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Sweet bottoms claims to own a home in 4th Ward, but she lives or has lived in Greenville SC. She posts mostly Iin the Greenville forum. She is always very positive in her comments regarding Greenville. It is utopia in her eyes. But CLT idoes not measure up to Greenville in her eyes. Go figure. Does she have an agenda and a bias? I think that goes without saying.
CLT is much more cosmopolitan than most southern cities. For example, the 2010 census indicates that CLT’s ethnicity was 45 percent white non Hispanic, 35 per cent black and 20 percent was foreign born and mix of two or more races. CLT is a city that is accepting of out of towners and different cultures. That is hardly Mayberry. And since the OP is from MA then she is used to traffic. CLT does have areas that it needs to continue to work to improve. Offering a quality education in public schools for all students is one of those areas. Some areas have more crime than others in the city but all cities have bad areas. But CLT does not have crime like Baltimore or New Orleans or St Louis.
Sweet bottoms claims to own a home in 4th Ward, but she lives or has lived in Greenville SC. She posts mostly Iin the Greenville forum. She is always very positive in her comments regarding Greenville. It is utopia in her eyes. But CLT idoes not measure up to Greenville in her eyes. Go figure. Does she have an agenda and a bias? I think that goes without saying.
The 4th Ward certainly wouldn't take her husband south on Tryon past Tyvola to 485 for his commute. In fact, from Uptown, 7 miles barely gets you past Tyvola going straight down Tryon.....
The 4th Ward certainly wouldn't take her husband south on Tryon past Tyvola to 485 for his commute. In fact, from Uptown, 7 miles barely gets you past Tyvola going straight down Tryon.....
I know this question may have been asked a few different ways but so far i'm having a bit of trouble finding the answers to some of questions so figured i'd start a new thread.
My husband and I are planning to move our family of to charlotte hopefully within the next year from boston. We have 2 girls ages 7 & 3. My husband will be attending gradschool at unc charlotte and i am a social worker so will be looking for jobs in this field. We have started to look at areas of south park and matthews areas but are not particularly picky where we start out especially since we will be renting and can't afford a whole lot. We are visting for a few days in january to get a feel for the place and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for things to do or places to visit and/or suggestions of places that may be inexpensive to rent but still in a reasonable location. The only thing i have planned so far is to try to tour a few schools for my girls and visit some Mosques since we are muslim and that is also very important to us.
We don't know anyone in the area and are excited for a fresh start but still trying to figure out where to start. so any feedback would be helpful
Welcome. Do you have a social work license? The NC Board is harsh. Let me know if you need help. You might have to take a test.
Welcome. Do you have a social work license? The NC Board is harsh. Let me know if you need help. You might have to take a test.
Yes I have a MA LCSW I was looking online and looked like I would just have to submit a full application to transfer license. Do you think it’ll be hard to find a job without changing overtight away?
As a start we’re hoping to not spend more than $1300
You probably need to looking much farther out of those areas you chose at the OP and look at Gastonia, Monroe, Salisbury, or even Rock Hill, SC. The $1300 rent you want to pay is for a 1BR/1BA in any part of Charlotte these days. Add into your monthly bills daycare, and make sure you check those out when you come in January as they have long waiting lists and are expensive. Commutes to/from work/school are just a given now in the whole Charlotte and surrounding areas. It will only get worse.
Look into University City, Harrisburg, Concord. If your husband doesn't mind the commute then Rock Hill or Fort Mill (he could just take the light rail) after a short commute from the SC side.
I would be picky because the bad areas are..bad. There's really high/violent crime in some parts of Charlotte. That commute is gonna be killer btw. I77 can get extremely backed up. We're talking hours of commute to get a handful of miles. My husband commutes 7 miles to work (not even on the highway) and it takes him an hour 30 on average to get home... I can't for the world of me think of why you'd move from a state with some of the best education in the country to one ranked 45th (49th on some lists) in the nation. You're talking education barely better than Mississippi and Louisiana...
Culture is going to be vastly different here in the deep south.. You're coming into the bible belt..tolerance isn't exactly their middle name in some areas of the state. Once you leave city boundaries good luck... If my daughter was in public school (or any school) we be moving BACK to New Hampshire or Mass to send her.
Concerning the Northeast: Violent Crime? Bad Schools? Intolerance?
Boston Crime: (Roxbury, Murderpan(I mean Mattapan), or parts of Dorchester, take your pick)
Providence (All of South Providence)
Hartford (Where do we begin)
New Haven, Watrebury, Bridgeport, CT (All the same)
Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem, etc
Newark, Patterson, Trenton NJ
Wilmington, Del
Phiiladelpha, Pittsburgh, Camden, Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington, DC
What do these cities in the great NE all have in common? Crime (violent) and Bad Schools.
New Hampshire and Culture in the same breath??
Massachusetts, culture? Boston/Cambridge, sure. Fall River, New Bedford, Worcester, Springfield, Brockton...?
I am from the area and its' beautiful (just like NC) but not all that it's cracked up to be. Everyplace has good schools and bad. Every urban area has violent crime. Every city has someone or something they are intolerant of. People are intolerant of those who don't tolerate their beliefs, everywhere!
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