Moving from Long Island to Raleigh Area sometime soon... (Charlotte: relocating, luxury)

[Melissa3984]

I know I know, you have probably read this post a bazillion times, so heres to a bazillion and 1...


I am a young female getting ready to move to the Raleigh area or somewhere in between Charlotte and Raleigh... I will be attending some University in that area to get my Teaching degree (elementary school) and I am moving down there with the intentions of starting my life, rasing a family and being comfortable in a nice subdivision neighborhood with a pool . What i would mostly like to hear is information from former New Yorkers who have moved to NC, positive or negative responses. Also, from the natives, how do you look @ New Yorkers moving there... and my last note, I heard that natives of North Carolina look down upon people who live in luxury??? Im sure its a rumour, but I guess I still have to ask....

thanks for reading, I look foward to your responses.

Melissa

[thomasj]

I have moved from NY 15 years back, and I lived in Morrisville close to Raleigh. I found this area very friendly and welcoming. Most of the people here are relocated Yankees. Unlike in NY, you may not find much upscale places, but lots of them coming up soon I heard. Good luck!

[Francois]

and my last note, I heard that natives of North Carolina look down upon people who live in luxury???

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What in the world is this supposed to mean? Besides implying that you can't be both a NC Native and live in luxury (?!?!) , I don't even know what you are saying. The wealthiest neighborhood in Raleigh, Hayes Barton, is populated mostly by "old Raleigh" folks whose families have been here for decades if not centuries.

Please explain what it is that you have heard, further?

[NYC2RDU]

Being a New Yorker in the Triangle is a non-issue. We live in an affluent area (although we're not really affluent) and no one has ever behaved in any way to indicate they care.

The sum total of my advice to anyone relocating from New York to the Triangle is to live locally; modify your driving style to blend in, try and talk in a slower cadence, brush up on your manners and then use them. Just like with any area, when you move here from somewhere else be realistic and adapt to the place you're living and don't expect it to change for you.

[saturnfan]

Some folks do resent the influx of too many affluent folks when these people "gentrify" an area pricing it beyond the budgets of long time residents and their children.

Otherwise, no problem.