California Bay Area Vs Atlanta

From comparison , I'd say its much better than Cali.
I've been to cali for vacations and for work <1 week at a time>.
If you are in a career plan of switching companies every 1 or 2 years for a cut throat progression, this is not your city. Here life is peaceful, people are content.
If you have job security and happy with your savings , you are welcome to atlanta.

1. Cost of living is much cheaper ; but your salary is also scaled down due to that. Overall your savings will be the same.
I would not recommend using this as a comparison metric

2. weather is fantastic. Summers go to 105F , hot like Chennai , south-india. Winters are cold upto 30F . May be 1 day of snow. thats it.

3. Schools are fantastic , you have options of charter or private schools too. which are affordable. You can check rankings and pick the right county for your choice.

4 . There are 8 temples within 5 miles of where I live.
We have 3 stores that have lot of native foods being imported.
sample of a store : Lakshmi Florist - Home
There are Chinmaya Balavihar , Krishna's bagavatam classes , Global mall has all indian dance / instruments classes. Huge amount of desi population out here .

Besides these , you have consider the quality of life :
Roads are fantastic.
malls for every need in every exit.
Low on population for the size of city; due to this you get to see lot of greenery around, abundance of water, huge area for houses <if you plan to buy ; ranges 500K for a 6 bedroom house with basement> .