My Experience Living in Dahlonega, GA | Moving to North Georgia

You're in luck! A Publix is going in by the Home Depot!

We even have gewish finacial thieves living at the end of Myrtle drive off of old hwy 60. Hes hiding at the end of myrtle dive on 26 acres behind crackhead trailer dwellers the.... j e w... is hidden in the end of Myrtle drive..

The attitude of the locals there is very similar to that in many rural counties, like my own, Madison County, north of Athens; no outsiders, no development, no city-slickers from Atlanta, no public office for anyone whose family hasn't lived there for many generations so don't bother to run for local office. That was 15 years ago when I first moved to Madison County from Atlanta. Things are finally changing now, fresh faces, demand for better internet, an Ingles grocery store, and a newly minted comprehensive land use plan with business/industrial development areas designated; water/sewer is the only obstacle in the way of development. It's difficult to balance the pastoral with convenience and please everyone.

I heard that they have a Publix now.

Publix is going to open up near Home Depot.

Starlink for internet

You forgot to mention it snows there, neighbors may have livestock (chickens and/or goats), and some neighbors like to shoot on their property.

I lived in Dahlonega from 90-92 on Duffy Grizzle Rd. Loved my time in the mountains and walking the AT. Popular hangout was the Valley Sportsman....now closed. I bought all my archery equipment from them. Troy was one of the sons. Can't remember the owners names but they were all great people. Make sure you wave when passing others! I used the commissary CFDM for grocery shopping.

Hi Tim, I appreciate the information you shared. Could you tell us a little bit about how the weather is like during the summer and winter, if there is flood risks in the area or natural disaster prone? We're a family from Anchorage, AK who will most likely be making a move down to Georgia by the end of this summer (2023). We're currently in the hunt for mountain towns to live at in the northeast area close to all the mountains. We're big on nature who don't like the big city feel so as "natural and small as possible" the better for us. I'm also looking at schools for my daughter in the Marietta/Alpharetta and want our home to be at a reasonably close proximity. I'm really liking what I've runned into about Dahlonega so far, I'm wondering if you know of any other mountain towns with a small town feel (though not too small). Thanks again, Tim!

Looking to move up towards suches/blairsville I’ll have my wife contact you

I listened to this to learn a little more about the place where my brother Stan lived for about 15 years. He died on March 17th.

Did Fresh n Frugal close down?? Not that it was much of a grocery high! 😕 😂

I like going to Tomato House for groceries

I'm going to look in May from Maine to see if it's the right place for me. I've been wanting to move there since I discovered it

I can sympathize with the people complaining about the university expanding- KSU is doing the same thing in Kennesaw.

I live in Dahlonega, the grocery store thing is true, very inconvenient . the internet service is windstream and it is AWFUL. the college and Roberta Green have taken over the town. However...I LOVE DAHLONEGA and wouldnt want to live anywhere else. nicest people in the country live here.

No grocery, little to no food delivery, not uber/ride share, no modern car wash, poor city traffic planning, AAA is non-existent, tourist traffic get annoying, and dont forget the fall influx of cider swilling, apple picking, leaf lookers. In spite of all that, i wish i had moved here years ago.

Are there any mobile home communities around there?

My family is looking forward to visiting Dahlonega and maybe moving there.

bad internet is a deal breaker for me. My local Walmart has great organic produce and much better prices than kroger (old, not that clean , tends to have past dated food) or especially Publix.

Think a Grocery store just opened up in Cleveland.

wait until it snows! Say hi to my family! Oh an lets see how you feel after a summer or two. enjoy!