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There are many volunteer opportunities, from tutoring students
to assisting at the Athens-Clarke County Library to helping out at
the Lyndon House Arts Center. Anyone wanting to volunteer is
encouraged to dial, locally, 211 for a list of opportunities.
Shopping is plentiful; downtown is fun for antiquing and
finding gifts, but for more serious shopping, a regional mall with
a Macy's, Penney's and Sears is on the outskirts of town, and
booming Atlanta is just 75 miles to the west
Residents will find more than 200 churches and
synagogues serving all denominations, and the Athens Transit
System provides bus service to most of them, as well as to most
other destinations throughout the city.
Health care in this area is excellent as Athens is
a regional health care center. The Athens Regional Medical
Center and St. Mary's Hospital have a combined 500 beds and
provide emergency care, cardiac care and all other major medical
services. For military retirees, the Navy Corps Supply
School has health care and dental facilities.
This area sees average low and high temperatures
ranging from 35 degrees to 60 degrees in January, and 75 to 95
degrees in July. Rainfall averages 50 inches per year,
but snowfall is rare. While summers are hot and humid
(65% humidity is average), the city has crisp fall days, cool
winter days and springs filled with dogwoods and azaleas blooming.
The sun shines roughly 30%-50% of the time.
Crime is slightly higher than the national
average, but serious crimes are rare.
A drawback to living in Athens, aside from the hot
summers, might be the influx of football fans each fall when
football season begins. The UGA stadium holds more than
80,000 people, and many come from as far away as Atlanta to watch
the Bulldogs play, so traffic this time of year can be a headache,
if only a temporary one.
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