Moved to Georgia 8 years ago and had zero problems. We bought a house and closed on it within two weeks of moving there. Set up utilities and got a GA drivers license and registered to vote.
We looked at moving to Alpharetta, GA in 1998. I had a job offer from Nortel Networks and they paid for the whole family to come out.
The realtor was showing us houses and I asked were the downtown area of Alpharetta was (I was looking for a quaint little country village). She replied “It was burned in the war.”
“The war.” I’ve only heard WW II called that and her remark really took me aback.
We didn’t move there.