Horse friendly area (Raleigh, Durham, Winston-Salem: employment, neighborhoods, living in)

[Jayhorse]

Hi, We want to move to NC but it must be a horse friendly neighborhood. We want to be an area where we will be treated nice . We are from PA and I've heard some nasty stories of the way Eastern folks are treated.

Anyone have suggestions on what part of NC would be good for us to look in. We don't have kids so just want an area with some land and decent employment opportunites.

[GouldCottage]

Check out Southern Pines, we have a huge horse community here and an equine hospital etc. The local paper even has a section named hoofbeats.

There are small farms and plenty of trails to ride on.

Southern Pines is about an hour south of Raleigh / Durham on Hwy 1.

Plenty of Yankees here, in fact the streets are named for New England states, we live a block from Pennsylvannia Ave.

Good Luck

[mm34b]

In my area of the state, it's Polk County, but employment is very limited. The city of Asheville is around 40+ miles away.

Welcome to First Peak of the Blue Ridge: Historic Saluda, Tryon & Columbus, NC

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by Jayhorse

Hi, We want to move to NC but it must be a horse friendly neighborhood. We want to be an area where we will be treated nice . We are from PA and I've heard some nasty stories of the way Eastern folks are treated.

Anyone have suggestions on what part of NC would be good for us to look in. We don't have kids so just want an area with some land and decent employment opportunites.

Don't believe eveything you hear.

I would look into the Davie County area just West of Winston-Salem about 30 minutes. Lots of Horses in the Farmington area. Winston-Salem is a city of about 225,000 but the Triad Metro area is about 1.5 million. There should be some employment areas in that area.

GOOD LUCK!

[tippster]

I second Davie County.

[silverwing]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

Don't believe eveything you hear.

I would look into the Davie County area just West of Winston-Salem about 30 minutes. Lots of Horses in the Farmington area. Winston-Salem is a city of about 225,000 but the Triad Metro area is about 1.5 million. There should be some employment areas in that area.

GOOD LUCK!

While I second (or third) that idea, keep in mind that there is a drag strip in that area. Doesn't bother me; I even got a laugh out of the way people have been twitterpated over the recent motorcycle rally held there; but it can be noisy on weekends they hold events.

Btw, the development creeping up 801 has spurred the Farmington folks to action. They want to protect their area from the sprawl developing around Hillsdale (land surrounding the intersection of I-40/801) and have formed an action group. Kudos and luck to them. Reports are that developers from Florida and the northeast have been putting pressure on the owners of the large spreads in that part of the county.

A second btw: work has started on the highway 58 bridge that crosses the Yadkin. That's going to be a mess for awhile.

To the OP: if you land in the Hillsdale area and are driven off by the expensive development, get yourself a map of Davie and do some exploring. The rest of the county is, for the most part, largely rural and nice, except for the Coolemee area. And note that we do have some problems with drugs. We love living in this county, but I'm dismayed at how many arrests have occurred in the last few years. The fact that people think they can hide down some of the hollers and pockets of gravel road neighborhoods, yet be close to the express of I-40, has made it seem like this is a good place to conceal themselves. Thankfully, law enforcement is doing a decent job at busting those vermin.