Northern Georgia: Homesteading in Georgia
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Your videos are always so informative and informative! Thank you for this! 😛💕
I’m in North Georgia. Absolutely love it, but our county has strict housing codes. 😬
I lived in the metro Atlanta area for about 35 years. The heat and humidity started wearing on me. Decided that I didn’t want to be there if the grid went down in the summer. I personally would include TX, AZ and some other southern states in that. FOR ME. The N GA mountains are pretty, but if Atlanta decided to bug out due to an emergency…
What part, I was in Douglasville and moved to Panama City and love it, it’s hot but way better than Metro Atlanta.
@Kchill1986 Gwinnett. Back out west. Have 4 seasons again, it’s not so hot, and even if it is, the humidity is low so it actually feels better.
@@labellavita2248 Definitely not metro
@Kchill1986 the book Strategic Relocation by Joel Skousen goes through each state and rates them by his criteria. Good food for thought.
North Floyd Co. Armuchee checking in. Low costs, have everything we need here and Lots of farms. Heat, weeds, clay soil and insects are a challenge in the garden though.
At least you have some moisture retention and nutrient retention. Down here in SW Florida we have all of that stuff but almost pure sand instead of clay, so no moisture retention or nutrients lol. Heck, if you buy a newer property here it’s raised up on fill dirt so technically speaking you don’t even have your actual normal layers of soil lol, God knows what it even is
I’m in Whitfield county Dalton area .
According to the internet. West Virginia is the cheapest place to buy real-estate in the ussa?
I’ve been living in the North Georgia Mountains for 14 years. Raised our kids in a small town-best decision ever, although it has built up A LOT. But people with money come up & buy way more than they can handle or know what to do with & many bought at the height of the market. It has gotten more crowded and that is so annoying but I still feel extremely fortunate to be here and absolutely love it. This is beautiful country.
Is it true that many out of state people are buying land and moving there? I live in Central GA.
@@AllforOne_OneforAll1689 Yes people from all over but especially Floridians. In all honesty we moved here from Florida in 2010 but it was way more of a one horse town then. I was born and raised in Queens, NY but I truly loved and appreciated this small town. We came here because we liked it rural but a lot of people move here now and want it to change and grow. I don’t like that at all-they want suburban sprawl and I want it the way it was.
@@AllforOne_OneforAll1689 Central GA is a great place for farmsteading/homesteading… Macon and its surrounding areas like Pine Mountain, Bolingbroke, Hawkinsville etc are great areas for good land… the gnats aren’t great and the humidity is significantly higher and the temps as well… Up here in the Appalachians we stay at about 80 as the high during the summer… This summer was a bit of an anomaly, we actually saw a single day of “feels like” 100-degree weather with humidity and it hasn’t rained much near the GA-TN border.
YES, tons of folks are moving here from NY and NJ and for those who are moving from FL, they’re really coming from NY and NJ by way of FL after they get the culture and heat shock, realizing its not the paradise they thought it was. Its frustrating because so many of those folks bring terrible attitudes and political leanings that are rapidly changing the area for the worse, if I may be blunt about it. Even in just the past 4 years it has changed SIGNIFICANTLY… That’s something to consider… Also… Good ol’ Berkshire Hathaway and other private equity firms are buying up TONS of good land up here and trying to turn them into permanent rental properties and prices have SKYROCKETED…. my home and acreage has more than tripled its value in just the last 4 years. In 2020 a TON of homes were being bought off the market, sight unseen, by private equity firms in FL (Miami etc etc) looking to buy, flip and sell at a significant profit, it has made it very difficult for someone, even a middle class family with two very good, steady incomes, to move into the area… This area has almost always been a “second home market” meaning its mostly cabins, luxury cabins, lake houses on Lake Blue Ridge and Lake Nottelly and AirBnB rentals in the mountains, but that’s been changing since COVID in 2020… Its actually getting crowded here.. Also many folks have left the metro Atlanta area to get away from that sprawling insanity but they come here with the same mentality they had there and they’re trying to turn these areas in Union, Gilmer and Fannin counties into Atlanta… A lot of the “council people” are Real Estate agents and so you can imagine where their priorities lay… they want tourism tourism tourism at all cost which serves their interests. Places like Blue Ridge GA have become bad enough that you cannot find a place to park downtown… Now, that being said… there are other counties in NE GA but they’re all going the same direction. I’d move here if you’re thinking about it but come up and visit… see these places and towns… ask folks… I can give you the name of a good agent who is a genuinely decent fellow and who will guide you well…
The problem with NW GA is Chattanooga TN. Add the red circle for Chattanooga and most of NW GA is out of bounds by your quick overview.
Ya. I hate driving thru it. As bad as Atlanta sometimes.
thanks for calling out my town. I knew I was in the right place.
Nooooo, North GA was the best kept secret. Greetings from the foothills of Appalachian mountains. I have lived here since 2006.
Did what you did and found west central TN just west of nashville about 40 to 60 miles out on I 40 to be rural and quiet. Tons of cheap land and low restrictions. Our property is fully unrestricted. We tiny homed , popped up solar and started gardening. Population in my area 600 ish and there is a walmart, aces, tractor supply , feed grain shops in both directs with in a 1/2 hour. Its the boonies out here and a 5 minute ride to the river.
It’s pronounced apa la chen mountain range wich goes all the way to metro Atlanta
You missed our area north of the red atl circle. 11 acres with spring fed creeks along flat pasture bottoms. Black organic dirt 3 ft thick from 100 years of livestock grazing. 8500 sq ft gutter connect greenhouses and vegetable farming. Ssshhh….
Will you be doing Kentucky soon?
Early morning, break by 10am, start back at dusk.
Siesta game plan like Spain 🇪🇸
We love going to Northeast Georgia on little trips as a change of scenery and climate from SW Florida. I looked at prices, and it’s pretty darn expensive now, even for just vacant land. I didn’t see any really good deals on Zillow when I have searched a few times.
How about doing North Carolina?
I, for one, don’t like the aggressiveness of the pine logging trucks in the “country”. Drive at your own risk
If you want to live in NW GA youre going to deal with tornadoes…. it is in the eastern most portion of “Dixie Alley”… Also you’re going to deal with a lot of different blights and diseases that you’ve never seen before and if you’re not from GA you’re going to be pulling your hair out trying to deal with the humidity, even in the upper reaches of N Georgia. To be honest, right now… the best places to find REALLY good land that has temperate climate and nearly a true four seasons is in NE Tennessee near Eidson, Rogersville, Kingsport, Sneedville, and also in SW Virginia and the eastern SE parts of West Virginia. GA is growing RAPIDLY into this sort of subdivision wasteland, even in the mountains, and its happening FAST because people want to get away from ATL or folks from outside GA want to do the same thing everyone else here is doing, homestead… This has been driving prices up SIGNIFICANTLY, especially in the areas of Trenton, LaFayette, but even moreso in the Ellijay, Ball Ground, Talking Rock, Cherry Log, Blue Ridge, and McCaysville, GA area… You’re going to need to bring $600-2M+ to get a homestead in that area. and thats where A LOT of beautiful mountain, farmable, rural land is… Your best bet is actually in east Georgia… like Washington, GA, Metter, Millen, Statesboro (even though its a college town theres GREAT agriculture and community there) also places around Macon, GA… especially if you think youd like to grow olives (yes, olives), pecans, etc or cotton as a staple crop to sell and then also keep your homestead… I hope this helps…
P.S. there are tons of multi-acre plots going for good prices in SW Virginia and NE Tennessee… For instance… there was a nice property in Eidson that my wife and I were eyeing… 555 Little Pumpkin Valley Rd and it went for under 500K just days ago and it is 132 acres in a BEAUTIFUL area and good town nearby… Kingport being within 45 minutes and has all you’d need… As i mentioned above… THAT’S where I’d go… N GA is VERY cost prohibitive right now…
GA is full and all our rural areas have become crowded and gone down hill since so many transplants here especially during cvid. My husband and my families are from NC and GA since before even states. Its become expensive in many places and have housing issue and also jobs. Our farm is in beautiful country area but now have all these subdivisions built all around us here. We had best schools in state till last few years now mostly same , and most of GA very conservative no matter what media says. Our family in TN and FL are saying same as us here. We really wish people would quit moving here. Fortunately we are seeing many who came last few years leaving. People think because rural can have chickens and gardens yet buy in hoa and subdivisions or have restricted land. We have lot of acres and all our neighbors do too and hidden. We have property gated and walls 13 ft plus tall. Im retired military and my husband veteran and our 5 sons are either serving overseas or in college out of state and youngest almost 17 and homeschool him. It has taken us almost 10 yrs on this farm to get to this point and have tons to do. We have multiple water sources on county water with well and river and really deep inground pool. People think if they move out to these areas that they are just accepted and takes decades to know people or be involved and trusted. But crime is up and homelessness and prices. My brother has a mortgage company in Atlanta and serves most states. We are trying to buy up anything around us for our family and future since most are priced out of areas from like we were. Our taxes here are super high but Im exempted from all my taxes on property and vehicles and income etc. But insurance on property has definitely gone up a lot and car insurance. We like that we have no stores or restaurants around for 20 to 30 miles other than couple gas stations and DG ,but new commers keep wanting to change it and doesn’t go well for them. So if you move somewhere dont go to change it or dont move . We live out here because we can do whatever we want in privacy and mind own business. Im in emergency management and with dhs and have been federal ag. I also instruct on post. And we do have lots of trafficking all over state and have buses of illegals dropped all over and rural areas. We have had people also purposely go after out of state people and tags like hwy and road way shootings . My husband’s business services all over our and surrounding states and airport and braves stadium and such so he sees a lot and the changes in all the areas. Traffic anywhere is bad even from out where we live to town and surrounding areas. Our sheriff’s are VERY old fashioned conservatives and have signs saying leave if you dont like it. He is literally like John Wayne and offices have it all over building and Mayberry stuff. My husband’s grandparents lived here and he spent half time here and in Atlanta where he was born and raised and his parents and so on back when dirt roads. The hospital in Atlanta is named after my family and all over NC as well. So we like other locals, take great pride in our history and heritage and culture, and so do our kids. Im 41 and husband 50 and majority in our area about same as us and have some older people who now are seeing more multi generational homes like when we were growing up . I know we will never be selling or renting out any of our properties and many here are feeling same.