Thinking about moving to North Carolina

[Zorro]

What do you guys think ?

 

[kpunc]

whereabouts?

 

[kindest]

what does h think about it.

 

[NFS4]

Stay away from my state

 

[Zorro]

Asheville

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Zorro
Asheville

It's gorgeous up there...wouldn't want to live there full time though

 

[Ryan]

OMg - I was faced wiht the same delimma a year ago - to move form Panama City to Fayettville with my rents. I didn't, and after visiiting them, I'm glad

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
OMg - I was faced wiht the same delimma a year ago - to move form Panama City to Fayettville with my rents. I didn't, and after visiiting them, I'm glad

Fayettville sucks ass.

There are only a few places in NC that I'd settle on living at for life...

Burlington (Small town that is growing tremendously, ~60,000 people. Low housing costs, low crime)
Raleigh (tech center of the state, close to EVERYTHING)
Cary (right next store to Raleigh, great houses although property taxes are sky high. Great community to live in)
Wilmington (near the beach. Nuff said)

 

[Zorro]

Where is a nice place to live year round ?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Zorro
Where is a nice place to live year round ?

All four of the places I mentioned.

 

[EagleKeeper]

State Income Tax in NC

 

[phantom309]

Chapel Hill is probably the best all-around place to live in NC - if you can afford it. It has all the good things about a small Southern town without the legions of drooling inbreds in baseball caps and F150s you find in most other parts of the state.

 

[Ionizer86]

Originally posted by: phantom309
Chapel Hill is probably the best all-around place to live in NC - if you can afford it.

Cary has lower crime rates, better shopping, and better traffic (When's the last time you've seen Cary Pkwy clogged, as opposed to Fordham Blvd. during rush hour )

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86

Originally posted by: phantom309
Chapel Hill is probably the best all-around place to live in NC - if you can afford it.

Cary has lower crime rates, better shopping, and better traffic (When's the last time you've seen Cary Pkwy clogged, as opposed to Fordham Blvd. during rush hour )

w3rd. Chapel Hill fuggin' sucks. Franklin Street traffic sucks. And I fuggin' hate seeing Carolina blue everywhere I go and get UNC athletics shoved down my throat everywhere I go.

Cary simply ownz and that is where I plan on settling after I get married in the next 2-3 years.

 

[IronWing]

Anything west of Asheville (not Asheville itself which is a hollowed out dump) and anything on the coast is nice. Anywhere else is hot, sweaty, and unpleasant.

 

[OrByte]

why are you leaving Florida?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Anywhere else is hot, sweaty, and unpleasant.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight:roll:

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: OrByte
why are you leaving Florida?

I imagine his insurance costs are fun.

 

[NuclearNed]

I worked at IBM in the RTP for about 1.5 months on a contract job back in 2000 - its a really nice area with lots to see and do.

Currently I live in TN about 30-45 minutes from Asheville. Its a really nice area, but get ready for culture shock if you go just outside the town. Rednecks and hillbillies abound.

 

[ericb]

Add Charlotte to the list of 4. We have better roads and "slightly" less traffic during rush hour (only because we're spread out more), #2 banking city in the country, 2 major lakes and 3 hours from the beach. Charlotte is close to twice as many people as Raleigh and has less snow in the winter compared to the Greensboro-Raleigh area.

Given my choice I'd still rather live in the Asheville area...but I really miss the mountains.

 

[bobbybe01]

Pretty good list so far.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Tryon, NC is a nice, small, but cultured Mountain town if you want something a bit smaller...

Greenville, SC is where its at, though (And not just because I live here...)

 

[kpunc]

Originally posted by: ericb
Add Charlotte to the list of 4. We have better roads and "slightly" less traffic during rush hour (only because we're spread out more), #2 banking city in the country, 2 major lakes and 3 hours from the beach. Charlotte is close to twice as many people as Raleigh and has less snow in the winter compared to the Greensboro-Raleigh area.

Given my choice I'd still rather live in the Asheville area...but I really miss the mountains.

raleigh has better roads than we do because they steal all the transportation budget money charlotte is so underrepresented in the state legislature its a joke