Woodstock/Atlanta Georgia

[patchfire]

Originally Posted by Jodi-FL

i liked cherokee county's homeschool regulations which, at the time, were less than cobb's.

Just to clarify, especially in case someone reads this at a later date, homeschool regulations are statewide, not countywide. A particular county may ask for other things, but you are not obligated by law to comply (and I would suggest that you don't). The actual law is the same throughout GA.


And Ally's right, the traffic can be a bear. I think after so long (moved here for college), I'm sort of inured to it.

[Rebecca]

So the traffic is bad in Woodstock and not just in Atlanta?

What kind of delay are you talking?
We visited on a Sunday.

Thank you all so much for all these thoughts.
I am processing everything.

I am from Pennsylvania(an hour or little more from Philadelphia) and have now lived in NC for three years.

Ally- I appreciate the good and the bad. Thank you for sharing!!

Rebecca

[patchfire]

Any of the suburban shopping areas are going to get congested on the weekends. That's pretty much a given. Driving from Woodstock to a job anywhere south of it would involve a lot of traffic, unless the job is at off-times (in which case, being in at 6:30 and leaving at 3:30 could make a big difference). We're contemplating a move within Cobb County that would put us roughly 10 miles more north of the city, and Dh estimates his commute will increase at least 25-30 minutes, depending on what time he leaves work.

That said, if you wait to leave your house at 9:30 or 10 in the morning to go downtown, and you leave downtown by 3 or so, you're not going to notice too much of a traffic issue, yk? And the surface streets can be bad on the weekends, but unless they're working on the roads, going downtown is easy-peasy. I think it's more a matter of learning to work with the traffic flow whenever you can.