More to the point:
Who is Georgia?
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:44 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: Georgia Bound!
:
:
: Georgia bound?
: Does that mean Phil's been teaching you about English sex?
:
: /me ducks lacquered muffin barrage...
:
: -Benny
:
: > So! Some weird news from across the pond ...
: >
: > I was waiting until we had final approval on the house we wanted before
: > I made an announcement, and since the money is being wired today to hold
: > our spot, I figure now is as good a time as any!
: >
: > Since Phil has joined me in my business and we've also started our own
: > company and we are both working from home, we can live wherever we
: > choose. He's gone and decided that he'd like to spend some time in the
: > states, so away we go! ALSO, we were going to buy a house here (UK), but
: > the housing costs have skyrocketed since I moved here in 2001, and it
: > makes no sense to buy here right now. Even though I'd like to stay.
: >
: > In Georgia, the Gainesville area, which is where were headed, 4 & 5
: > bedroom houses are going from $100,000 - $170,000 with a decent chunk of
: > land. The nice top of the line, custom jobbers are going for $250,000 -
: > $300,000.
: >
: > The house we almost bought here was almost $375,000 and NOWHERE near the
:
: > size of the ones we're looking at in Georgia. So it just makes no sense
: > to buy over here, when our money stretches farther in the US. We could
: > probably find quite a bargain in the hills of Wales or the outskirts of
: > the Scottish mountains, but then we'd get no internet access. :-/
: >
: > Why Georgia of all spots?
: >
: > Professionally, a bunch of our friends (you guys!!!) and business
: > contacts live in and around the Atlanta/Georgia area. It's also a Delta
: > hub and they have non-stop flights in and out of Gatwick, so that makes
: > it easy to fly back and forth. The Atlanta area also appears wired to
: > the hilt with broadband options, so we're all set there. It's on the
: > East coast which was a requirement and close and in the South, I refuse
: > to sit through another NorthEast winter. :D There area we are looking at
: > has a huge lake (Lake Lanier) and I've always wanted to live on or near
: > water.
: >
: > We were going to wait a year before coming over when we first made the
:
: > decision, but while we were sitting and waiting at the US Embassy to
: > replace my passport 2 weeks ago, we decided "why wait?" We had to fly to
: > Georgia in September for Adam's class anyway ... Why not just make it
: > permanent? So immediately upon arriving home from London, we searched
: > for a place to rent and a week later we had one. 3300 square feet later,
: > cheaper than we pay now at three times the size. Bing bang boom. Done.
: >
: > We're 80% packed, will finish the rest this weekend, all that's left is
: > to sell off the vehicles, finish the paperwork on the pets, buy the
: > plane tickets, supervise the movers picking up the stuff - and we're
: > off!
: >
: >
: > Cheers,
: > Erika
: > With a K
: > Soon to be - not in the UK!
: >
: >
:
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