After 17 years at the same house.

After 17 years at the same house, my family and I are moving this week. The fact is we outgrew our not new house after only a year or in the same manner but inertia and low mortgage payments conspired to hold us there more than a decade longer It was years during which the children grew from childhood to within hoping distance of independent adulthood. The community also grew from rural to decidedly suburban, starting when the interstate highway came end several years ago. Growth isn't everybody's beaker of tea, and too many traffic lights and Wal-Marts can make you drawn out for simpler times. We construct out that simpler times are about 20 miles further north.

Our modern neighborhood offers several amenities - golf tennis and "24-hour security." It's worth the extra drive in consequence of two small towns and endles overawe pastures to our new community, frequently touted as "North Georgia's