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Oh ok, because those areas are all part of the Charlotte area. I’m sorry, didn’t know but thanks so much for clearing that up. I’m learning much more about the Charlotte area from all of yous, compared to when I try researching on my own. I think if we do settle on NC the Charlotte area will be suitable for us. It seems to be a beautiful area. I was interested in Raleigh before but don’t believe anyAmazon facilities are out there and that is where my husband will be working.
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Originally Posted by UDcc123
That's because Concord is just a suburb of Charlotte. On this board, when you're asking: Charlotte, Raleigh, or South Carolina?...we're going to loop all the following into "Charlotte": Mooresville/Huntersville/Gastonia/Concord/Matthews/Pineville/Fort Mill (SC)/etc
Once you've decided: "Ok...we're set on Charlotte...now which areas should we consider"...then that's a different conversation. But if your husband's job is "Uptown Charlotte or Concord"...then honestly you could live in one and commute to the other in under an hour at rush hour.
Oh ok, because those areas are all part of the Charlotte area. I’m sorry, didn’t know but thanks so much for clearing that up. I’m learning much more about the Charlotte area from all of yous, compared to when I try researching on my own. I think if we do settle on NC the Charlotte area will be suitable for us. It seems to be a beautiful area. I was interested in Raleigh before but don’t believe anyAmazon facilities are out there and that is where my husband will be working.
Thanks so much for your feedback!
Amazon does have a distribution center in Durham, which is very close to Raleigh.
Hi, I'm formerly from Chicagoland, currently live in Orange County, NC. Right next to Durham, the only Triangle city with any real grit. Don't rule it out. You prob would've loved Nova, DC or burbs. Sounds like southern VA too white bread for y'all. I love it here, but miss the big city sometimes. There are a lot of people from NY here, Surprise! One other thing I have noted, Midwesterners are naturally friendly, it takes a little more effort to make friends with the locals in a small town than in a bigger city or area identified with one. Raleigh does not have a big city vibe, my impression is there are more pocket neighborhoods in Durham, some are sketchy but nothing too awful, lots of gentrification happening there and in Orange and Chatham counties, for better or worse. Garner looks lovely but I'm not familiar with the area.
Thanks so responding! Well my former fried actually was referring to Richmond area but we chose Chester, VA because it was more Suburban and some cheaper places. Also she lives in Richmond. She never mentioned NOVA at all. I honestly don’t like the Richmond area whatsoever. I wish we would have chosen to Live in NOVA in the beginning. Now we’re just ready to leave VA altogether based on the bad experience we’ve encountered living here. It’s been damn near four years and we are fro NY. Prior to NY I lived in Chicago. Maybe the southern states are hard for me and my husband to get used to.
I think it's something about Richmond. Perhaps things I have changed -- I don't know -- but back in the early '90s the parents of a friend of mine moved to Richmond from Ohio. They never seemed to fit in and felt they were treated not as part of the fabric of the community of Richmond but still as just folks from Ohio. They were not able to join a country club there. My sense of Richmond (at least from older generations) is a lot of pride in their history and once being the capital of the South. As Atlanta rose up to become the biggest metropolitan area in the South and perhaps the modern day (or at least economical) capital of the South, it's as if Richmond would like to pretend Atlanta doesn't exist. And then there's been (at least a couple decades ago) a rivalry with Charlotte. The Richmond newspaper from time to time would run articles bashing Charlotte. Charlotte, though, seems to be much more of a melting pot as most residents these days are not Charlotte natives, at least from what I can tell. Others may have a different opinion.
Hi, I'm formerly from Chicagoland, currently live in Orange County, NC. Right next to Durham, the only Triangle city with any real grit. Don't rule it out. You prob would've loved Nova, DC or burbs. Sounds like southern VA too white bread for y'all. I love it here, but miss the big city sometimes. There are a lot of people from NY here, Surprise! One other thing I have noted, Midwesterners are naturally friendly, it takes a little more effort to make friends with the locals in a small town than in a bigger city or area identified with one. Raleigh does not have a big city vibe, my impression is there are more pocket neighborhoods in Durham, some are sketchy but nothing too awful, lots of gentrification happening there and in Orange and Chatham counties, for better or worse. Garner looks lovely but I'm not familiar with the area.
I think it's something about Richmond. Perhaps things I have changed -- I don't know -- but back in the early '90s the parents of a friend of mine moved to Richmond from Ohio. They never seemed to fit in and felt they were treated not as part of the fabric of the community of Richmond but still as just folks from Ohio. They were not able to join a country club there.
With many country clubs needing members, and not discounting your friends' experience at the time, but at this point I'm sure most if not all clubs are taking all comers.
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