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I remember when we were doing our research a couple years ago, Holly Springs was all the rage and got a ton of mention here as a solid place to move to. I don't feel like these days it's getting the same attention, am I just imagining things? If the former, what are the contributing factors? I know traffic has been a major complaint there...
Lost some of its luster due to increased prices for sure. It used to be cheaper than Cary and Apex. Now, not so much...especially when considering it has the worst commuting times in the state http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...-commuter.html
On top of these long commute times, you are often paying for the privilege by using the 540 toll to go to RTP. My wife and I conservatively figured it would cost us 2K/year for us to commute into RTP from HS. This for a "short" commute of 30 minutes each way (I guess short vs taking Hwy1 to I40 or up 55).
Also, it lacks a town center or downtown, like Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina or Wake Forest, to give it some sense of soul, character and community. I don't get the sense it is a real town with any history; just pure sterile suburban sprawl that is now suffering significant traffic issues from poor planning and hyper-growth.
It's only trump card, more house for the money, has been played.
Holly Springs is bustling! A lot of new developments with all kinds of amenities. Shopping centers that are not at all crowded with attractive stores and restaurants. Downtown is small but sweet, with a library. Biggest problem now is growing pains with the traffic in some areas, but that is being addressed. New schools being built too.
Too expensive for what the commute is and will be. If you don't need to commute it's very nice. I hear the traffic is an absolute bear even within town, though.
I remember when we were doing our research a couple years ago, Holly Springs was all the rage and got a ton of mention here as a solid place to move to. I don't feel like these days it's getting the same attention, am I just imagining things? If the former, what are the contributing factors? I know traffic has been a major complaint there...
Anywhere that is "all the rage," especially with the Long Island crowd where they apparently hop in the car and move to NC based on whatever is the "all the rage" NC city du jour and then invite everybody they know to move down with them, is going to quickly become oversaturated with people flocking to it, and thus overcrowding issues such as traffic and school crowding quickly become issues.
If traffic is your concern, avoid anywhere that is "all the rage", because 1000s of others will have gotten the same message and beaten you to it.
Anywhere that is "all the rage," especially with the Long Island crowd where they apparently hop in the car and move to NC based on whatever is the "all the rage" NC city du jour and then invite everybody they know to move down with them, is going to quickly become oversaturated with people flocking to it, and thus overcrowding issues such as traffic and school crowding quickly become issues.
These people flocking here may bring bodegas since they, according to your sources, only exist up there.
Holly Springs is very popular, but the specific neighborhoods you might be looking at, don't have the same level of "refinement" that you might be looking for. For example, my aunt is buying a new house at the Manor at Salem Village. But the entrance to the neighborhood is very bad, crossing a RR crossing and past a school. Also, some of the trains that go by there are VERY loud. The neighborhood is not selling even half the speed of what a west Cary subdivision would sell at (new construction). I think Salem Village Manors are having a difficult time selling but they sure don't make it seem that way when you go there to visit.
It will take 10 years or more for these places to "catch up" to Cary-type areas if that's what you are looking for.
I have known it as a nice place to live. Particularly if you want a less expensive home and you don't mind the commute.
But, never as a highly sought-after location.
I think the prices are rising and that makes it less desirable because....location.
That may be a slight exaggeration, but it was definitely recommended and mentioned far more frequently a couple years ago in relocation threads. It was mentioned enough that we actually were very interested in it until we saw it in person.
It could have to do with whatever search terms I was using at the time...
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