All this talk about Austin and Miami.

I bought a new build 4 bedroom 9 minutes from downtown Athens GA for $289k.

Play golf 3x a week in a t-shirt in Dec. Live bands at 4 venues 4x a week (pre covid). Largest airport in the world 1:15 away. 4 craft breweries.

ZERO traffic at 5:30pm any day of the week.

A football stadium that fits 90k people that I can hear the roar from my back deck.

Farmers market with fresh food of all types multiple days a week.

Phenomenal fine dining and cocktail bars.

Property taxes are $3000.

20+ epic events a year downtown including Twilight (best road cycling event in the country), Athfest (week long downtown music festival, St Paddies day festival, halloween parade folks travel from hours around, + home SEC football game weekends.

I spent a year in Chicago and 5 in Boston.

I don't miss a single thing.

I'll never live in a major metro again.