![]() ![]() The listings (which I’ve been monitoring for months) are very telling. We did our research by googling “Atlanta hippie neighborhoods.” Thing is, the real estate trend in Atlanta seems to be straight out of the HGTV playbook: newer, shinier, cheaper is best…old stuff is yucky. We’d scouted out some neighborhoods when I went to visit the school. There are a lot of things that concern me. Look, moving to Atlanta wasn’t my choice, location-wise, but I was offered a spot in a great grad program at GaTech, and moving down there was part of the bargain.Ītlanta is so different from NYC. I’m moving south to Atlanta, which was probably the most frequently featured city on My First Place (or it was a couple years ago – seems like the market here has taken quite a hit). So, in another month I’ll no longer be living in New York City, capital of bitterly watching HGTV. (And note the big bottle of Aleve featured prominently.)īut just to bring this down to earth, I’ll share a final photo that will shake you loyal HGTV viewers to your very CORES: Why yes, that counter top IS fake granite laminate. I’ve also achieved a frequent House Hunter must-have: DUAL FREAKIN’ SINKS. I will say that I’ve achieved one of my personal housing goals: my own washer and dryer!Īs you can see, they’ve been around since the days of appliances that actually work for more than two years. (Although I have been to Lowe’s about a dozen times, so I guess all that advertising worked…bastards!) It’s a rental, so we won’t be renovating, or “upgrading” any “yucky old stuff.” Actually the place is in pretty good shape at this point.ĭisadvantage of high ceilings: rickety ladder needed for everything. Before you get any Atlanta McMansion-burbs ideas, I’ll tell you that we are living ITP (in-town, in the city, etc.), in a very old house (yep, the one from the previous post). However, I must say that I’m really digging our house. It’s a little like camping, except that you have to spend several hundred dollars a day on basic start-up necessities like detergent, brooms, IKEA furniture, curtain rods, and dish racks. Unfortunately, the truck with all our stuff won’t be joining the party until this Sunday, meaning we’ve been making do with an air mattress this whole time. Yes, that’s a fireplace behind the mountain of box remnants! Having now done a big inter-state move as a couple, I now seriously wonder how in the world House Hunters can bring themselves to move for reasons like “upgraded kitchen” or “crafting room.” Unreal.īut somehow we drove down to Georgia, car laden with as much 10-year-old Ford Focus can handle, and made it our new place. I haven’t physically un-tensed in several weeks. We just moved from NYC to Atlanta – or as everyone has corrected me, “Hotlanta.” Yep, it’s the south, it’s August. It’s just that I don’t have access to HGTV right now. Noticed that I haven’t been tweeting very much? Worry not, I’m still ready to mock the future home buyers of America. ![]()
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