Louisburg-best kept secret

[DurnYankee]

I live in Louisburg. Moved here in 2000 for a job that has since dried up and blown away. My house is in a little pice of heaven, but much of the town is destitute. Franklin County has one of the highest percentages of poor folks. Racial mix is higher here, however. I moved to NC from Buffalo and have never gotten over the loss of multiple ethnicities in most communities I've lived in (Cary, Fuquay, parts of Raleigh). Probably in 10 years or so, this will be the little corner to escape to when outlying Wake County towns are all suburbed up. Wake Forest and Rolseville will be overtaken. Clayton, Fuquay, Morrisville and Holly Springs will all fall to that urbanization.

But I actually need to move to Wake Forest for my job. Anyone wanna buy a house in Louisburg? Look us up: 206 Tucker Drive.

Ciao

[lakeroyaleonline]

I am a local Realor who services the Lake Royale Community. I am also a resident for about 12 years. Lake Royale is great. If you like water sports, and outdoor activities you will love Lake Royale. If you want to jump in your car to go to dinner and a movie, Raleigh is about 25-30 minutes west and Rocky Mount is about the same distance.

I am not sure where some of the information is coming from in the above posting, but I can say from personal experience this is a great community. I have raised my three kids here.

[holdnat29]

Hello Everyone!

Just found this post site by mistake and would like some information. I found a few homes on acreage in Louisburg but the postings are a mix of good and bad. I want out of the way but close enough to get what I want. We are moving from NJ to NC this year. Came down in March and checked out Raleigh Durham, FV, Holly Springs and some other close areas. We are still unsure of the location of some of the other towns I have read about. To us here in NJ 30 min commute to work/school is the norm. I actually drive about 40 minutes to work without traffic or houses being moved (we live in a shore community and they are always moving homes from the island to the mainland).

Our community was once all farm land but now has turned into McMansions. Our real estate prices have gone through the roof. For just one acre of land you are looking in the 180-200K price range.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. How far is Louisburg from RDU?

Thanks

[architect77]

louisburg town limits is probably 45min. to an hour's drive depending on traffic. anywhere along us401 between louisburg, rolesville and raleigh requires less of a drive. franklin county property should be a great investment because there is no doubt whatsoever that major development is headed in that direction. us401 is also a beautiful corridor through the countryside. if you can find the acreage you're looking for anywhere in southern franklin cty. i'd say go for it. from there you could get to rdu in under 30 minutes easily.

[jkmeca11]

Originally Posted by jpack

We are moving in about a week and it seems no one can provide telephone or internet service to Louisburg that we talk to. There has to be someone!
We have tried Bellsouth, TimeWarner, Comcast, and Cox.

Ideas??

Phone = Embarq
Internet = Dial-up, Satellite (HughesNet), DSL (Embarq), or Cable (Time Warner). In Louisburg you will probably end up with Dial-up, maybe DSL, cable is unlikely.
TV = DirecTV, Dish, maybe Time Warner.

[jkmeca11]

Originally Posted by holdnat29

Hello Everyone!

Just found this post site by mistake and would like some information. I found a few homes on acreage in Louisburg but the postings are a mix of good and bad. I want out of the way but close enough to get what I want. We are moving from NJ to NC this year. Came down in March and checked out Raleigh Durham, FV, Holly Springs and some other close areas. We are still unsure of the location of some of the other towns I have read about. To us here in NJ 30 min commute to work/school is the norm. I actually drive about 40 minutes to work without traffic or houses being moved (we live in a shore community and they are always moving homes from the island to the mainland).

Our community was once all farm land but now has turned into McMansions. Our real estate prices have gone through the roof. For just one acre of land you are looking in the 180-200K price range.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. How far is Louisburg from RDU?

Thanks

Check out areas in Youngsville on the Wake border.

[bmega]

Wake county prices have also gone through the roof... ONe acre in the beltline raleigh is around $400,000.00 now- no house. If you are community oriented, friendly folk who like church, softball, 4-H, scouts, etc.... then small town outside of wake county may suit you well.... Fuquay Varina, Youngesville, creedmore, Franklinton,are all possible options. Schools are overcroweded in Wake, rated very well, but extremely overcrowded. Rural towns may be very lacking in quality education. When we lived in Montgomery county... most of the folks who could afford to - put there kids in private schools. There are lack of quality teachers, poor funding, often serious poverty and racial troubles in rural schools. This may change with development .. I think most posters are giving inaccurate commute times, however... I would add 15 to 40 minutes to most commute times folks are giving us on the forum. It takes 20-30 minutes to get fromt he beltline in raleigh to NCSU during commute time. 540 is another 15 to 25 min, The ethnic diversity is very limited outside of the Metro... some areas still feel like the 1950's in the good and bad. Racial divides and tensions can still run very deep. General Xenophobia has been greatly reduced or gone in towns neighboring the great home boom. Not so outside of the boom areas. Most out of staters relocate into mushrooming new subdivisions and may be buffered from the racial and outsider tension. Living "IN TOWN" may be quite different. The KKK still has an influence in the areas surrounding Wake county, NC