Thoughts on Mebane

[Willowoak02]

I like Mebane. It is a modest town with many people quietly doing great things. I shake my head at the people who disdain the schools here when they have never even had a child in the school system. My children have thrived in the schools and have gone on to earn many college credits because of the AP classes that they took in the Alamance School system. They also have said that their high school classes were tougher than the ones they had in their first year of college.

A recent winner of a national collegiate debate competition came from Mebane. He and his debate partner beat out teams from Harvard, Stanford and Yale, and he credited his English teacher in his Alamance County high school for teaching him the skills that led to his win.

So run to Orange County if you want to, but those of us with children in the Alamance system are grateful for the wonderful teachers in our schools.

[ncrunner77]

Originally Posted by Gin257

Ideally, in a perfect world, I'd love to be closer to work and where my future kids will be in school, but I just feel like with taxes and our price range everything will put me at least 30 minutes away from work anyway, no matter which direction I go! I think we are priced out of Cary.

If you are dead set on new or near new, then yes, you are priced out of Cary and the LOCATION, schools and amenities it offers. However, if you are open to a fixer upper in a more established (see "old" which around here is all of 20-30 years -lol that people consider these houses soooooo old) then there ARE options in Cary. Place down from us in Northwoods 4 bed 2200 sq ft sold two months ago to a flipper for 180 and now on market for 285. Be the flipper, find those hidden gems, build equity, prevent sprawl AND have it all (central location, schools, conveniences, low taxes). People having the new or nothing mentality are really limiting themselves.

[Pinehurstcharlie]

I agree about old as they have good "bones". I've seen some that have been remodeled that look great but some are very high while others are reasonable. Downtown Cary seems to be going through a change and getting older in that area would be great.