It's almost that time... I'm putting together my visit agenda
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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That's why I reccomended Garner earlier in the thread. I also agree with your recommendation of the area around lake wheeler.
What does what I want have to do with the OP? I'm giving my recommendations based on job location and what I thought are their interests. Nothing new on this board, right?
Hey, I'm with you on that. If it was me, I would try and live about a 10 minute walk from job location, and compromise on the lot size.
But that OP wants to check out Clayton and Fuquay. I hear that some people do manage to eat OK and enjoy social lives in these towns.
Hey, I'm with you on that. If it was me, I would try and live about a 10 minute walk from job location, and compromise on the lot size.
But that OP wants to check out Clayton and Fuquay. I hear that some people do manage to eat OK and enjoy social lives in these towns.
we are doing this ourselves...we live about 15 mins from DT Raleigh but in order to not drain our cash flows and be able to look into our neighbors kitchen, we have decided to move to FV.
But that OP wants to check out Clayton and Fuquay. I hear that some people do manage to eat OK and enjoy social lives in these towns.
Thanks for twisting my words again. Wow.
I think there are reasons why we on this board reccomended certain areas over others when posters come looking for advice. It doesn't mean that other areas or towns are void of people that also enjoy those things. When people say, "I'm very liberal, like to walk to non-chain stores" we tend to steer them to Carboro for example. It doesn't mean that people that live in Cary aren't liberal or don't enjoy walking to non-chain stores. Or when someone says "my job is in RTP, I'm a huge foodie and don't have any kids, we reccomended Durham rather than Holly Springs. These people could be happy in Clayton, but we are only going on a limited amount of info. See my point?
I'm sorry guys, if I contributed to any kind of discourse in this conversation. I made the Chick Fil A comment with a smile on my face, no harm meant.
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Originally Posted by sittingonamtntop
I'm not saying people that live in those areas don't like to eat at nicer restaurants, or enjoy "hipper things" What I'm saying is why would you want to live all the way out there if you are going to be spending so much time in Raleigh. Seems silly to spend all that money on gas and time sitting in a car when there are options that fit their criteria/budget closer to the activities and restaurants listed.
Plus OP mentioned that their office may be in west Raleigh.
Sheesh some of y'all sure are defensive!
I'm not sure if I insinuated this, but I don't plan on spending a whole lot of time in Raleigh. My agenda is strictly for the 3-4 days that we're visiting. I'm purposely trying not to get ahead of myself because if I start making assumptions about time in Raleigh, Garner, Clayton or anywhere else, I'd be limiting my options.
At our ages and with our hobbies (gardening and golf), we aren't as likely to be spending a lot of time in the "city". Sure I like events as much as the next person, but I don't see us going in there every weekend.
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Originally Posted by sittingonamtntop
Again, my point is why would you live 30+ minutes away from work/social activities when you don't have to?
Waste of gas, money and time IMO.
I drive 45 minutes each way to work every day.
Of course, I'd like a shorter commute, but I have no idea who will hire me or where they'll be located. We'll be renting for a time, so we can figure that part out. This trip is our first, and not for final decisions, we aren't selling our NY house until spring 2017.
I wasn't sure about [Lassiter Mill], but I added it to the possibilities because I wanted to see something historic. Maybe if we get time to walk around Oakwood, that will give me my fix.
There are lots of "Historic" things here but I wouldn't consider that one of them--it's more like "ruins". There used to be a mill there and a bridge, and there's a dam with a cute waterfall, but the bridge has been gone for years and the mill is inaccessible, there aren't tours or anything. It's a pretty place to park the car, look at the waterfall, and maybe stick your toes in the water, but there is also a group of new houses right there, so it's really like a neighborhood street that happens to have the ruins of a mill across the creek from it). You can see all of it you need to here.
There are lots of "Historic" things here but I wouldn't consider that one of them--it's more like "ruins". There used to be a mill there and a bridge, and there's a dam with a cute waterfall, but the bridge has been gone for years and the mill is inaccessible, there aren't tours or anything. It's a pretty place to park the car, look at the waterfall, and maybe stick your toes in the water, but there is also a group of new houses right there, so it's really like a neighborhood street that happens to have the ruins of a mill across the creek from it). You can see all of it you need to here.
Thank you for the information. Is there anything you can think of that fits the bill, North Carolina Museum of History maybe? The Museum of Natural Sciences looks pretty cool too.
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