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  What is it like to live in Woodstock GA? When I first moved to Woodstock, GA in 2000, it was the largest city in a cluster of cities that made up Cherokee County. Cherokee County is the northern most metro county of Atlanta that twenty years ago had little more than a Walmart, a retro Main Street, and a few strip restaurants that littered Highway 92. Well, times they are a changin'. Woodstock has had a metropolitan face lift in the last twenty years. What used to be kudzu overtaking fields on most of the highways running through Woodstock is now packed with businesses and restaurants. Sleepy Main Street has been replaced with a swanky, posh strip lined with restaurants and entertainment. 

Woodstock hosts every, and I mean every, possible fast food, supermarket and big box store you can think of or its equivalent. Saturdays and Sundays these stores are packed with shoppers. The people in Woodstock seem artistic, fun, sophisticated and young at heart. This mentality has created a jewel in the Mountain foothills. Recreational, there are many parks and excellent walking trails. Life is easy here. All your utilities and super high speed internet options are available throughout Woodstock. The tap water is excellent. The weather is pretty sunny in Woodstock. The only drawback to Woodstock is everyone wants to live here. The price of housing has skyrocketed, and I mean sky rocketed. It is mostly unaffordable for any single person making below $60,000 annually, with two-bedroom apartments averaging $1,600 per month. The elephant in the room, or should we say road? The road designs in Cherokee County are from over half a century ago and suffer from the same shock on their system as Atlanta in the late 90’s when everyone realized it was a great and affordable place to live. This means traffic commuters using 575 are bumper to bumper in both the morning and evening commutes. The school systems are also burdened with large class numbers and a road system that can’t support all the school busses running through the county. Traffic aside, Woodstock is a great place to live for a young professional or a couple starting a family. If more country is what you are looking for, feel free look up north into Yonder County. The traffic and congestion will start to vanish but so will that young, posh Woodstock vibe that makes it the most hip city in the county.

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what kind of fun can we have on the weekends this article will highlight activities and places to have fun in Woodstock Georgia for a variety of personalities. 

I know Country life in Woodstock is vanishing faster then the prairie but we got you covered when you want that good clean old timely southern charm experience. Consider your biscuit buttered because we jammed this article with country things to do, country places to go and country restaurants to dine at. 

These are new businesses in Woodstock GA we would like to spotlight. 

Upcoming events and fun in Woodstock GA