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Please explain what you meant by: " I was speaking to a gay man recently who moved to the area with his partner and even the gay men said they shouldn't bother to look at Durham. " The part about "even the gay men..."
What?
I'm assuming that this statement is alluding to the fact that Durham is known to have an active homosexual community, though it does lean heavier towards lesbians.
We've been looking to buy in Cary for several months. We were looking in the area around where Kildaire Farm Rd. and SE Maynard intersect. Those older neighborhoods are loaded with mature trees, large lots and just a lovely atmosphere all around. We loved that we could walk up to the market from our house, in fact could walk to so many things, parks, greenways, shopping centers. It seemed like utopia.
Add to that the central location, and we were hooked. We live in Raleigh now and rarely make it to Durham or Chapel Hill because we don't feel like driving 45 minutes each way.
It looks like we're buying elsewhere now ... found a great deal in Raleigh after all. But I have to admit feeling sad about losing out on Cary. I don't particularly like the outskirts of Cary for many of the reasons posted on this thread, but the area in central Cary is absolute perfection imo.
I'm sad, too!
I wish more people who love the mature trees and greenways would move here.
I've been here 4 years now - don't live in Cary but frequent it often enough and thinking back to all the threads I read before our move and honestly, it's all a bunch of BS - anyone I've met from Cary is great - it's a nice place - and I think the majority of people looking in from the outside are maybe a bit jealous? I'm not sure but I wouldn't pay much attention to anything negative being said.
EXACTLY!
Wow...has it really been four years?!! I remember when you first began posting!
Saluki is exactly right. There is quite a lot of BS on this forum!
I have so many clients that come to this area that have listened to their friends or relatives that live here, bad mouthing other areas that they didn't want to live in and insisting that the town THEY chose is the right one for the relatives moving here.
And yes, these are all OPINIONS!
And the folks that THINK they want Cary may end up in Wake Forest AFTER they see it. And the folks that have HEARD negative things about Durham may actually choose to live there!
My point is...so many people with so many OPINIONS but until you get here and SEE what YOU like, you really can't make that decision from what people say.
I lived in Cary many many years ago. We moved to North Raleigh because Cary was so small back then that it was just a bedroom community. I would not want to move back to Cary, today. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with Cary but I prefer North Raleigh. Everyone has choices.
I've been here 4 years now - don't live in Cary but frequent it often enough and thinking back to all the threads I read before our move and honestly, it's all a bunch of BS - anyone I've met from Cary is great - it's a nice place - and I think the majority of people looking in from the outside are maybe a bit jealous? I'm not sure but I wouldn't pay much attention to anything negative being said.
To your bolded statement above (bold mine)...um, no.
Some like more planned communities and are Cary fans (this doesn't include the areas of Cary that are not)...others find that say, non-inspiring.
I'm not a fan, though I recognize Cary's strengths. It's not for me whatsoever, but I've recommended it to numerous people.
Hey wait a minute, a question was asked, and a question is being answered.
Cary is a little beige for my taste.
That isn't Cary hate, it's a preference. Got nothing but love for the good people of Cary, it's a really nice place to shop. Went to an art fair there, had a good time. Would go again A++.
When my husband was interviewing for a position in Raleigh, he was asked where else he had applied. He mentioned a position in Cary. The reply from his would-be boss was, "There's nothing wrong with Cary, just the people who live there." I thought that was pretty rude. Who cares, live where you will be happy!
Wow...has it really been four years?!! I remember when you first began posting!
Saluki is exactly right. There is quite a lot of BS on this forum!
I have so many clients that come to this area that have listened to their friends or relatives that live here, bad mouthing other areas that they didn't want to live in and insisting that the town THEY chose is the right one for the relatives moving here.
And yes, these are all OPINIONS!
And the folks that THINK they want Cary may end up in Wake Forest AFTER they see it. And the folks that have HEARD negative things about Durham may actually choose to live there!
My point is...so many people with so many OPINIONS but until you get here and SEE what YOU like, you really can't make that decision from what people say.
I lived in Cary many many years ago. We moved to North Raleigh because Cary was so small back then that it was just a bedroom community. I would not want to move back to Cary, today. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with Cary but I prefer North Raleigh. Everyone has choices.
Vicki
Vicki
Hi Vicki,
Everyone seems to badmouth my location on Capital Blvd. near Mini-City.
I love the convenience of BJ's Club, Triangle Town Center, Target, and now Walmart.
I do badmouth Cary but absolutely don't envy those choosing to live there.
When my husband was interviewing for a position in Raleigh, he was asked where else he had applied. He mentioned a position in Cary. The reply from his would-be boss was, "There's nothing wrong with Cary, just the people who live there." I thought that was pretty rude. Who cares, live where you will be happy!
A common description of Cary residents by those who do not like the town. Rude though on the interviewer's part.
Cary is simply too congested. Too many people in a relatively confined area - and most of them northeasterners. Further, housing is over-priced (under princed from yankee perpective) I agree with previous posters who have stated that it is up to the person who is moving here's opinon. If I was from Jersey or Long Island, I would probably "just adore" Cary , but I am from West Virginia and to me, Cary is sickening -just stating why I do not like Cary, but again, to each his own.
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