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My husband and I have begun to research a relocation to NC. Work for us would be in the Charlotte area. We love the outdoors, especially hiking and white water kayaking and hope to find a home in a small, peaceful community with at least 2 acres that is within a 45 minute commute to the city. We are thinking "west" of Charlotte to be in closer proximity to Asheville and Boone. I've been looking at maps and poking around on real estate, but am at a loss on where to focus our search. Any recommendations on where to start our search? We don't have kids.
We are open to SC as well. We can spend up to $400K but highly prefer to spend no more than 300K.
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2 acres is a tough one, especially at the 400K or less price range. Maybe compromise down to one acre and look around the Lake Wylie area / Clover in SC and in NC Gastonia.
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Kings Mountain would definitely work. There are other possibilities west of Charlotte, but it would depend on the specific location of your work.
Kings Mountain refers to a city & the unincorporated township that the city is in. The area was officially designated as urbanized after the last census. Depending on the location of your work, you could look at Grover, which is accessed from exit 2 of I 85, & pretty much, sits on the NC/SC border. It's much more rural than Kings Mountain, over all.
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2 acres is a tough one, especially at the 400K or less price range. Maybe compromise down to one acre and look around the Lake Wylie area / Clover in SC and in NC Gastonia.
Kings Mountain is pushing the 45 minute commute that the OP is looking for.
Well, Hon, I live in Kings Mountain. As I told the OP, it all depends on the job location. There are areas of Charlotte that I would commute to & not think twice about & other areas that I wouldn't dream of commuting to.
The house that was posted to show the OP is off exit 8. I'm not positive if that area was annexed into the city or is simply in Kings Mountain Twp. There are areas of Charlotte that are 30 minutes from there.
If you are talking about unincorporated land in Gaston County that happens to have a Gastonia mailing address, you are not speaking of Gastonia. Ever been to Gastonia?
ETA: LOL, That link that you posted includes Cherryville & Lincolnton.
Seriously no need to get snarky with the "hon" comment.
Driven through Gaston County but haven't stopped by and I know people that live towards that area and commute to Charlotte -- they tell me it can be over an hour with traffic.
Its called trying to give the OP options.
You sound like you have a chip on your shoulder.
And I did do a mapquest look for that house in the link to the furthest edge of Charlotte closest to that house (the airport) and that's a 35 minute drive without traffic.
Edit to add on your LOL: That link includes the entire area west of Charlotte that the OP was inquiring about. Not sure why you're so stuck on King's Mountain. As you scroll through the map, it shows different houses and the list changes what's shown based on the criteria of 1 - 2 acres, 3+ bedrooms, under 400K.
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Seriously no need to get snarky with the "hon" comment.
Driven through Gaston County but haven't stopped by and I know people that live towards that area and commute to Charlotte -- they tell me it can be over an hour with traffic.
Its called trying to give the OP options.
You sound like you have a chip on your shoulder.
And I did do a mapquest look for that house in the link to the furthest edge of Charlotte closest to that house (the airport) and that's a 35 minute drive without traffic.
Edit to add on your LOL: That link includes the entire area west of Charlotte that the OP was inquiring about. Not sure why you're so stuck on King's Mountain. As you scroll through the map, it shows different houses and the list changes what's shown based on the criteria of 1 - 2 acres, 3+ bedrooms, under 400K.
It all depends on where you live & where you are commuting to as to how long the commute is. I know. I live out here. It can be 30 minutes to an hour or more, depending on the destination. Traffic out here is nothing like the north/south traffic because we have I 85 & US 74.
I don't advise people on where to look in Union County or York County, because I don't live there.
We have a poster who lives in Clover & she commutes to Uptown. She takes 321 to Gastonia when she commutes. Look at a map. Clover to Gastonia is not closer that Kings Mountain to Gastonia.
Again, it all depends on where the job location is, & the OP will have to make that determination. If the job is at the airport or close to it, Kings Mountain locations that are near 74 &/or 85 are ~ a 30 minute drive. From my house, I go by the airport in 25 - 35 minutes depending on whether it's rush hour or not.
I don't have a chip on my shoulder, but feel free to think whatever you like.
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