Thinking about relocating to Savannah - tell me about it....

I%26#39;m 34 and considering relocating from Western New York to Savannah - never been there. I%26#39;ve noticed a lot of apartment complexes but are there more neighborhood/city places to live? What%26#39;s up in Savannah?????

Thinking about relocating to Savannah - tell me about it....

Savannah has the country%26#39;s largest urban historic district and is internatioanlly renown for its 56 years of preservation campaign. There are 7 distinct historic landmark neighborhoods in the greater Savannah area.

Savannah%26#39;s port is the fastest-growing in the country and ranked #3 in terms of the number of containers shipped in annually.

Tourism is the #2 industry. It%26#39;s big business.

Yesterday the Savannah Music Festival kicked off a 3 week run, soon to begin is the annual Tour of Homes, later in April is a garden expo at the old train Roundhouse...these are only a smattering of things going on.

Get yourself on a plane out of Newark and spend a few days down here. I think Continental has non stops from Newark, or you can fly nonstop on Delta out of LaGuardia.

Plenty to see %26amp; do, right now it%26#39;s going on 70 degrees with sunshine. We go all the way back to 1733.

Word has it that Matt Lauer of NBC%26#39;s Today show will be here on his annual ';Where in the World is Matt Lauer?'; excursion.

Thinking about relocating to Savannah - tell me about it....

WOW - thanks so much. I%26#39;m actually in Buffalo NY - not Newark or NYC.....Great information - you must really love Savannah, how long have you lived there?

The Savannah Metropolitan area covers about 70 square miles. Suburbs. shopping districts, everything that you will find in the usual city. Neighborhoods of all sorts.

However, if you need enployment, I suggest you find it before you make your decision.

The summertime heat and humidity is not for everyone. Also, if you have seasonal allegies, this isn%26#39;t the place for you.

We are from Mass and will be relocating to Savannah but it takes a TON of research first, including more than one visit to make that kind of decision. We absolutely love the city and the coastline BUT we did visits, visited other areas and did a ton of research on demographics and things like how many museums, ethnic restaurants, types of churches, schools, etc before narrowing down our list to begin the visits. You can learn alot by googling various hot topic items that intereste you. For example, I refused to consider any place that didn%26#39;t have a variety of ethnic restaurants because I wanted diversity to be obvious. Hubbie wouldn%26#39;t pick an area without easy access to the ocean and marinas. We won%26#39;t be coming down until we can afford to semi-retire at least because the job market really is lousy there, very little going on beyond menial jobs (sorry if I%26#39;m offending anyone) not much for professional, white collar types. We bought a house and rent it out but again, unless you have money and/or a highly marketable skill set, you are going to have a tough time. There are a variety of city neighborhoods, some not so nice like any city, and lots of suburban-type neighborhoods which are still quite close to the downtown area. I don%26#39;t know a thing about single versus married households but there are all kinds of rentals for sure.

Do come and visit, the South is very different from the North- less traffic (compared to Boston anyway) lower prices on many things, a calmer attitude about life (which may or may not always be what you want if you need to be in a hurry for some good reason), better weather despite the summer humidity- I could go on but you might look at the area differently so make your reservations and visit during more than one season and Google yourself silly!

Thanks - I%26#39;ve been doing some research and it seems as though you%26#39;re reasoning to pick Savannah is the same as mine - diversity, warmth and water....I%26#39;ll continue researching but thanks for your input!!!

You%26#39;re welcome. I hate to sound like someone%26#39;s mother but we seriously thought of relocating once to Florida and another time to St John in the US Virgin Islands. It took one trip to Fla and several more vacation weeks to STJ to realize that vacation ';paradises'; are far different than actual full-time living locations. We were able to research by being on STJ and saw, for us, the pitfalls of living there full-time. Florida was a feeling of it being just not right. But Savannah- well my hubbie NEVER smiles in pictures and I have one of him on Tybee Island and he%26#39;s all grins- told me everything I needed to know (sort of, but at least from the get-go the right feeling was there). Good luck with your search and feel free to send me a PM if you wish.

We moved here 20 years ago from Seattle and have never looked back.

If you decide to move here seriously consider downtown or the Victorian area.

No offense to you southsiders or islanders, but I wouldn%26#39;t live here if I couldn%26#39;t walk to town.

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