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I know this has been asked before but I wanted to see if I can get more specifics based on my needs.
Located in Northeast/Midwest/midatlantic
Within about an hour or so of a larger city
3br 2 ba about 1500 sq ft decent (meaning little to no renovations) home for around 400k
Walkable to a lively strip of stuff (restaurants, coffee shop, maybe a nice convenience store or farmers market, people watching) from my house (.5 mile or less)
Decent economy with job availability (we're in accounting so we're not specialized in a specific niche field)
I know this has been asked before but I wanted to see if I can get more specifics based on my needs.
Located in Northeast/Midwest/midatlantic
Within about an hour or so of a larger city
3br 2 ba about 1500 sq ft decent (meaning little to no renovations) home for around 400k
Walkable to a lively strip of stuff (restaurants, coffee shop, maybe a nice convenience store or farmers market, people watching) from my house (.5 mile or less)
Decent economy with job availability (we're in accounting so we're not specialized in a specific niche field)
Can you name a place in my price range?? Helpppp
Does it have to be a suburb? You may not be familiar with what most NC cities are like...basically a small urban core, surrounded by suburban type residential neighborhoods. Many cities in NC have revitalized downtowns that meet your basic criteria...Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Wilmington, Durham, Raleigh. Most downtowns have older, revitalized neighborhoods adjacent to downtown, if condo or townhouse living doesn't work. Some smaller towns to look at include Hillsborough, Davidson and Wake Forest.
Yes k know NC is in the south and it's my only exception to my above criteria.
And to the first poster - no I guess it doesn't have to be in a suburb - I guess I assumed I could only (maybe) afford a burb. Thanks a lot for the info. I'm planning a trip to NC soon as it's my husbands preferred location. Thanks!
Like CarolinaDawg said, cities in NC have their suburbs built in. You can live in downtown Raleigh, or you can live in suburban Raleigh. Same with Durham, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, etc. There are also bedroom communities that surround Raleigh and Charlotte, some of which have gotten quite big themselves, like Cary.
Unlike some places, cities in NC are able to annex land easily (it is harder now) to allow them to grow. I know in other places cities are boxed in by glorified neighborhoods that incorporate.
3br 2 ba about 1500 sq ft decent (meaning little to no renovations) home for around 400k
Walkable to a lively strip of stuff (restaurants, coffee shop, maybe a nice convenience store or farmers market, people watching) from my house (.5 mile or less)
You are much more likely to get the walkability within a city than in a suburb. For example, Uptown Charlotte could be ideal for you. There are condos and townhouses in your price range, and lots of amenities within walking distance. You should be able to land accounting jobs, as Charlotte is the banking capital of the state.
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