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Hello, my husband and i decided it was time to move to warmer weather for our handicapped daughter. We also have 2 other children 3 and 10. We are looking for a good place to raise the kids. We chose NC for the Childrens hospitals. But we would like to be on the outskirts of a small town. Also we would like to stay within an hour or so of the childrens in Raleigh or Duke.
In terms of this area, you might check out the town of Elon. It's just east of Greensboro in Alamance County. Its a safe, quiet town and the home of Elon University. The elementary schools are quite good scoring at 90% or better out of 100. The high school scores at 80% out of 100, so not bad either. It has a nice downtown area and it places you close (30-40 minutes) to the UNC Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill Welcome to North Carolina Children's Hospital — N.C. Children's Hospital, http://www.med.unc.edu/phyrehab/patient-services as well as Duke Medical Center in Durham.
I too am looking for a small town in rural NC to move to. I now live at the beach, but want to move towards the foothills, but I have medical issues, so I need a town that is 30 minutes or so from a good hospital. I dont want to live in the mountains, because of the winter snow. I must be able to get to the hospital if I need to. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Teresa
Just to complicate things for the OP, Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem (part of the Wake Forest/Baptist Medical Center) is a very well-respected facility. So really, you could live just about anywhere along the I-40 corridor in central NC and be close to world-class medical care for your child. There are dozens of great small towns to consider--you said you want to be on the "outskirts" of a small town, so I assume you want rural living? Plenty of that available too in counties like Chatham, Granville, Alamance, Randolph, Stokes, Davie, etc.
Greensboro, Kernersville, Winston Salem, Burlington....All offer what you need, good hospitals east and west of you. All within driving distance all great places to live.
There is an often overlooked small town between Greensboro and Durham, close to Raleigh and Chapel Hill, and Burlington, that would be 5 major hospitals located within 30 miles, and the best Mexican restaurante in any of the major cities. Mebane, holds , the southern equivalent of "Block Parties" once a month during warm weather, with fireworks for special occassions, small farmers market downtown on Saturdays and a library disproportionately large for such a small town. There are two coffee shops downtown, a native American tribal office, antique shops, a major upscale mall outside of town by the interstate-Saks Fifth Ave., Brooks Bros., Banana Republic et al. It also hosts, Saturday and Sunday, the largest Hispanic flea Market in the state, the Sheriffs Dept estimates 25,000 people/weekend, a wonderful place for produce, seafood, almost anything you can think up, including animals. The town is pronounced MEH-bin. It is also close to (within a 50 mile radius) UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest U., Duke U., N.C. A&T U., N.C. Central U., N.C. State U., Elon, U., It is either Alamance Co. Schools or Orange Co. schools, both are good, Orange is excellent.
There is an often overlooked small town between Greensboro and Durham, close to Raleigh and Chapel Hill, and Burlington, that would be 5 major hospitals located within 30 miles, and the best Mexican restaurante in any of the major cities. Mebane, holds , the southern equivalent of "Block Parties" once a month during warm weather, with fireworks for special occassions, small farmers market downtown on Saturdays and a library disproportionately large for such a small town. There are two coffee shops downtown, a native American tribal office, antique shops, a major upscale mall outside of town by the interstate-Saks Fifth Ave., Brooks Bros., Banana Republic et al. It also hosts, Saturday and Sunday, the largest Hispanic flea Market in the state, the Sheriffs Dept estimates 25,000 people/weekend, a wonderful place for produce, seafood, almost anything you can think up, including animals. The town is pronounced MEH-bin. It is also close to (within a 50 mile radius) UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest U., Duke U., N.C. A&T U., N.C. Central U., N.C. State U., Elon, U., It is either Alamance Co. Schools or Orange Co. schools, both are good, Orange is excellent.
I have never heard of mebane, where exactly is this town. Is this where you live? what is the average age of the people in this town. Do they have a model railroad club close by?
Maybe you might think about a place like Asheboro. It isn't far from the major hospitals, but it is still somewhat close to civilization. Storms seem to miss this place, and it only snows a couple times a year. The roads are always plowed, unless you live on the outskirts where there are dirt roads. It seems small enough, yet close enough to everything else to meet your needs.
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