masonsmum

I have lived and worked in George Town for nearly thirty years. There is an amazing community spirit and the people are very friendly and welcoming. I have been involved with the localarts community since moving here and the cultural aspect of the town is quite lively and represented in all aspects of music, painting and drawing, quilting, history, dance etc. A highlight for me is the annual forlk festival that in 2011 will celebrate its 20th year. Artists such as Eric Bogle, Danny Spooner, Nick Charles, among many have appeared at the festival. How lucky are we to live in one of the most beautiful places in Tasmania where the scenery is stunning, the lifestyle one to be envied and only 45 minutes away from a major city? If you have heard unkind things about our town, put them with a grain of mustard and realise that every place has an element that is less than savoury and the best thing to do is to get on and live your life to the fullest and George Town is one of the best places in Tasmania to do that.

Well thanku.im coming to buy a house.well look in the next few months.being a middleaged woman on her own.no freinds i was having 2nd thoughts with the negative comments

Hi, we are looking to purchase in George Town but have our reservations after reading some of the negative comments on here. Would you consider Cimitiere St a rough part of the town?

We are in mid 50s and bought there the only thing George Town needs is the council to tidy some areas and more people to come and invest work wise in the area.
Great opportunity for young people to start up new business.
Decent tea rooms maybe showing local art to encourage tourists to buy .
Decent pub for familys not drunks.
Good artistic shops with clothes that tourists and locals can buy.A Target or K Mart to give employment and chance for young people to work .
Everyone we meet are really friendly and buying before prices rise mean you can make it your forever home.

JenniferS there were lovely tea rooms down opposite the Monument. Closed, presumably due to lack of business. The Pier is hardly full of drunks, and the meals are great (especially the Senior's meals). No chance of a larger department store, we're very lucky to have a Woolies given the population and lack of through traffic (since GT's essentially at the end of a peninsula).