[chisoxfan]

Funny thing about the North Carolina board is that many of the posters fear that the state is becoming "too much like Florida." A lot of the Asheville posts discuss the area's crime, traffic, overdevelopment and high real estate prices and building costs -- all big-time subjects on the Florida boards. You also occasionally come across posters there who exhibit the type of rudeness South Florida is often criticized for.

Florida does have its problems and North Carolina has very wide-ranging appeal, but it just serves to illustrate that no place is perfect.

[Hondax]

I think the 59% post increase on the NC forum DOES support more interest in NC than FL. What the interest is, is not clear, however "City-Data Forum" seems to be very heavy with questions and comments concerning locations other than the one a poster lives in. I think that is significant.

Would anyone disagree that FL has lost some of it's luster lately, and the NC has gained some? I think not....IMO

[Floridabound09]

Originally Posted by SKB

That is a really good observation, it does support the fact that more people have been leaving the State than joining it.

Fact is there are not more leaving then coming, only one moving company put that info out and people think it is gold.

This observation does not support any fact at all other then

it does however support that more people in NC sit on the puter because they have nothing else to do for 8 months out of the year when it is cold while those in Florida are outside enjoying themselves in the beautiful outdoors.

Using one website as a support tool is lame, I didnt even find this forum until recently and have been posting on them for more then 15 years.

The govt data suggest there are more people moving from northerner states such as Mich, Minn, Wis, Ohio, Pa, Ill, etc south to states like Fla, NC, SC, Ga.

Although I like NC myself, the amount of post on this forum has nothing to do with people liking or disliking it.

Fact is, there are many posters right here on this board who have moved from Fla to NC and want to move back to Fla.

Not too long ago USA today did a poll and it was overwhelmingly stated that people are moving southward and NC was no 2 on the list behind, yup, Florida!

So please when using data as way to convince people you cannot use one median as your lone agruement or point, because the amount of post on any forum mean nothing.

If we were to use that analogy then Alaska has more post then 22 other states but that does not mean people are flocking to Alaska.

[Prichard]

North Carolina is HOT right now. It's the only state that hasn't experienced a slump in the housing market. I'm sort of glad the heat if off Florida for now.

[miamiblue]

Originally Posted by Floridabound09

This observation does not support any fact at all other then

it does however support that more people in NC sit on the puter because they have nothing else to do for 8 months out of the year when it is cold while those in Florida are outside enjoying themselves in the beautiful outdoors.

Bwahahaha! ROFL! I post in both forums, am a native of Miami having lived in NC for the past year, and this statement has me in hysterics! Oooh, NC is sooo cold, I've been freezing up here for the past two months - in the A/C because it has been in the 90's! Check the stats on city-data and you'll see that there is maybe four months of cold weather. Talk about not knowing your facts before spewing them on the internet.

But, I do agree that the number of posts on these forums isn't necessarily indicative of population ebbs and flows. The NC forum has a LOT of needlessly repetitive posts (mostly about schools and "which area is better") that could be cut back on if people actually used the search function. Not that other forums don't suffer the same thing, but there is a lot of traffic from new posters in the NC forum and I see a lot of the same questions being asked constantly.

[florida1]

Florida used to be cheap too. Do the people in North Carolina not think the same thing is going to happen up there?

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by THX 1138

How long till they figure out that it's still 1863 in NC?

To some that's not entirely a bad thing. Though I do agree completely that the number of posts on a board here doesn't really mean anything about an area being better.

[MrTudo]

Originally Posted by VAFury

To some that's not entirely a bad thing.

Heheh agreed

[he's so hott]

Originally Posted by miamiblue

Bwahahaha! ROFL! I post in both forums, am a native of Miami having lived in NC for the past year, and this statement has me in hysterics! Oooh, NC is sooo cold, I've been freezing up here for the past two months - in the A/C because it has been in the 90's! Check the stats on city-data and you'll see that there is maybe four months of cold weather. Talk about not knowing your facts before spewing them on the internet.

But, I do agree that the number of posts on these forums isn't necessarily indicative of population ebbs and flows. The NC forum has a LOT of needlessly repetitive posts (mostly about schools and "which area is better") that could be cut back on if people actually used the search function. Not that other forums don't suffer the same thing, but there is a lot of traffic from new posters in the NC forum and I see a lot of the same questions being asked constantly.

This is true. Norf Carolina is hot right b/c the housing is cheap for now and you see all those post from northerns repetitively talking about how much house they've gotten for their money by coming to Norf Carolina. Plus, all you see is people over there posting about how family oriented Norf Carolina and how many activities there are for families. It just seems like Norf Carolina and Florida attract two different sets of people. People with families moving to NC b/c of cheap housing and people moving to FLA just b/c.

I wonder what will happen in 3 or 4 years when the housing in NC isn't as cheap and people start to really weigh other factors besides housing? The luster will wear off as soon as the home prices start to creep up making it harder for first time home buyers to get into the market. Once that advantage is out the window and you start comparing FL and NC on the other merits (excluding this whole family thing) NC may not come out on top.

[scorp200]

Originally Posted by florida1

Florida used to be cheap too. Do the people in North Carolina not think the same thing is going to happen up there?

Yeah but their homeowner's insurance shouldn't triple...