Is NC likely to be the next S. FL? (Hayesville: homes, private school)

[mhogan10010]

Originally Posted by CoryatFallCreekLand

There are still some great rural land developers just 40 miles outside of downtown Asheville who are going about it the right way. I am part of a small family owned/operated developer in beautiful McDowell County who cares about preserving the natural landscape of the WNC Mountains. Coming from the Adirondacks in Upstate New York, one of the most pristine, natural preserves in the country, we appreciate and enjoy all the mountains have to offer and we are trying to help others make their dreams of mountain living come true. Take a look for yourself at fallcreekland.com and reply with any feedback (good or bad).

I used to live in the PG section, and my mom still lives off the Five Lane.
Glad to see someone isn't raping the landscape for a buck.

[groove1]

One difference between Florida and NC is that people just kind of moved to Florida. NC and its cities asked people to come here by giving business tax incentives, so they knew what they were getting into, but it is still hard to plan for.

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by LauraC

5 - 10 years? How about now?

Asheville, once a beacon for retirees has dropped off the 100 Most Popular Places To Retire according to the current issue of Where To Retire magazine. Only a short time ago Asheville was in the Top 20. Now it can't even crack the Top 100.

I don't always trust these lists. It's hard to know what motivates their choices (behind the scenes). My criteria doesn't always match theirs, either, so I read it all, but don't place too much emphasis on it.

[StereoGuy316]

I have to laugh at this thread. As I'm reading it, and you all say that N.C. will be over priced and overcrowded in 5-10 years, I'm thinking that I need to buy property there as an investment. I live in South Florida now and because of the real estate boom here I was able to purchase a second home in Murphy N.C. for the piece and quite. Real Estate is the best investment by far even in todays market. You all are trying to scare people away but you may be attracting more looking for the next area that will double in price in 5-10 years.
I just thought I'd put my 2 cents in

[Njrover0216]

I think it is funny when people post that Clayton, NC is not "part" of Raleigh and it 20 minutes away. I live in Maryland and I live about 30 minutes from Baltimore, I don't think that is too far from Baltimore and people around here consider us to be in the region of Baltimore. That is what is eventually going to happen to all the small towns around Raleigh within a 30-40 mile radius. Look at DC, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, Boston, LA, Charlotte...it will happen in Raleigh too.

[Richard Martin]

Originally Posted by Mvn2nc

TERRIBLE!!!
And Best Buy,gosh their just down the road so to speak in Concord.
That is the one part i dont understand is how so much gets approved for repetitive business's that are all within about a 30 mile radius.

That might as well be the next state over for corporate businesses. Annapolis, MD (pop. 36,000) has 2 Home Depots within 2 miles of one another.

[LiveLoveLaugh]

Just want to add my $.02. As a child we always vacationed in Fl from NYC. At 30 I left my family and friends to embark on my great adventure and I moved to Fl. Back then whenever I wasn't working, I enjoyed the sun, and the surf. Here I am 53 and the very last thing I want to do is put on a bathing suit and bake in the sun. I recently retired from a wonderful career and like StereoGuy used my home equity to purchase a vacation home in the mountains of NC. In my 20's and 30's I enjoyed putting on the suntan oil and the bikini and now I enjoy sitting on a rocking chair on my front porch! I would not have been happy doing what I do today when I was younger and I think it's called maturity!

[fschorr]

I COMPLETELY agree with everything you said and "get" your message. I have been contemplating a move to NC and those exact sentiments get in the way of the actual commitment to make it happen. But what is your suggestion for when it is too costly to keep up??? I live in Union County NJ and it is a struggle to just maintain life, not an extravagant lifestyle, but life itself. So one becomes a slave to paying the mortgage and the quality of life that you speak of doesn't exist anyway. There's no time for seeing friends, taking vacations, taking classes, etc...it is a quandry that I am trying to reconcile in my mind!
I say thanks for putting into words what many times I have thought!

[nyxmike]

First of all the population of Florida is just over 18 million people. Projection for NC show that by 2030 we will have 12 million people (maybe a little more or less). Also, Florida is a peninsula and has natural boundaries, such as the ocean and the Everglades. South Florida is shoved between these two boundaries, therefore the development is denser, space is limited, and prices go up A LOT. NC does not have this issue (lots of land for miles and development is much more spread out here). Urban areas here are very similiar to that of Atlanta. Atlanta has been growing like a weed for years and is still a very cheap place to live (for its size). Around 250,000 people moved to the Atlanta metro area last year (compared to 80,000 for the Charlotte region). I think everyone is getting in over their heads. We will all be dead by the time NC even resembles Florida. Actually, the only resemblence there will be is that like Florida, NC has multiple cities that are all growing.

[Girl]

When my husband and I opted to leave Northern New Jersey last spring, NC was the only place we looked. It was just a matter of WHERE in NC we'd end up.

We are young (late 30s/early 40s) with two young children (2 1/2 yr old and 4 yr old). We plan on staying in Fort Mill, SC until we die. It was SO DANG EXPENSIVE in NoNJ that we are thrilled with our new area even as we know it will continue to be more expensive the longer we live here. But it will NEVER be as expensive as what we experienced in NoNJ.

Another point - what happens when the Baby Boomers begin dying? My own parents are in their early 60s and I presume in 20-30 years they'll be in the ground. If the projected "NC will be just like FL" happens in 20-30 years, then what happens when the very people that started the migration to NC begin to disappear? Isn't Gen X (my generation) one of the smallest generations to occur in a long time (or was it Gen Y? I'll have to go look that up). All of a sudden we'll have all this growth - and no one to "enjoy" it.

Baby Boomers are driving the migration patterns - but what happens when they are gone?