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I agree but let us know if you want to try to stick it out a little longer and find more things to do here that you might like. We’re happy to help you explore our area but can’t change the weather.
huh? I'm not the one looking to move. I've been here many years.
huh? I'm not the one looking to move. I've been here many years.
Maybe I didn't word that right. I quoted your comment because I agreed with what you said and was directing my comment about "finding more thing you like" to the OP. Sorry for the confusion. I edited it to clarify.
Some people say that it gets better with time, but others say it will only get worse. In my experience, it got worse.
I moved from NC to MO and immediately fell in love. I missed the beach and the mountains, but liked everything else about the state.
Then I moved from MO to TX and immediately hated it. I thought it would get better, but after a year it didn't. I landed a job in Chicago and have been here for over a year. It's not the perfect place and the cost of living is high, but the amenities are great.
I would bet money OP will make more money or certainly lose less money buying a house here than buying one in Seattle right now. The pricing there is not sustainable and it's going to get ugly. 1,700sq ft shack sold for $1.25 million in my old neighborhood a few weeks ago. It's laughable. Seattle is not San Francisco, hello. See the weather out today, this is what it's like there for most of 9 months out of the year. Haha.
Not to mention that Washington is WAY OVERDUE for a big earthquake, and supposedly lives with same risk as California.
I think the parent aspect is a solid consideration. However, we lived in WA 6 1/2 years and 4 of those were with our son. We've taken him on family adventures from a young age. He's a little explorer. So much of what I miss doing I miss doing with my husband and son.
If we had another by accident NC would be a solid bet I think. Not in pur plans at least.
I was excited about a house, even a modest one (we rent) but it didn't wind up feeling worth it.
I think I see families here content with a simple lifestyle, and I'm not bashing that - I get it. Safe, quiet neighborhood, good school, soccer practice, church, weekend barbeque, good work / life balance. I'm this slightly eccentric, gypsy personality who itches for adventure and I feel like I haven't found my place here.
In my opinion, The Triangle and NC as a whole offers one of the best compromises of many things
in the country.
It offers a little bit of many things, and but specializes in none:
____________
1) Some Southern-ness
2) Some city-ness
3) Some small-town qualities
4) Some affordability
5) Some exposure to all 4 seasons of weather.
6) Some affordability compared to other areas across the country.
7) Short drives to Beaches and mountains.
8) an abundance of reputable higher education options mostly for in-state students...
9) All while living in one of the country's best-run states (politics not included)..
10) Natural beauty of one of the country's more attractive regions.
Check out Carrboro, the Zoo in Asheboro, Old Salem, NC's respectable aquariums, the 3 distinctly different coastal regions, Hell, even the destitute attempts at the arts in my rural hometown of Louisburg.
Their long, gray ponytails & ill-fitting drab attire worn as they paint bowls of fruit standing behind an easel, might match your definition of a gypsy, who knows?
I would be contemplating suicide daily if I had to live with the dreary and chilly conditions of even San Francisco.
Exposure to the sun really does activate some feel-good chemicals for me, and overcast conditions connote the very opposite for my optimism quotient.
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I need heat with my sun otherwise I don’t notice it. The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
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