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Posted: Apr 28, 2013

My husband and I have been living in Arizona for the last 7 years and think it's time for a change. We were thinking about Georgia-drove through it once on way to Florida many years ago and remember it as a pretty state. I wonder if anyone is from the Walton county area. We are looking for a smaller town and there seems to be some in Walton county. I would just like some information about how it is to live in that area (crime, access to shopping and medical care, etc.) We're older now and don't especially care about night life spots. He is retired and I'm an IC working remotely so jobs are not an issue either. Any information would be appreciated.

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Something helpful - anon

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I don't live in Georgia, so I can't help you there, but this website/forum will probably have the information you're looking for...

http://www.city-data.com/forum/

I don't know about Walton County - sm

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But, if you go a little northwest, there is Calhoun, GA and it is absolutely WONDERFUL there! It is a very clean little mountain town, very low, almost nonexistent crime. I have family who live there and the air just feels so good to breathe in. As far as shopping, they have cute little shops, but for your larger shopping, you can travel down to Atlanta, OR you are right on the Tennessee line and can hop over to Chattanooga, TN in no time. I actually would love to live up there, but I'm in south Georgia and my children are still in school here and I don't want to move them. Calhoun is so CLEAN also, probably one of the cleanest cities I have seen.

Georgia - DD

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Thank you both for your information. I have been on city-data and they do have a lot of information, just not much about the Walton county area. I have heard of Calhoun, sounds nice. What part of south Georgia are you in? Do you not like it there?

I live below Macon, GA - GAMT

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South GA is not as nice as north GA. Not as clean, more crime, etc. I like it here, I guess because I was raised here, but if I was retirement age and wanted to enjoy life, I would head up to Calhoun.

I agree with No GA - southerner

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I lived in several areas in Georgia and loved it there.

I first lived in Bremen, a little town in west Georgia. Low COL, low crime, everyone knows each other.

When I lived just outside of Atlanta on the northwest edge, I hated it. Lots of crime, gangs, noise.

I then moved out to Gainesville and loved it there the best. This is just a little south of the mountainous area, but next to a huge lake. Same as in west GA, but with a big lake.

I would drive north into the mountain area to hike and I loved, loved that area. It is a little cooler in the summers, not much, but the breezes help. If I didn't have a kid in school, I would go back to Georgia in a heartbeat.

I honeymooned in Gainesville, GA :-) - beautiful

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Whitewater rafting trip. SOOO much fun!

This was about a hundred years ago. lol

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