Anyone live in Cary (Raleigh: appliances, new home, buying)

[startpackinn]

I live in New Jersey originally from New York and I am looking to relocate to N.C. I am clueless about N.C. I read that Cary was rated the #5 place to live in the U.S. and that has sparked some interest for me and now I want to know why that is true. If anyone has any information that would be great. I do have one concern. I am hearing that schools may be full time. I don't like that at all. My kids look foward to the summer I can understand it's easier for some parents that work, but I work and my kids go to a nice camp for a few weeks and I arrange other things for them on the weeks that they don't have camp. I just don't know how that would work, what if some kids are in a regular schedule school and it converts to full time, and the parents don't want to send them full time? What happens to the kids? Do they have to get switched to a different school? Thats horrible as well because now they may go to a different school and have to start all over again
Any info would be great. I'm looking into new construction to be ready for next July 07
Thanks

[Grass Is Greener]

I just came back from lunch in Cary. Gosh I don't know how anyone would like to move there at this point, it's REALLY overcrowded, traffic, lines everywhere, lots and lots of people and cars. I guess it's a matter of personal preference but I like to have a little elbow room!

[mm34b]

Cary was ranked #5 by Money Magazine. There are many "Best Places" lists out. It just depends on the ranking criteria used by a specific poll as to what cities get on the various lists. In the Money Magazine poll, all cities with a population over 300K or under 50K were not eligible for consideration. Also eliminated were all cities where 40% or more of the residents are over 50 years of age. Hmmmmmm?

[leighbhe]

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[I'minformed2]

Cary is extremely overrated; as has already been expressed by others on the page. I can't understand why anyone would move there when there are areas right around it that are more affordable, less snooty, yet are otherwise exactly the same. Schools do get reassigend quite often but that is a countywide thing seeing as it is a county wide school system; and the majority of elementary schools that just got put into mandatory year round schedules are in and around Cary.

[Nea1]

again with the new construction!!!!!! somebody please save me!!!

[startpackinn]

Why do you need to be saved gregsbabe1? I sell new construction for K.Hovnanian and get a discount so of course I will buy one of their homes. Iam not against re-sales but I would have to be really wowed to purchase one.

[Weis02]

Buying new vs. resale is a matter of opinion, NEW move in (after redoing an old house for many yrs) looks good on the surface to me but a new home doesn't tell the complere story as an older one...new homes have to settle and is when cracks in the drywall start, etc, older homes did this already..

.I think new vs. old is a matter of (I hate to say it) your personal preference and situation.

Whether you buy a new home or an old one it is still a home and things will always be needed, appliances will break and the kids will still get it dirty

[RaleighRob]

Originally Posted by Weis02

Buying new vs. resale is a matter of opinion, NEW move in (after redoing an old house for many yrs) looks good on the surface to me but a new home doesn't tell the complere story as an older one...new homes have to settle and is when cracks in the drywall start, etc, older homes did this already..

Very good points. That, and, personally I think most new "mass-produced subdivisions" by these modern home-builder corporations are full of houses that have much poorer construction quality than a nice old home has. You know, back in the day they had good quality carpenters working long and hard to make a quality product.
They put up houses fast-n-cheap alot these days!!

[Weis02]

Originally Posted by RaleighRob

Very good points. That, and, personally I think most new "mass-produced subdivisions" by these modern home-builder corporations are full of houses that have much poorer construction quality than a nice old home has. You know, back in the day they had good quality carpenters working long and hard to make a quality product.
They put up houses fast-n-cheap alot these days!!

You may an excellent point too, my house (excpet the walls we tore down and redid) are plaster, plaster is better despite any arguement, why don't they do it, cost? If I were to build a new home, I would pay more for certain quality things because that is what important to me - but many people only see the newness of it...after you and your family (especially with kids) move in and live there a while, the newness is gone, the walls are scuffed, things get stained - etc... like a new car, it loses the new car smell very quickly..