Who else is moving to North Carolina? (New York, Syracuse: university, taxes)

[beckyhuggs]

Originally Posted by NYC2RDU

I don't know where you are in North Carolina and for many the term "east" describes everything between Charlotte and the Atlantic Ocean. However after living in Raleigh for two years I can't reconcile what I know to what you describe.

I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time of it and regardless of whether or not I can relate I believe you're experiencing the things you describe. But to be clear, you're referencing an area that I have yet to come across (and which could also describe upstate New York as well).

What that woman described didn't describe upstate NY at all.

[montanamom]

I live about 40 minutes outside of Charlotte, N.C. Moved out of state for two years (Montana) and moved back. Now that it's summer here, I remember why I wanted to move.

What is the summer weather like in Upstate New York?

[siamesecat]

We are looking at areas of VA and NC, near the mountains. I have lived in upstate or central NY my entire life, and I can't wait to leave. This state is so expensive, with all the taxes and fees. Our Governor keeps adding new taxes, but won't cut any executive or administrative jobs. And since I do some shopping in Oneida county, even the sales tax is higher. Property taxes are much higher than comparable houses in the south.

I also am sick of the weather. Winter is snow, ice, freezing cold, and high winds. We can have a 3 foot snowstorm in one day. Summers seem short. It's the end of June, and you still need a long sleeved shirt or a jacket in the AM, sometimes into the afternoon. The days don't seem to get as hot in the summer, so I guess global warming hasn't hit this part of the state yet.

When we visited VA and NC, we were overwhelmed with how polite everyone we met was. The roads were in great shape, and everything was so clean. To me, the south wins, and as soon as we find new jobs there, good-bye NY!

[cny2cnc]

I moved from CNY/NNY four years ago to get away from the snow belt and the severe, cold winters and live in Davidson County, NC. Property taxes are comparable to rural/small town areas of New York, but people in cities and developments can pay a pretty penny in taxes. Unemployment has gone from around 5% last year to around 12% this year. Our governor is raising taxes any way she can, and has cut the wages of most state workers (of which I am one)--all but those at the very top level, of course. There aren't any unions here, so employers can do pretty much what they want to workers. There are so many illegal aliens (mexicans) here who will work for low wages that it lowers the wages of everyone else. Plus they are draining the health care and school systems of resources and we all have to pick up the tab. So, think long and hard before moving to North Carolina--DO NOT move here without securing employment first. Winters are mild, I can wear a fleece jacket or sweatshirt most of the winter, but summers can be brutal. This weekend it's been almost 100 degrees, and the last two years we were in a pretty severe drought.

[smalltownusa]

Originally Posted by siamesecat

We are looking at areas of VA and NC, near the mountains. I have lived in upstate or central NY my entire life, and I can't wait to leave. This state is so expensive, with all the taxes and fees. Our Governor keeps adding new taxes, but won't cut any executive or administrative jobs. And since I do some shopping in Oneida county, even the sales tax is higher. Property taxes are much higher than comparable houses in the south.

I also am sick of the weather. Winter is snow, ice, freezing cold, and high winds. We can have a 3 foot snowstorm in one day. Summers seem short. It's the end of June, and you still need a long sleeved shirt or a jacket in the AM, sometimes into the afternoon. The days don't seem to get as hot in the summer, so I guess global warming hasn't hit this part of the state yet.

When we visited VA and NC, we were overwhelmed with how polite everyone we met was. The roads were in great shape, and everything was so clean. To me, the south wins, and as soon as we find new jobs there, good-bye NY!

I'm with you. We had th eopportunity to move to Roanoke Va 14 yrs ago but passed as our kids were settled in school and we didn't want to uproot them Since then, NY has gotten so much worse and we know so many who have moved south and never looked back....

Add to the fact this spring has been cool and wet (we're just opening our pool today; a month later than normal and I'm wondering why with the long range looking like more of the same.) You take our lousy miserable winters and add it to our rising taxes and now a cool summer and Roanoke is back in the plans for two years from this month...last kid graduates, house is paid for and we're biting at the bit: Virginia or Bust!!!!! Can not wait to watch NY fade away in my rearview mirror...

[Raivere]

Originally Posted by lakeman

I'minformed has been here longer than I have, and I think he can verify everything I've said and probably more. Another thing is the weather, it is HOT in the summer and you leave your AC house much more than you do up there in the winter.

Alot of NY'ers like the weather

[Raivere]

Be prepared for changes, culteral and climate

[Yankee also]

We moved here to NC from upstate NY almost 12 years ago and LOVE it. Our son was in ROTC here and they didn't offer that up at our previous school, he learned to say "sir" and "Mam" and he was very involved in sports. Our oldest son moved here and now works doing his own tile business and younger son does tile also. And now we have 3 wonderful grandchildren!! We work in the weather ALL year long (fans work well) where as when my hubby was a carpenter up north he usually was laid off in the winter as ground too frozen to set poles and build. Taxes were so darn high and they just kept going up and up. Heat was almost too expensive to keep your house very warm and we also had to plug our car and truck in to start. Then even with a snow blower sometimes you had to break down and pay to have the driveway plowed and hope and pray you didn't get stuck there or anywhere else. Some days you were lucky to be able to get out of your driveway due to snow and ice. Then in the spring you had so much mud to deal with and when you finally got the 3 months of summer the black flies would try to eat you up. I loved the nice summers When we did have them, but here you can go to the beach or lake and swim and cool off. Always a nice breeze from the ocean. Good fishing all year too. We own a much nicer home here than we ever could afford in NY and there is usually always something to do.
Good luck with whatever you decide. I think every place has it's pro's and con's. Just find a good safe place and be happy.

[bmd69]

Originally Posted by lakeman

I think that is the biggest misconception for people moving south. They think they are miving to place similar to where they live, just with better weather and lower taxes. That was what I was expecting when I moved and boy was I wrong.

Your right on.

[bmd69]

Originally Posted by montanamom

I live about 40 minutes outside of Charlotte, N.C. Moved out of state for two years (Montana) and moved back. Now that it's summer here, I remember why I wanted to move.

What is the summer weather like in Upstate New York?

At least you can go outside. Do you like to sit inside from June to ? because of the humidity in NC