BrianNC
En-Route
Me. Born in downtown Atlanta in Crawford Long (now an Emory hospital). True Atlantan.
Tell me about GA in GA
- Thread starter WannFly
- Start date
Me. Born in downtown Atlanta in Crawford Long (now an Emory hospital). True Atlantan.
I used to joke that most of the people from Atlanta that I knew were our kids, some of their friends and kids of our friends. Oh, and a 3 or 4 adults. 
Now I know several people that were born and raised in the Atlanta metro area. It's still not a lot. Everyone here is from somewhere else.
For those of you who think our traffic is beyond imagination here's a little something for you. Our three girls drove the Connector (that's I-75 & I-85 as it's joined together in downtown, 7 lanes in each direction, for those not familiar with it) every day on their way to high school, and then either back again after or I-285, whichever was better traffic-wise. They can drive anywhere. And they laugh at anyone talking about traffic being heavy or bad anywhere else.
I start my day early, and try to find a break in my schedule so I can head home early. Then I finish my work day from home. That makes traffic much better. I'm a morning person, so getting up early is no big deal to me.
Now I know several people that were born and raised in the Atlanta metro area. It's still not a lot. Everyone here is from somewhere else.
For those of you who think our traffic is beyond imagination here's a little something for you. Our three girls drove the Connector (that's I-75 & I-85 as it's joined together in downtown, 7 lanes in each direction, for those not familiar with it) every day on their way to high school, and then either back again after or I-285, whichever was better traffic-wise. They can drive anywhere. And they laugh at anyone talking about traffic being heavy or bad anywhere else.
I start my day early, and try to find a break in my schedule so I can head home early. Then I finish my work day from home. That makes traffic much better. I'm a morning person, so getting up early is no big deal to me.
Flocker
Line Up and Wait
- Joined
- May 24, 2013
- Messages
- 711
- Location
- Peachtree City GA (KFFC)
- Display Name
Display name:
Flocker
That makes 3 of us.
CJones
Final Approach
I used to joke that most of the people from Atlanta that I knew were our kids, some of their friends and kids of our friends. Oh, and a 3 or 4 adults.
Now I know several people that were born and raised in the Atlanta metro area. It's still not a lot. Everyone here is from somewhere else.
For those of you who think our traffic is beyond imagination here's a little something for you. Our three girls drove the Connector (that's I-75 & I-85 as it's joined together in downtown, 7 lanes in each direction, for those not familiar with it) every day on their way to high school, and then either back again after or I-285, whichever was better traffic-wise. They can drive anywhere. And they laugh at anyone talking about traffic being heavy or bad anywhere else.
I start my day early, and try to find a break in my schedule so I can head home early. Then I finish my work day from home. That makes traffic much better. I'm a morning person, so getting up early is no big deal to me.
My wife and I always chuckle when we're back visiting her family in Des Moines and the morning radio station gives their traffic report talking about how "235 is backed up.. Expect at least a 10 minute delay this morning".
We live OTP on the south side but I used to work in Vinings. There was a digital sign that said (every morning) "Paces Ferry Exit (the exit I was taking): 5 miles ahead. 35-55 minutes". It was 42 miles one-way but was 1.5 hrs on a 'good day' with the bulk of the time being in that last 5-10 miles. I worked with people that lived just north of Vinings that had a 45+ minute commute and only lived 5-15 minles away. Ridiculous.
Now my commute is a whopping 15 feet.
Edit: To make this applicable to the OP -- sounds like you are working somewhere on the north side, otherwise I would say that the south side is a bit more GA friendly with a handful of non-towered fields in the area, although one of the local airports is trying to price itself up there with the north-siders.
Last edited:
Flocker
Line Up and Wait
- Joined
- May 24, 2013
- Messages
- 711
- Location
- Peachtree City GA (KFFC)
- Display Name
Display name:
Flocker
The keys to navigating Atlanta traffic are timing and Waze.
CJones
Final Approach
My Waze app told me one morning "Man... Sucks to be you!"
Not really.. but I definitely felt like it wanted to some days.
JOhnH
Touchdown! Greaser!
And the way to staunch a severed artery is to put a band aid on it.
But yeah, Waze is really good for avoiding a lot of Atlanta traffic. I had a drive planned that should have taken 45 minutes, but a couple of accidents had the estimated time up to 3 hours. Waze got me there in about an hour by taking a zillion back roads.
A little intel from my 1st six months in Atlanta. I live 10 mins from pdk and tie down is roughly $200 per month if you want to be closer to cheap fuel. (95 if you dont care about fuel) there are about a dozen open hangars at LZU for $330 per month. Im transitioning there next month. Even though pdk is 15 mins closer I'm opting for better shelter for the Comanche.
BrianNC
En-Route
KHMP (Hampton by Atlanta Motor Speedway), KFFC (Peachtree City), KCCO (Newnan) 6A2 (Griffin).
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2017
- Messages
- 2,537
- Display Name
Display name:
Hang 4
At $330/month for a hangar, I'd be all over LZU from Alpharetta. I tried to find out about availability, they weren't very good at getting back to me. Must be why they have so many open hangars.
Grum.Man
En-Route
Do not promote more of them northern folk to move down this way!!Everything YOU need to know:
'Nuff said...
- It doesn't snow nearly as much in GA.
- They grow peanuts.
- You don't have to plug in your car in the winter (unless it's a Tesla
- It never gets to -60 with the wind chill.
- You never have to plow the ramp to get the plane out of hangar.
- Did I mention it doesn't snow nearly as much in GA?
1. It’s hot
2. You will need a plane with AC
3. Or just train a mosquito to fly you cause they are that big
4. A gator will in fact get you
5. It’s not a dry heat.
WannFly
Final Approach
That’s fantastic considering I am paying more than that here at the moment and it’s an adventure taking the plane out and put her back in over 2 inch of rock solids ice
WannFly
Final Approach
Which airport?
KSBX T hanger sliding doors . The older Bi-Fold door hanger are $175 but full , the newer ones are $265 per month also full and a waiting list. Some of my hanger neighbors have not had their aircraft out of the hanger for years.
