What are your favorite & least favorite NC Cities? (Charlotte: crime rate, good schools)

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by birdsey

We were looking for a medium size town with historic character and affordable homes and decided to purchase a home in Salisbury. We are close enough to both the coast and the mountains for a quick get-away, yet we don't have to worry about hurricanes or outrageous home prices.
Salisbury is maintained very well, has several historic districts, and is close enough to Charlotte for bigger city entertainment.

I like what Salisbury has done in preserving it character, the last time I was here a few months ago the downtown life look like it was on a up swing. I really enjoy La Cava restaurant and another one near the statue on Innes but I cant think of the name. Very unique atomosphere.

However Salisbury isnt immune from Hurricanes. Hugo was still a Category 1 hurricane and was still strong enough to topple many trees across roads and houses leaving many without power, closing schools for as long as two weeks, and spawning several tornadoes. The storm took Charlotte by surprise; the city is 200 miles (320 km) inland and is frequently a stopover for people fleeing from the coast. Damage to trees was reported across much of western North Carolina, including the cities of Winston-Salem, High Point, Boone, Hickory, Morganton, Salisbury and Statesville.

[babspadget]

Hi I am looking into the Concord area. How is it to live there?

[Goldsboro Survivor]

Originally Posted by JT in NC

I have been here in Goldsboro for 13 years and hate it. Just recently decided to move. Unless you have any ties to the Air Force and SJAFB, there really is no reason to be in GOldsboro. The crime is high, drugs, prostitution, breaking and enterings everyday in the paper. Too many projects and low income run down. If you want a decent paying engineering job, Goldsboro is not the place to be. What about Raleigh?? The school system here is aweful too, if you have kids you don't want them in the public school system in Goldsboro. Trust me, take it from someone that knows...look elsewhere. Raleigh, Greenville, Wilmington....anywhere but Goldsboro.

I grew up in goldsboro (jr. high and high school) and do not advise anyone with children to move there!! Terrible public school system, prolification of drugs, and crime. I am from an upper middle-class family, lived in Walnut Creek, my Father was a high ranking officer in the USAF. All I can say is thank The Lord that my husband and I were able to move away from that stink hole. When my Dad retired my parents jetted out of there as well! I would never want to raise my children there---EVER. Run, Run, Run to Raleigh or Cary or Charlotte, if you have a professional career and the finacial ability to do so. Live in Wilmington only if you are going to College or are retiring a multi-millionaire. Stay away from Goldsboro, Kinston, Smithfield, Clayton, Snow Hill, Greenville. Otherwise consider the mountains for an affordable, eclectic, artistic, "natural" lifestyle.

[the 7 oh 4]

Favorite NC Cities:

Charlotte
Asheville
Blowing Rock
Boone
Winston-Salem
Wilmington


Least Favorite NC cities:

Raleigh
Durham
Fayetteville
Eastern NC cities (except Wilmington)

Just a personal prefernece though! Everyone likes different thing!

[wsncfay]

for all these people that say they dont like fayetteville, have you actually been to fayetteville, not just a drive thru going down I95, that doesnt count.

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by wsncfay

for all these people that say they dont like fayetteville, have you actually been to fayetteville, not just a drive thru going down I95, that doesnt count.

Yes. Typical military town. Strip joints, Adult book stores & Pawn shops.

I will give Fayetteville that they have cleaned up "Hay St".

Fayetteville has had alot of problems lately. Especially shootings & murders.

[wsncfay]

well talking crime related... when i stayed in charlotte for a bit there was a guy that raped a girl in south carolina, went up to charlotte to he's brother's in a neighborhood off west harris, a cop shows up, he shots the cop takes he's brother hostage and from mallard creek to (sugar creek?) but was closed off, i was in that neighborhood at that time, 2 houses down across the street. later there was a shooting that killed to cops. i mean if people keep going off crime, i mean charlotte has just as much as with any other city, yes for a city of fayetteville's size there is a bit more but there is crime in every single city in the world.

[Niki]

Originally Posted by wsncfay

for all these people that say they dont like fayetteville, have you actually been to fayetteville, not just a drive thru going down I95, that doesnt count.

Yes, I've lived in Fayetteville. Almost my entire family (mom's side & dad's side) have lived there since before I was born, so when I wasn't living there, I was visiting there every Thanksgiving, Christmas, summers, deaths, weddings, church things, etc. I don't like the area, but as someone else said, it's just an opinion and a matter of personal taste.

[mdp_az]

Favorites
Durham
West Jefferson
Boone
Asheville
Edenton

Least Favorites
Charlotte
Greenville
Fayetteville

[RuralCoastalGuy]

My favorites would be:

Raleigh
Wilmington
Southport
Asheville
Boone
Charlotte

My least favorites would be:

Cary
Durham
Wilson
Goldsboro

(No offense to the people living in these places, just the overall look and feel of the cities.)