ideas of areas

[Bill Hitchcock]

Buyers tend to buy where all the other buyers buy. Demand and price scoot on up. You'll find in a lot of areas that if you just venture a few miles away from the 'buying hub" that the price will decrease and the opportunity for benefit will increase.

The average sold price for a Crystal Coast home this year is $235K-That's factoring in the beach properties too.
The average sold price this year for a home in the Neuse River region (Including Oriental & New Bern) is $199K.
Your goal of sub-$250K is more than realistic.
Bill

[macjr82]

Originally Posted by Francois

Havelock is the armpit of the area--don't go there! Military town and all its "accoutrements", pretty much nothing else there.

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Can u be more specific? What are these accouterments? What do u mean by nothing else? There's a Walmart in Havelock, with more stores opening everyday, and it's only 15 minutes from Wildwood, where there's a Best Buy, Sears, TJ MAXX and several other stores, including another Walmart. Unlike Jacksonville and fayetteville, it's not over ran with strip clubs or pawn shops or tatoo parlors. I think there is about two of each.
Havelock is definitely not your "classic" military town like fayetteville or Jacksonville. In fact I've known several people from outside the area that weren't even aware there was a base in Havelock though passed through the town on their way to the beach. In Havelock the military blends into the community, it doesn't over run it. In reality, there is just as much miltary living in New Bern and Newport. As I've said before, the way some people post it may seem like the area from New Bern through MHC down to Jacksonville are all distinct places (and each does have it's own personality) but they are all pretty interconnected.

Havelock has some of the top schools in the area, including the #1 High School with a rating of 9 on greatschools.net and an ABC school of distinction and high growth. Croatan High, in Carteret is rated 9 as well and is a school of excellence, but is much smaller.

[seashellbelle]

Originally Posted by macjr82

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Can u be more specific? What are these accouterments? What do u mean by nothing else? There's a Walmart in Havelock, with more stores opening everyday, and it's only 15 minutes from Wildwood, where there's a Best Buy, Sears, TJ MAXX and several other stores, including another Walmart. Unlike Jacksonville and fayetteville, it's not over ran with strip clubs or pawn shops or tatoo parlors. I think there is about two of each.
Havelock is definitely not your "classic" military town like fayetteville or Jacksonville. In fact I've known several people from outside the area that weren't even aware there was a base in Havelock though passed through the town on their way to the beach. In Havelock the military blends into the community, it doesn't over run it. In reality, there is just as much miltary living in New Bern and Newport. As I've said before, the way some people post it may seem like the area from New Bern through MHC down to Jacksonville are all distinct places (and each does have it's own personality) but they are all pretty interconnected.

Havelock has some of the top schools in the area, including the #1 High School with a rating of 9 on greatschools.net and an ABC school of distinction and high growth. Croatan High, in Carteret is rated 9 as well and is a school of excellence, but is much smaller.

Don't you just love it when posters make these sort of comments, and just throw it out there, thinking everyone is stupid enough to "believe what they read."

[jfgruner]

New Bern is a nice quiet little town with lots of waterfrontage on both the Neuse and Trent rivers. Your $250,000 will buy a lot more house in New Bern compared to something closer to the beach. From New Bern you are 45 minutes to Atlantic Beach depending on traffic. Worth a visit and when you're downtown The Chelsea or Captain Ratty's are both great spots for lunch or dinner.

[goi_cuon]

Originally Posted by macjr82

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Can u be more specific? What are these accouterments?

What do u mean by nothing else? There's a Walmart in Havelock [SNIP] Unlike Jacksonville and fayetteville, it's not over ran with strip clubs or pawn shops or tatoo parlors. I think there is about two of each.
Havelock is definitely not your "classic" military town like fayetteville or Jacksonville. In fact I've known several people from outside the area that weren't even aware there was a base in Havelock though passed through the town on their way to the beach. In Havelock the military blends into the community, it doesn't over run it.

You make "military" sound like a four-letter word.

Having lived a good part of my life in Florida and living in Jax since May, I can assure you that even Jax is not "over ran [sic] with strip clubs or pawn shops."

There's a Wal-Mart? Oh, thank my lucky stars! Two Wal-Marts? Well I am doubly blessed!

[LLN]

Originally Posted by Francois

Havelock is the armpit of the area--don't go there! Military town and all its "accoutrements", pretty much nothing else there.

Well Francois:

If you can insult our military in writing thank a teacher. If you can do it in English, thank the military that live in a MILITARY TOWN.

[ohnowill]

Jacksonville used to be overrun w/ strip clubs. About 15 years ago. Its been cleaned up a LOT. Still quite a few pawn shops, although I don't see how thats a bad thing. I think its being "cleaned up" had a lot to do w/ the base commanders or something keeping their guys from frequenting the bad areas. At least thats what a retired sgt. told me. Same deal w/ Sneads Ferry. There used to be about 4 strip clubs there, and now its down to one, and I'm not sure its even still there.

As for living in a military area, it has its good and bads. When I lived in Sneads Ferry, we were like the ONLY civilians in the entire subdivision. Lots of great people from all over the country. Unfortunately, my next door neighbor was a 21 yr old marine who PARTIED EVERY WEEKEND! The cops were called numerous times (not by me) and I went and talked w/ him a few times. Eventually he calmed down a little.

[macjr82]

Originally Posted by goi_cuon

You make "military" sound like a four-letter word.

Having lived a good part of my life in Florida and living in Jax since May, I can assure you that even Jax is not "over ran [sic] with strip clubs or pawn shops."

There's a Wal-Mart? Oh, thank my lucky stars! Two Wal-Marts? Well I am doubly blessed!

definitely not my intent, being a military brat myself, furthermore a Marine myself, furthermore a recruiter. If it sounded that way, it was more a response to Francois post and responding directly to the idea that Havelock is a military town vs a response defending the fact that there is nothing wrong with a military town. You can see my support of military towns in the following thread:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/milit...ruin-area.html

Growing up in Havelock, I never liked jacksonvillle or fayetteville. Both of them felt like too many people in too small an area. Fun fact, the intersection of western and 17 was the busiest intersection by volume in the state. Jacksonville has come along way, but is still undoubtedly a military town in a way that Havelock is not.

Fun Fact number 2: The Military bases and defense contractors are the number one, and highest paying employers in eastern NC. As rural as some consider the area of th coast as you head toward down east, w/o the bases it would be alot more rural. Closer to the NE carolina coast, north of Greenville.