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What has the better schools? lower tax rate? better to buy a house? some shopping places?
It's all relative.
Private schools - Gaston
Public schools - Union
Tax rates are similar
Homes would depend on price range
Both areas have easy access to lots of retail/malls
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What has the better schools? lower tax rate? better to buy a house? some shopping places?
What lovesMountains said. . . However, if you go out to Kings Mountain, which straddles the Gaston-Cleveland line & cross into Cleveland County, you get better taxes & better public schools. The commute into Charlotte is about the same as some places in Union County & better than others.
What lovesMountains said. . . However, if you go out to Kings Mountain, which straddles the Gaston-Cleveland line & cross into Cleveland County, you get better taxes & better public schools. The commute into Charlotte is about the same as some places in Union County & better than others.
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Great idea
Thanks.
One thing that I found out recently is that a lot of kids in Kings Mountain will work & save money for school for a couple of years, then go to college. Apparently, the school takes a hit in ratings for this. This came out this year, because someone at the high school was helping the kids get financing & this was the largest group to go directly to post-secondary education.
Also, Cleveland & Gaston both have Early Colleges. Cleveland's is top-rated. Gaston gave theirs to Bessemer City but has taken it back. Also, Gaston's magnet school, Highland Tecchnical is highly rated.
There isn't a clear-cut answer. I'm glad that you posted what you did.
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Hard to say because speaking for Union County it is much different in say Unionville/New Salem than Indian Trail and Marvin/Weddington.....
You can say the same for Gaston also...
It would be helpful if the OP could give us a town in each county she would look in....then we can be more helpful.
I think Loves was correct in general terms..
I thought that she summed it up well. The fly in the ointment is Kings Mountain which is in Gaston & Cleveland. The kids on the Gaston side go to Bessemer City for public school which is not the best option, or they go to private. So. . .that's why I put in my 2 cents. Kings Mountain HS outperforms the regular high schools in Gaston County. Highland, in Gastonia knocks the regular high schools out of the game, but it's a magnet school. Cleveland Early College High School is in the pack of early College High Schools tied in 1st Place & Highland is in there too.
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