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So I was read all that you guys wrote!!! Is North Carolina not a good place to live? My family and I are from Ohio we was looking to move next year to North Carolina or somewhere along the ocean!!! What is your opinion? We have children and want a great school for them!!! The neighborhood has to be good b/c I don't want my children to grow up with gangs etc!!! You get my point!!! Please give me any information you may have!!! Thank You!!!
I moved from Florida to here two years ago and I understand 100% what you are talking about. I bought house here and now is hard to get out from here. My two daughters are in public school and they hate it. The school here is not 50% of the public school in Florida. The teachers don't have authority over the class. The people and their mentality is cruel. They have a big issue with the outsiders and people with color(hispanic or black). My older daughter got depress the first year because the clicks in the school. The students make their own groups by race ,color or if your come from the north etc. The have prejudice.
Don't do it! The school system here is not good. I was living in Florida and I moved here two years ago and I regreted. I have two daughters and they hate the school here. My older daughter got depress the first year that we moved. The job market is bad and the salaries worse.
North Carolina is just for retired people, not for people that has to depend of a salary because there the job market is poor and the salaries worse.
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Hi, my wife and i live in central upstate (Utica/Rome Area) and were moving to south carolina this summer. I've been talking to people that live down there and they say it's nice good luck
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I moved from Florida to here two years ago and I understand 100% what you are talking about. I bought house here and now is hard to get out from here. My two daughters are in public school and they hate it. The school here is not 50% of the public school in Florida. The teachers don't have authority over the class. The people and their mentality is cruel. They have a big issue with the outsiders and people with color(hispanic or black). My older daughter got depress the first year because the clicks in the school. The students make their own groups by race ,color or if your come from the north etc. The have prejudice.
Don't do it! The school system here is not good. I was living in Florida and I moved here two years ago and I regreted. I have two daughters and they hate the school here. My older daughter got depress the first year that we moved. The job market is bad and the salaries worse.
North Carolina is just for retired people, not for people that has to depend of a salary because there the job market is poor and the salaries worse.
Uh, I don't know what your talking about, but Florida's public schools aren't any better. Neither is the economy - slow job growth and low salaries. Oh, and if Florida isn't for retired people, then I don't know what is! There have to be more retired people in Florida than in any other state.
I moved from Florida to here two years ago and I understand 100% what you are talking about. I bought house here and now is hard to get out from here. My two daughters are in public school and they hate it. The school here is not 50% of the public school in Florida. The teachers don't have authority over the class. The people and their mentality is cruel. They have a big issue with the outsiders and people with color(hispanic or black). My older daughter got depress the first year because the clicks in the school. The students make their own groups by race ,color or if your come from the north etc. The have prejudice.
Don't do it! The school system here is not good. I was living in Florida and I moved here two years ago and I regreted. I have two daughters and they hate the school here. My older daughter got depress the first year that we moved. The job market is bad and the salaries worse.
North Carolina is just for retired people, not for people that has to depend of a salary because there the job market is poor and the salaries worse.
I disagree with most of the assertions in this post. I don't know the posters school(s) or neighborhood but our experience is very different.
I moved from Florida to here two years ago and I understand 100% what you are talking about. I bought house here and now is hard to get out from here. My two daughters are in public school and they hate it. The school here is not 50% of the public school in Florida. The teachers don't have authority over the class. The people and their mentality is cruel. They have a big issue with the outsiders and people with color(hispanic or black). My older daughter got depress the first year because the clicks in the school. The students make their own groups by race ,color or if your come from the north etc. The have prejudice.
Don't do it! The school system here is not good. I was living in Florida and I moved here two years ago and I regreted. I have two daughters and they hate the school here. My older daughter got depress the first year that we moved. The job market is bad and the salaries worse.
North Carolina is just for retired people, not for people that has to depend of a salary because there the job market is poor and the salaries worse.
I had to register just so I could respond about this post. I've lived in South Florida for most of my life! The schools are COMPLETELY overcrowded, the job market is terrible, the prices keep rising, people can't even afford to live in the same locations. I know plenty of families that rent- one in which is now having to rent a one bedroom instead of a two. My little sister is in the public high school system and she is left out from the majority because she's white. I can understand comparing to northern states, but I must say if you compare NC and FL, you're not going to win the argument that NC is any worse.
I'm actually about to move to NC from FL, and then move more upstate (hopefully NY) in two years. Still, the more north I go, the better it sounds. NC seems like a better deal then FL, but I guess that's just how I see it.
Hi, we just moved from Nassau Cty to NC in Oct. but we are in the Raleigh area, like it a lot. Good luck
Hi Justin I am new to forums and posting. I have a quick question. I am still living in Queens (lived in nassau too for half my life). My wife and i are thinking about moving to NC (the 3 weve narrowed down, we think, are indian trail, cary, and wilmington). My question is, what do you like about Raliegh?
How is the enonomy (I know nationally its in the toilet, but I meant relatively). Any opportunity?
The issues with the economy are national (actually global) so we're feeling the pain down here as well. Jobs are in short supply because of it though there are still opportunities;l you just have to work harder to find them and you need to be well qualified to be considered. While it's never a good idea to relocate without a source of income lined up it's a particularly bad idea under these current conditions. However many people relocate to the area with an abundance of cash and can afford to wait out the current downturn.
As for taxes, it's silly what things cost down here relative to the New York area. We pay less than one-fifth in property taxes for our 1.2 acre house versus what or .18 acre house cost on Long Island. Gas is about $.25 per gallon less as well. Utilities for us have run about 50% less, auto insurance about 60% less and on it goes. There are some hidden costs (e.g. car taxes run about $200 or so per car) and unless you live within certain city limits you have to pay for your own trash removal ($300 per year). But overall you'll feel good about how it all shakes out.
If you do your homework, visit the area for an extended period (I recommend at least two visits of five days or more) and still feel good about coming here chances are good the move will work out for you.
The roads here are not lined with gold, the people aren't waiting for you with open arms. But life here is easier in many important ways and while the people operate differently here as opposed to NY, if you're committed to assimilating and becoming part of the community you will. It's taken a little longer than we anticipated but it eventually happened but only because we were and remain committed to making this home.
Alittle about me first,
I am a single mom who decided to leave a relationship of 23+ years and re-start her life (with her daughter to soon follow) in a warmer, and what she thought, calmer place.
Yet, I have never felt so badly in all my life. First I moved to a suburb outside of ATL. Not too bad there, but traffic was horrendous and I met someone I considered truly special. I believed his words and followed our well-thought out plan to relocate and eventually get married. So, I moved to East North Carolina 3 years ago with him. Shortly, after I landed things went south ...besides the location. He turned out to be exactly the type I see around here BIG TIME. That is...Lazy Crazy.
The local people here I find rude, ignorant, lazy and bible thumping without a true clue of what "their good book" says.
Don't get me wrong, I had 3 southern grandparents who meant the world to me. I never figured on being in the position I am now. NEVER EVER did I think I would find such a cultural clash (is it?).
Unfortunately, I found many of the local people here are clanish, uneducated and without a conscience.
Men treat women like children even if they don't have a job, money, benefits or an idea on how to get either aside from finding a woman who does.
Families (both men and women relatives) sit and watch rude displays of behavior from the XY-Chromo types and act like nothing is happening. They live in some kind of code of family silence when the men folk act up.
I am not religious, and granted, that would make things harder on me being in the bible-belt, but I thought I had a social network who would look after me even if one of theirs misbehaves and acts a fool.
My brothers would never get away with treating a woman rudely in front of me. NEVER! Who was right stuff and the details of the relationship would not matter to me if I see rude and hurtful words and or actions. I would not sit there and put a stop to meanspiritedness regardless of what sparked it. You don't sh## where you eat...most animals even know that.
I lost all respect for most of the locals here. I NEED to leave or else someone will end up in a casket or be closing mine...FO REAL.
I think if I moved south it would be to Charleston, SC.
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