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Originally Posted by mpassaro
Also, I'd appreciate if I could get some input on the Charlotte area as opposed to the Winston Salem area. I really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!!!
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Lived near both, definitely prefer Winston-Salem.
If you want to live near massive clusters of other transplants, in a city that is basically a ... city, choose Charlotte.
W-S has (so far) dodged the manic growth, you can be out in the country in about 20 minutes, it has a sense of preservation of its history that Charlotte has lost (Old Salem and Bethabara are spiffy historical areas to visit in W-S). W-S has more a sense of Old Money than Charlotte, funded by the now pretty much defunct tobacco industry, where Charlotte is banking (though Wachovia originated in W-S).
IMO, we feel that there is a slower pace in W-S than Charlotte, though the job opportunities are probably greater in Charlotte (unless you commute toward the Triad - Greensboro area). But you still have great shopping, two very good hospitals, and an inventory of reasonably priced housing in W-S.
If we'd had our druthers, we would have landed in the W-S area, but our jobs transferred to Charlotte. We left that area after about 7 years and moved to the W-S area, and count it as one of the best things that ever happened to us. People talk about moving down here to find a slower way of life; you'll find that trait to be even more prevalent in the W-S area than Charlotte.