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I have found this website several times while searching for info about North Carolina and decided to join today.....it has been very helpful
My husband and I are thinking of moving to the Northeastern part of NC....areas that are within about 1 hr 30 mins of Virginia (hampton roads area). My husband wants to get out of the Navy and will be doing so in 2009. We are starting are search now with hopes to make a move sometime this summer. We are looking to get more house for the money and hopefully a job for my husband in North Carolina versus having him commute everyday to Virginia. We are thinking of Edenton, Tyner, Hertford (city), Camden and possible Camden County, Gates County, and South Mills. We have seen so far Moyock, Shawboro, and Elizabeth City. I was not real happy with the downtown area of Elizabeth City, however I hear the outskirts are better???We will be visiting Edenton, Tyner, and Gates County (Gates) this weekend.
Does anyone have any suggestions on good areas or comments about the areas we are interested in?
Jobs such as plants, factories, etc....or any other places maybe that pay $15-$20/hr or maybe $40k per year? I heard UPS has a hub in Edenton? Is this a big place or just a store front?
Experiences with buying Modular homes? Or with dealers in that area?
How have doublewides fared in hurricanes?
Septic tanks? If you have them pumped every 5 yrs is it worth it to get a better price on the land versus buying in an area with sewer?
Also about the areas of Cape Colony and Arrowhead beach (in Edenton)?
I like Moyock. It's nice,not too small. I think you said you've been but if not, you will probably like it. It's a little bit of a culture shock if you are from the city...or anywhere else basically,lol. It is only 4 miles to Chesapeake,VA(the state line,at least) and they just bulit a new Expressway. You can buy a Smart Tag or there is a back why which is actually about the same distance. There are lots of military families in Moyock,where I lived at least.
Moyock has one grocery store,Food Lion,a couple fast food places and a Dairy Queen. There is a flower shop, possibly two shops, a movie rental place, dry cleaner, 3 gas stations, a very busy denture company,pet speciality shop, a kennel that probbaly isn't well known, deli, Curves womens fitness center, a coffee shop I believe, and a couple churchs. It's not too different from a city except everything is smaller and closer together.We even have stop lights! Moyock is growing in size and is getting more shops all the time. My family has only been living there for four years and SO much has oppened up. The schools are supossed to be good but I don't really have any information. There is one high school for the county and it is fairly new(less than 7 or 8 yrs).There are two middle schools, one just opening four years ago, and three elementary schools, I believe. If you have kids already there isn't much to do and kids do sometimes to get into trouble(mailbox bashing, fireworks, be-be guns,just breaking things in general).
I do think the best part about Moyock is that it is so very close to VA. Everything you need is there or reasonably close by.Actually, a new Target just opened in Oct. It's in VA but it's 10-15 minutes away.
Housing cost, I'll just say that you can find any house for whatever amount you are looking to spend. I hope you check it out because it's a nice place.
Thank you Future Pilot for your response We did drive through Moyock...it was beautiful. However, for what we are looking to spend the existing houses seem to be out of our price range. I wish we were able to spend more, but with my husband getting closer to entering the civillian workforce our income will be cut in half.....so we are looking to downsize a bit. I would still be interested in buying land there and putting a modular on it....so far I haven't seen any lots less than 40k, I am keeping my fingers crossed though. We had lunch that day at Southland and did drive around for awhile...it was really a very nice place. Almost like the air was different there...lol.
I was just looking at your post and wondered if you had moved to NE NC yet? We moved here a year ago from Norfolk and love it in Hertford. Let me know if you would like some information from someone happy here. I was born and raised in Norfolk and didn't want to leave. But now we are very happy here and are glad we relocated.
Just saw your post as I was looking for fireworks locations :) Not sure if you moved yet since it's now July 2nd but we recently moved from Virginia to South Mills, NC. Took a little time to get used to at first but we love it now, once all of the smoke eventually goes away :) I work in Newport News and commute everyday and while the mileage is far, the time isn't. We are a little over 3 miles from the border, I cut through Deep Creek in Chesapeake, and then hit 664...total it's about a 45 minute drive if no traffic. I know some people that work here that come from Virginia Beach, etc. and it takes them just as long because of traffic. There are a lot of rumors where I live about a golf course, some businesses, etc. that are being planned but would take a few years at least. Oh, forgot to mention, I moved into the Camden Plantation area and I know they have a lot of new homes still for sale. One thing though, don't let people tell you that it's so much more cheaper to live in NC. Yeah, you will get more land and home for the money, and the real estate taxes are lower (for now), but just about everything else is more expensive (sales tax, state income tax, etc.). So I would recommend if you are looking for work in NC to take that into consideration as well. I work in Va so pretty much we just use our federal return to cover the disparity in taxes every year. This is getting long so if you have any specific questions, please feel free to email me.
I would advise against Hertford or Edenton. The crime is so awful, we never leave our houses anymore unless we're in the car. There are zero jobs above minimum wage. The cops in Hertford just up and quit, walked away. The mayor is an idiot, prices here are HIGH. my electric is about $1000 a month, water $200 a month, and my taxes tripled in one year. We're getting the heck out of here as soon as we can dump the house.
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