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There is good living in enc most here can't fathom it because they can only imagine Target and nice malls
In many ways I wish I was back home in bladen. The towns are hurting but there isn't extreme wealth and even with a basic job everyone could live in a nice size house with s big yard. I can't even step foot in Elizabethtown without seeing someone I know. A very classic, Americana, experience not found here that's for sure
There is good living in enc most here can't fathom it because they can only imagine Target and nice malls
In many ways I wish I was back home in bladen. The towns are hurting but there isn't extreme wealth and even with a basic job everyone could live in a nice size house with s big yard. I can't even step foot in Elizabethtown without seeing someone I know. A very classic, Americana, experience not found here that's for sure
that’s why I laugh at “development “ target is hardly some sort of progress. Also shhhh don’t hype up Bladen county there’s a ton of developers on here who might swoop down. Just check coastal NC some guy from way up yonder is looking at the obscure unknown town of Washington ( obscure and unknown outside of NC) to develop. I see it all the time, some developer from far away buys some land in obscure NC . Carpetbaggers
There is good living in enc most here can't fathom it because they can only imagine Target and nice malls
In many ways I wish I was back home in bladen. The towns are hurting but there isn't extreme wealth and even with a basic job everyone could live in a nice size house with s big yard. I can't even step foot in Elizabethtown without seeing someone I know. A very classic, Americana, experience not found here that's for sure
I'm not sure where "here" is for you now but I figure it's a place with close access to all of those modern amenities and would guess it's a pretty busy and congested corner of the state.
But I agree with you about Elizabethtown. I've never lived there but I used to travel through there pretty frequently and can't begin to tell you how many good samaritan experiences I had with the locals. An example of a place that may not look so good on paper with significant poverty issues but it does look great in person if only for the phenomenally helpful and generally unhurried attitudes of the locals (though I personally think the town has some deep charm in its appearance as well).
The Sandhills consist of part or all of Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland Counties.
I would say the Sandhills is about evenly split between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont as I do not consider Moore, Scotland, or Richmond Continues to be ‘out east’.
As a matter of fact, if one draws a line going straight north from Robeson County (an eastern county) on the map, you would actually end up going through Durham or Orange County.
I also wanted to mention for those who don't know about the "Hightiders".
These are people living in small towns around the Pamilico and Albemarle Sounds and isolated parts of the Outer Banks that still speak with remnants of middle English continued since our nation's founding.
It's hard to understand what they're saying, and I experienced this about 30 years ago while clamming in the small town of Atlantic, which is East of Morehead City.
Not every square mile can flourish and often the gain of the metro areas is also the loss of the rural ones.
There is so much history and some classy living in all small towns in NC. My niece lives in Edenton, NC which makes Louisburg look like bustling town, but Edenton is absolutely gorgeous.
I think living near water (that's not man-made) is the ultimate in good living (though I live in Atlanta-5 hours from the beach).
There is a phenomenon of "suction" I've noticed around growing cities that just beyond the periphery of the metro you encounter the exact opposite types of people, tastes, etc.
North Georgia outside of the metro's exurbs full of people who are KUN-TRY!.
Rolesville (edge of Wake County) has a little of this lingering from people whose tastes in fashion were worse than in Louisburg as recently as a few years ago.
So perhaps, this is happening as you move inland from the expensive coast.
I don't have a problem with it, and I suggest that everyone stop and go in the local Piggly Wiggly and take in the fast-disappearing quaintness of a country that soon will be nothing but Ross, PetSmart, etc.
On a drive to a family reunion in Suffolk, VA my Dad would point out the remnants of old saw mills along man-made canals beside rivers such as the Roanoke and tell me about how that facilitated trade with England by transporting raw materials in the country's early days.
I need to tape record some of his knowledge because it's interesting but getting lost with time.
The only alternative to the poverty for all isolated areas is abandoning them which would be worse. All land is cherished and used and loved by at least one family.
I also wanted to mention for those who don't know about the "Hightiders".
These are people living in small towns around the Pamilico and Albemarle Sounds and isolated parts of the Outer Banks that still speak with remnants of middle English continued since our nation's founding.
It's hard to understand what they're saying, and I experienced this about 30 years ago while clamming in the small town of Atlantic, which is East of Morehead City.
Not every square mile can flourish and often the gain of the metro areas is also the loss of the rural ones.
There is so much history and some classy living in all small towns in NC. My niece lives in Edenton, NC which makes Louisburg look like bustling town, but Edenton is absolutely gorgeous.
I think living near water (that's not man-made) is the ultimate in good living (though I live in Atlanta-5 hours from the beach).
There is a phenomenon of "suction" I've noticed around growing cities that just beyond the periphery of the metro you encounter the exact opposite types of people, tastes, etc.
North Georgia outside of the metro's exurbs full of people who are KUN-TRY!.
Rolesville (edge of Wake County) has a little of this lingering from people whose tastes in fashion were worse than in Louisburg as recently as a few years ago.
So perhaps, this is happening as you move inland from the expensive coast.
I don't have a problem with it, and I suggest that everyone stop and go in the local Piggly Wiggly and take in the fast-disappearing quaintness of a country that soon will be nothing but Ross, PetSmart, etc.
On a drive to a family reunion in Suffolk, VA my Dad would point out the remnants of old saw mills along man-made canals beside rivers such as the Roanoke and tell me about how that facilitated trade with England by transporting raw materials in the country's early days.
I need to tape record some of his knowledge because it's interesting but getting lost with time.
The only alternative to the poverty for all isolated areas is abandoning them which would be worse. All land is cherished and used and loved by at least one family.
Yeah when most people talk of poverty in Eastern NC it’s about the inner coastal areas. The coast itself, the towns on the water and such are beautiful. Once you get inland from the coast then there isn’t much to see.
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that’s why I laugh at “development “ target is hardly some sort of progress. Also shhhh don’t hype up Bladen county there’s a ton of developers on here who might swoop down. Just check coastal NC some guy from way up yonder is looking at the obscure unknown town of Washington ( obscure and unknown outside of NC) to develop. I see it all the time, some developer from far away buys some land in obscure NC . Carpetbaggers
