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That your state seems to be a place where a lot of people are relocating to these days?
I made a thread in the California forum about this since everyone and their brother seems to move to California, but as of recent years North Carolina seems to be a top relocating spot for many people.
For those of you who were born and raised there (or even moved there before it became such a popular destination), does it bother you in any way that's it's becoming much more populated every year?
Personally I'd hate to see any state become the next "California" in terms of getting crowded by people moving in. I was in North Carolina a year ago and really enjoyed it, but found it humorous that it was like when I was in California, in the sense that I met tons of people from out of state who relocated.
Thoughts??
(Please, I do not want this to become a big bashing thread. I just want to see how NC residents and natives feel about this)
I'm not a native, but I've been here for more than a decade. Personally, I like it just how it is now, therefore I don't really want any more growth. But, I'm smart enough to know that is inevitable.
My biggest complaint about translants are when they
come without a job, then complain about the unemployment rate.
always compare anything they don't like here to what they do like back home - "well up north we".....who cares!
refuse to establish roots in their new home town. You live in Carolina, it's time to throw away your sleeveless Giants sweatshirt and embrace the Panthers, Tar Heels, etc.
act as if the Southerners are inferior to the Northerners. Especially the schools. It's just not true.
forget that in most cases they chose to move here.
NC is a wonderful, wonderful state, and a great place to call home. I just hope that the future transplants allow us to keep it that way.
It doesn't bother me that people love the state and want to move here. I feel proud that others appreciates the beauty and diverse landscapes of the state. I love meeting people from all over the country. However, there is a feeling of melancholy that I get when I go to places of my youth and see so much change in the scenery that I took for granted would last forever. I'm sure that is how most people feel about the places they grew up in. In my opinion, I think folks from other parts of the country that move here sometime get the blame for the over development of natives hometowns. This is sometimes very unfair. Parts of Hickory that were beautiful and natural were developed to death by greedy builders right from N.C. The same can be said for the mountains I now live in. Up here though, many from outside of the state came with their big bucks and bought up beautiful land, chopped down countless trees, put up their big gates, and built their mansions, only to spend a few weeks a year up here. Natives can hardly afford to live in the place they grew up. We have a shortage of affordable homes for locals that work and live here year round. This has created some resentment. Yes, someone sold the land to these folks, and there are many different reasons for that. Sometimes out of necessity. It would be nice if people would buy the many homes that are already here instead of building new. I just watched an old movie made in 1974, called Where the Lilies Bloom, that was made entirely in Watauga and Avery County, and I felt like crying because so much of the breathtaking landscape in the movie is now developments.
It doesn't bother me per se. I know one thing it has done is change my choice of retirement. I grew up on the Carolina Coast, and always dreamed of retiring in the Raleigh area. It had always struck me as the perfect compromise. To me it had everything you'd want in a city, but still had trees, still had communities. Now, it's grown at a rate that it almost strikes me as a mini DC. Too many people, who live in too small an area without the infrastructure to support it. Give it another 5-10 years and 40W will be as notorious as I-95.
That said, I have no problem with the people. Maybe b/c grew up around alot of Military transplants who loved NC enough to stay here after they got out. That said I've actually never seen that "this is how we do it back home" attitude from them. Even the ones from New York
The growth of the DC Metro has created a situation in Fredericksburg, VA (about 55 miles from DC) where longtime residents,can not afford to live there due to the increase of cost-of-living from commuters moving down from DC w/ DC money. I can see the same thing happening in the Triangle and even on the coast for that matter. Wilmington is actually more expensive than Raleigh, but has a lower per-capita income.
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It doesn't bother me that people love the state and want to move here. I feel proud that others appreciates the beauty and diverse landscapes of the state. I love meeting people from all over the country. However, there is a feeling of melancholy that I get when I go to places of my youth and see so much change in the scenery that I took for granted would last forever. I'm sure that is how most people feel about the places they grew up in. In my opinion, I think folks from other parts of the country that move here sometime get the blame for the over development of natives hometowns. This is sometimes very unfair. Parts of Hickory that were beautiful and natural were developed to death by greedy builders right from N.C. The same can be said for the mountains I now live in. Up here though, many from outside of the state came with their big bucks and bought up beautiful land, chopped down countless trees, put up their big gates, and built their mansions, only to spend a few weeks a year up here. Natives can hardly afford to live in the place they grew up. We have a shortage of affordable homes for locals that work and live here year round. This has created some resentment. Yes, someone sold the land to these folks, and there are many different reasons for that. Sometimes out of necessity. It would be nice if people would buy the many homes that are already here instead of building new. I just watched an old movie made in 1974, called Where the Lilies Bloom, that was made entirely in Watauga and Avery County, and I felt like crying because so much of the breathtaking landscape in the movie is now developments.
Speaking as a lifelong CLT native.....I think many natives will concur with me. The cost of living is not that low,(It has risen over the last decade). there are too little jobs to accommodate the influx of people here and housing is not that cheap. However if you are northener that just move to Charlotte then you are going think the living here..is "dirt cheap"....Who wouldnt coming from Jersey/CT/t/ The city is really all about having a family and driving your kid to soccer practice. And thats fine..if thats what you crave that...then Charlotte is for you.
Nice cheap quiet place to have a life, but not a place to live life.
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I'm not a native, but I've been here for more than a decade. Personally, I like it just how it is now, therefore I don't really want any more growth. But, I'm smart enough to know that is inevitable.
My biggest complaint about translants are when they
come without a job, then complain about the unemployment rate.
always compare anything they don't like here to what they do like back home - "well up north we".....who cares!
refuse to establish roots in their new home town. You live in Carolina, it's time to throw away your sleeveless Giants sweatshirt and embrace the Panthers, Tar Heels, etc.
act as if the Southerners are inferior to the Northerners. Especially the schools. It's just not true.
forget that in most cases they chose to move here.
NC is a wonderful, wonderful state, and a great place to call home. I just hope that the future transplants allow us to keep it that way.
I hate sports for the most part, but I have embraced anything UNC for a while now. Everyone knows I love North Carolina.
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