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Old Apr 29th 2017, 9:42 am
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I wouldn't live in Atlanta for double that honestly.
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Old Apr 29th 2017, 1:37 pm
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I wouldn't live in Atlanta for double that honestly.
Agree. My OH is there this weekend. Atlanta, GA Fayetteville, NC and Gastonia, NC are his least favorite places.
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Originally Posted by aless02
$70k is better considering OP said accommodation is included. Also really depends on what salary he was on the UK to see what the family's standard of living is.

I get the feeling that the OP meant the usual paid-for accommodation while they find a house -- not for the duration of the contract.
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Originally Posted by Nutmegger
I get the feeling that the OP meant the usual paid-for accommodation while they find a house -- not for the duration of the contract.
I also suspect that the OP doesn't realize that "employer-provided health insurance" isn't free, and the insurance premiums alone will cost hundreds of dollars a month. There will also be deductibles such that they will end up paying anywhere from hundreds to low thousands of dollars a year in non-covered medical expenses (copays and deductibles).

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FWIW, I live around the Denver/LKN area in NC. Moved here about 18 months ago and absolutely love it. I'm so happy I chose the south over San Jose.
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If I might be so bold as to translate for those who haven't heard of the unincorporated one-horse-town known as Denver, NC, it is on the north fringes of Charlotte, NC, near to Lake Norman (LKN).
Aaaah, You've been here?
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If I might be so bold as to translate for those who haven't heard of the unincorporated one-horse-town known as Denver, NC, it is on the north fringes of Charlotte, NC, near to Lake Norman (LKN).

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Aaaah, You've been here?
No, I don't believe there's any reason to.
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NC is wonderful, so I have been told.

Somebody who is needed and whose Employer will wait 18 months at least suggests mega bucks.
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Originally Posted by wigwham
Yes they are to sponsor us with the visa and yes it is classed as a job an American can not do therefore why he is asking my husband to come over as the one English guy that is qualified has been unable to train anyone American to the standard required.
I'm worried that the salary isn't good I suspected as much and I don't want to uproot my children and business which is steady but not amazing . I have been to Atlanta and I did like it. I went in November though and I've never been in summer. My husband has been quite a few times to visit our niece and family and he loves it. I was slightly shocked by some of the pro slavery stickers on bumpers that I saw tbh and I know everywhere does have issues. Food for thought many thanks for your replies so far
I've never seen a "pro-slavery" bumper sticker anywhere, lol! Confederate flags, yes. Atlanta has had black mayors for years and the city council of Atlanta is primarily black. In the late 1980s, many African-Americans left the north for Atlanta which was a hot spot for employment and racial harmony. This, after some incidents in NYC. It's a great city that I've visited often: it has always had a reputation for being more "northern" than the rest of the slower-paced south. It's very pretty and you can still see the trenches built by General Sherman surrounding the city!
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I've never seen a "pro-slavery" bumper sticker anywhere, lol! Confederate flags, yes. ....
Me neither, and that was my first thought too. I still think there has been a misunderstanding of what she saw.
.... Atlanta ..... It's very pretty ....
I've never head anyone call Atlanta "pretty" before.
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[QUOTE=Pulaski;12242019]Me neither, and that was my first thought too. I still think there has been a misunderstanding of what she saw.


Pulaski, I thought the same thing. I just can't imagine a "pro-slavery" bumper sticker being openly tolerated, and certainly not in a city with a huge African-American population like Atlanta.

The Confederate flag is another story. It is both a divisive, and very complicated, symbol in the US South.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
I've never head anyone call Atlanta "pretty" before.
I've taken the Marta right the way through the city before (Chamblee - Hartsfield-Jackson Airport) and 'Warzone' was more what I got out of it!
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I've taken the Marta right the way through the city before (Chamblee - Hartsfield-Jackson Airport) and 'Warzone' was more what I got out of it!
Public transit always seems to go through the inner cities of America! But there are many beautiful neighborhoods.
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This is the point though, the 'beautiful neighborhoods' aren't actually in Atlanta, they are in the surrounding Metro area.

Still you couldn't pay me enough to live anywhere near there. I am about 90 minutes away and happier for it!

That said, you can't get away from it. A man from Atlanta shot a Sheriffs Deputy from my County last week and fled back to Atlanta. The FBI shot and killed him, but not before he shot an agent and killed someone else.
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Originally Posted by civilservant
This is the point though, the 'beautiful neighborhoods' aren't actually in Atlanta, they are in the surrounding Metro area.

Still you couldn't pay me enough to live anywhere near there. I am about 90 minutes away and happier for it!

That said, you can't get away from it. A man from Atlanta shot a Sheriffs Deputy from my County last week and fled back to Atlanta. The FBI shit and killed him, but not before he shot an agent and killed someone else.
Buckhead is Atlanta - right at the end of Peachtree. Oh, well, I've lived in NYC for 30 years now so I generally know how to manage within the inner cities and deal with street crime. Perfectly happy the FBI took him out if that's all true!
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