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Edited on Tue Feb-01-05 02:01 PM by CottonBear
Not that it's perfect, mind you, but it is a liberal oasis in a red desert. Athens-Clarke County has a combined city-county government. Clarke County is the smallest county in Georgia. It can be hard to get a job at UGA. There are many "overqualified" people here, but it's not impossible. UGA employs thousands and thousands of people.
2-5 acres with a house can be found in Athens ,however, prices have been going up recently due to development pressures. We have, at least for now, a rural-residential zone buffering our borders with other counties. (I work in the land planning field and am very familiar with Athens-Clarke County and surrounding areas.)
I live on this east side. I can walk to schools, diverse shopping and retail, grocery stores, liquor stores, restaurants, churches and gas stations from my house. There are several established neighborhoods here from older subdivisions (Brookstone, Green Acres & Cedar Creek) to townhomes (Georgetown, Stratford and Ansonborough) to newer subdivisions. In addition, There are some very nice country spreads complete with room for a horse out in the Barnett Shoals Road, Whit Davis Road and Morton Road areas.
There are many distinct neighborhoods in Athens. The basic division is East Side - West Side. The two high schools are located so that one is east and one is west. There are west side areas which range from rural tracts, big lot subdivisions, older subdivisions closer to town and in-town historic neighborhoods and downtown houses and historic condos. Boulevard and Cobbham are historic areas. You will pay to buy here but there are very cool old homes.
I can answer any questions about traffic, crime, economics, race, schools and politics that you may have. My god daughters both attend Cedar Shoals HS (east side) and are getting a very good education.
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