area but not in boston if you look at a map of massachusetts you will see I am on the new hampshire border about 30 miles or so from boston.

So decent suburbs is what I am looking for. and close to a dragstrip that is not in danger of closing is a must. I am about 40 miles from new england dragway, but we have only one track in new england. If that track ever closed I would be forced to move and they are developing like crazy around NED.

 

[outlawjay]

Well....I live close to a dragstrip that just......OPENED! I live in Valdosta during the week and Tifton on the weekends. It is less than thirty minutes away from both towns.

 

[RMODEL65]

valdosta is nice

 

[cooter_11]

I just moved down here to Savannah from Pennsylvania about 6 months ago. It is a pretty nice town with a lot of southern culture. It takes some getting used to. If you are irish, they have one of the best St. Patty's day celebrations in the world.

Yeah, unfortunately they just closed the track. The guy who owned the land wanted to develop it, and he says he can get a few million dollars for the land that the strip is on.

I live down in the islands and there is virtually no crime here. Most of the crime itself is in the city. The beaches are nice, but the water is a little dirty because of the Savannah river and all the port traffic. I gotta say it's got it's ups and downs, but overall it's a pretty nice place to live. PM me if you want to hear more.

 

[Buddylu]

Beaufort and surrounding areas

This place is cool, but a little congested. Property - for $250k, you can get a NICE house. Deepwater lots are where the $ is. I love it, coupe of w/e's ago, we were in the Beaufort river beached on a sandbar drinking brew and waistdeep in saltwater. Ridgeland and other areas are a bit cheaper, but i love the "lowcountry" as it's called here. Summer is going to be fun here. Savannah is kinda dirty to me. Charleston is cool.

 

[RMODEL65]

This place is cool, but a little congested. Property - for $250k, you can get a NICE house. Deepwater lots are where the $ is. I love it, coupe of w/e's ago, we were in the Beaufort river beached on a sandbar drinking brew and waistdeep in saltwater. Ridgeland and other areas are a bit cheaper, but i love the "lowcountry" as it's called here. Summer is going to be fun here. Savannah is kinda dirty to me. Charleston is cool.

i dont know about sc but in ga the dnr man will lock u up for drinking at the river