Any Long Islanders in Mebane or Hillsborough? (Raleigh, Durham: transplants, chapel)

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Any Long Islanders in Mebane or Hillsborough?
Curious if there are any fellow Long Islanders living in the Mebane or Hillsborough area. Seriously contemplating a move there and would love to know what you think of it and if you are happy with your move. Would also love to know what area you are from on Long Island and how, or if, NC compares.

Thank you!

[RaleighRocks]

Forget Mebane, too rural and blue collar. Hillsbor. is ok, but why not Chapel Hill, South Durham (along I-40).

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Can't afford Chapel Hill. And I heard Durham schools are not good. Trying to stay out of Wake County too because of their crazy school system. Narrowed it down to Mebane or Hillsborough.

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Originally Posted by squeezed out

Any Long Islanders in Mebane or Hillsborough?
Curious if there are any fellow Long Islanders living in the Mebane or Hillsborough area. Seriously contemplating a move there and would love to know what you think of it and if you are happy with your move. Would also love to know what area you are from on Long Island and how, or if, NC compares.

Thank you!

I'm sure there are, they just might not be on this forum. I don't know much about those two areas. Where will you be working? Depending on where you land a job it might be a long drive. Those two areas might be good if your Job is in Chapel Hill or Durham, but I certainly wouldn't want to have to commute to Raleigh every day from there. If you are trying to avoid Wake County but are looking for affordable places I would look at Johsnton County (Clayton). I would also not discount the offerings in Durham. Some areas in Durham have excellent schools.

Good Luck!

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Originally Posted by North_Raleigh_Guy

I'm sure there are, they just might not be on this forum. I don't know much about those two areas. Where will you be working? Depending on where you land a job it might be a long drive. Those two areas might be good if your Job is in Chapel Hill or Durham, but I certainly wouldn't want to have to commute to Raleigh every day from there. If you are trying to avoid Wake County but are looking for affordable places I would look at Johsnton County (Clayton). I would also not discount the offerings in Durham. Some areas in Durham have excellent schools.

Good Luck!

I've heard that Johnston County schools still practice corporal punishment with the students so I am staying clear of that. But in regards to Hillsborough, do you know roughly what the commute would be to Raleigh? My husband will be working in and around that area. He now commutes
1 1/2 to 2 hours into Manhattan from LI, so anything less than that is better but a half-hour commute is a dream! Thanks.

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Originally Posted by squeezed out

I've heard that Johnston County schools still practice corporal punishment with the students so I am staying clear of that.

You know, I'm no authority on Clayton area schools, but I would double check that if I were you. I certainly never heard that one before. Perhaps one of the Clayton residents on this forum can chime in.

Originally Posted by squeezed out

But in regards to Hillsborough, do you know roughly what the commute would be to Raleigh? My husband will be working in and around that area. He now commutes 1 1/2 to 2 hours into Manhattan from LI, so anything less than that is better but a half-hour commute is a dream!

So much depends on where in Raleigh you are talking about. I know where I work in Downtown Raleigh it would easily take hour to get there from Hillsborough. Now if you are talking about a location in Raleigh out by the Airport area you might be able to do that in 30-35 minutes, but that is just a guess on my part.

[MrsSteel]

Originally Posted by North_Raleigh_Guy

So much depends on where in Raleigh you are talking about. I know where I work in Downtown Raleigh it would easily take hour to get there from Hillsborough. Now if you are talking about a location in Raleigh out by the Airport area you might be able to do that in 30-35 minutes, but that is just a guess on my part.

NRG, this sounds about right to me. I had to drive from Hillsborough to the area around Crabtree Mall in Raleigh a couple of times. Even in off-peak hours, it took me about an hour.

[JimnSue]

We are from long island and are planning to move to Clayton.......I've done alot of research and from what I've read there is no corporal punishment...it was done away with......any and all info I've also gotten from old and new residents of Clayton have nothing but absolutely great things to say about the school systems......I also have a friend who moved to Clayton who grew up in Bay Shore and sold her home in Jericho and loves the schools/area also........

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Originally Posted by JimnSue

We are from long island and are planning to move to Clayton.......I've done alot of research and from what I've read there is no corporal punishment...it was done away with......any and all info I've also gotten from old and new residents of Clayton have nothing but absolutely great things to say about the school systems......I also have a friend who moved to Clayton who grew up in Bay Shore and sold her home in Jericho and loves the schools/area also........

Great. Thanks for the info. And just as an FYI, I did not read about the coporal punishment on this site -- I googled it and found the States and Counties that still practice it. Johnston and Franklin were on the list.

[JimnSue]

Squeezed out......ya know what.......I applologize.....I just relooked it up and the current info I found dated April 28, 2008 says that Johnston Cnty does still allow it...

God......We were originally looking in Wake and then did the switch with all the instability with the schools I didnt want my kids having to deal w.that after a move........

That was a big deal to me and so was looking up the corporal punishment issue....I can't believe that I just assumed Johnston was also...(actually I thought I had checked it out) Guess I didnt .....

Obviously I will do more reading on it.....but I will say.....We were down there around presidents week so it was in Feb....and we really liked the whole area.....we're getting our house ready to put it on the market and my husband is working on getting his retirement from NYPD........so we want to be there....

Everyone I've spoken w/only has good things to say about the school district.....I think there has been one or two schools mentioned to me to stay clear of but other than those I've been told that you can't go wrong with the rest.......and I haven't heard one thing mentioned about the corporal punishent and as I said I've been speaking with plenty of transplants from here and up north in general where it would be an issue since its not anything we're used to and its never come up........

so maybe its still in place on the books but not in place if that makes sense.....(I hope) I will ask more and post back also......but there's usually plenty of Claytonites who usually chime in with great info.....think some have been in hiding lately...........

Good luck with your search and sorry about the misinformation earlier...

PS I'm in west islip....

Suzanne