How friendly are people in Wilmington? (Cary: home, employment, schools)
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I am living in Cary right now. Cary has changed a lot during the past decade with an influx of northerners and their "ways." I am ready to move somewhere else in NC and we like the Wilmington area. I would like to know from people who have been there for a while, if you perceive people to be friendly or not in the Wilmington area, and if that may be changing. thanks
On one hand, people here (downtown, at least) are tremendously outgoing. It is easy to meet new people, because so many people are from out of town. In that sense they are very friendly and not so clique-ish.
On the other hand, if you're looking for a slow pace and old-fashioned southern manners it can be spotty. The hurry-hurry-hurry attitude is strong here.
Hey, I'm a Jersey Girl and want to know what is "their ways" so I can avoid that behavor when I move south.
We have had a lot of New Yorkers move to NJ and I know what you mean in general.
New people moving into my town tend to be rude. Forget getting a return Hi and smile. It's like you're invisible.
I'm sure some of us will adjust to "your ways" eventually. Plus some of our ideas might make an improvement to the city/town. Thinking ethnic restaurants, good bagels etc.
Thought about Wilmington too. Someone on a thread said that housing prices were going thru the roof and salaries weren't keep pace. Tons of traffic. (this was about 1 1/2 years ago).
Good luck on your search.
By "ways" I just mean kind of rude, stand-offish and "keeping up with the joneses" personalities. I know not everyone is like that, 2 of my closest friends are from NJ whom I met thru my kids' schools, but in general, it's just A LOT different culture in terms of attitude than it was in Cary about 15 years ago. I am willing to deal with traffic in Wilmington and the high home prices, (already used to that since we are practically priced out of Cary now) but I am looking for a friendlier place where people still smile at each other and hold the door open for you, etc without thinking you're a "weirdo" if you do these things. (And I don't want to move to Kansas to have that
Hi. I grew up in Cary...born and raised. Originally moved to Wilmington to attend college 13 years ago. I did end up moving back to Cary for a few years for employment reasons but have since returned to Wilmington. I will always love Cary (b/c it's my hometown) but Wilmington is MUCH more laid back! That's what I've always liked about it. I have found it fairly easy to make friends. My neighbors are friendly (more friendly than they were in Cary). Good luck with your move
I am living in Cary right now. Cary has changed a lot during the past decade with an influx of northerners and their "ways." I am ready to move somewhere else in NC and we like the Wilmington area. I would like to know from people who have been there for a while, if you perceive people to be friendly or not in the Wilmington area, and if that may be changing. thanks
Is there anywhere in NC where there hasn't been an influx of Northern People. And so what if people are from the North, South, East or West?
Every city is gonna have nice people and every city is gonna have rude people, it is 2008!
Wilmington is like anywhere else, the more you go around being friendly to others, the more people are friendly to you in return. And the more people you meet the more people you find who are friendly in general just by sheer odds.
In general I'd say it's a friendly city although I am not sure I've ever been to a rude city- there are always nice people as well as jerks out there and it's never seemed to change based on where I am. It's a people thing.
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Northerners "their" ways?
