Augusta is commonly known as Disgusta.

During my first year here I heard it about three or four times a week, give or take. I have been here for three years and I have got to say that it is far from disgusta. It does take about an hour or so to get to bigger cities, but Augusta has so much to offer. I just didn't see that when I first got here. I always wondered when I'd be going back home or when I would be leaving to the next "city." I've learned to love everything about this place. The people, weather, and the cool spots that I didn't even know existed until about mid last year.

The place that first got me was the Savannah rapids. The rest of Augusta just followed suit. As of now, my favorite place to be is downtown.

I've heard so many rumors about how bad it was, and maybe I'm just that type of person where I'd have to see it to believe it. So far, downtown has been really good to me. It has it's own charm and I am falling in love with it.

You see I feel like if you don't experience it for yourself, you're just going to go off of what people say and you'll never get to see what I see.

So go out there and enjoy what Augusta has to offer. My suggestion would be to give yourself time to open up to the place and allow yourself to take it all in. Another would be to find people that you think would make Augusta hard to leave.