Are the people in Chapel Hill snobs? (Cary, Asheboro: apartments, home)

[leighbhe]

Chapel Hill and Cary are just different, simple as that. Chapel Hill is a town that centers around the university, like it or not, it does. The people there tend to be relatively liberal in their political views as well as lifestyle. I grew up there and it is a great place to live. I think people tend to think about their impact on the environment, the think about what they eat, where they shop, etc. Many people in chapel hill are long time residence, they have lived there for 20 plus years with many of them spent being affliated in some way with the university. Cary, when I was growing up was "country" living, it was a very small town. Cary now has many many people who have relocated there, not necessarily grown up there. Because people have lived in chapel hill for so long, they are more concerned about growth and livability as opposed to cary, which has grown very very fast.

Neither place is what I would call snobby, but they are certainly different from each other.

Leigh

[Digital_Duck]

Personally; I do not care for Chapel Hill (even though there are some awesome rural residential lots there) ... not that Cary is considerably better ... I think I like the type of people better ...

You know the old saying:

Bird Of Feather Flock Together

... but I may not appear to be as INFORMED as some of them THINK they are

[Desdemona123]

Originally Posted by Digital_Duck

... one thing many people won't acknowledge about Chapel hill ...

The area tends to be considerably more tolerant towards alternative life styles ...

You say that like it's a bad thing.....

[Bull City Rising]

Originally Posted by Digital_Duck

Personally; I do not care for Chapel Hill (even though there are some awesome rural residential lots there) ... not that Cary is considerably better ... I think I like the type of people better ...

You know the old saying:

Bird Of Feather Flock Together

... but I may not appear to be as INFORMED as some of them THINK they are

<shrugs> I would just chalk this up to one of the great things about the Triangle. N.C. is (just barely) a "red state," but the Triangle runs the gamut from liberal to conservative. You have your Rush fans and your Ed Schultz fans (heck, Raleigh has right-wing talk radio and Chapel Hill has left-wing talk radio!) You have very conservative communities and extremely progressive ones. More or less, folks seem to get along here better and with less "political conflict" than most other places in the South I've lived.

Roughly put, and with exaggeration, the Triangle politically runs left-to-right politically just as it runs on a map. Chapel Hill/Carrboro tends to be most progressive, followed closely by Durham. Johnston Co. and southern Wake Co. will tend towards the other end of the spectrum. Raleigh and Cary tend in my mind to be more middle-of-the-road, with pockets of both sides of the traditionally-expressed political spectrum in each.

[Digital_Duck]

Originally Posted by Desdemona123

You say that like it's a bad thing.....

It's not a bad thing ... but it is a factor for some folks who prefer one or the other ...

To be fair to new comers ... it should be stated as a neutral comment for informed decision making - that's all.

Could you imagine a red neck in an area with people that have purple hair ...

It could be an anthropological shock

[RaleighRob]

Originally Posted by Digital_Duck

Could you imagine a red neck in an area with people that have purple hair ...

It could be an anthropological shock

Yes I saw it all the time at NCSU! Small town southern country boys, coming to the big city for college. (Imagine the fun the first time they have to parrallel park their pickup on Hillsborough Street! LOL)
They get used to it over time....eventually.

[Miker2069]

Originally Posted by Monkey Toes

After living in Los Gatos, Ca, I just can't take any more rich snobs in thier Italian cycling jerseys.

Sorry, still getting the huge belly laugh out of the system... The Italian Cycling Jersey's imagery is classic

[I'minformed2]

Originally Posted by Digital_Duck

Personally; I do not care for Chapel Hill (even though there are some awesome rural residential lots there) ... not that Cary is considerably better ... I think I like the type of people better ...

You know the old saying:

Bird Of Feather Flock Together

... but I may not appear to be as INFORMED as some of them THINK they are

Having lived in Cary and worked in Chapel Hill.....I think someone needs to calm down and realize this is an internet forum and take my OPINION for what it is and get over it.

[Monkey Toes]

Originally Posted by Digital_Duck

Personally; I do not care for Chapel Hill (even though there are some awesome rural residential lots there) ... not that Cary is considerably better ... I think I like the type of people better ...

You know the old saying:

Bird Of Feather Flock Together

... but I may not appear to be as INFORMED as some of them THINK they are

So.. how would you describe the residents of Cary compared to Chapel Hill? I get that they are different, but how.

[alice_61]

Chapel Hill is a top rated university with a medical school. Many people are there in connection with the university as either student, family of faculty, employee, or alumni. It does have a big bicycling mail order catalog and store there, Performance Bicycles, so you will see some nice bike gear.

Cary does not have a university or a teaching hospital. Many residents work as government or corporate employees. When I lived there in the early 80's the typical resident worked at IBM.