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Hi there- I've been thinking of relocating to the Raleigh area, coming from southern California. It would be a single-family home with a yard. Initially, was looking at Apex/Holly Springs, but am told there aren't any gated communities there, so I've expanded my search to all around Raleigh. I'd be very happy with a very suburban area and am not interested in city life- just as long as the area is not TOO remote. Might you guys know of gated communities in the area that aren't too middle of nowhere?
I live alone and am in my 20's, so my highest priority is really just a neighborhood with as low crime rate as possible, and preferably gated on top of it... I'm not an active person and do my job from home, so I was looking at homes within the Governor's Club. If anyone has thoughts or experiences regarding Governor's Club, that would be helpful!
I really don't mind at all that it's apparently mostly retired individuals, because I just am interested in a nice and large home for my work and my pets, on top of being as safe as humanly possible. But I'm reading that it seems very remote and doesn't allow fencing for dogs?
I also don't mind driving up to 20 minutes to get groceries as well, as that's what I need to do now where I live.
As an aside... How is the racism in the area toward chinese/asian people, in your observation? If you're asian too, have you personally experienced any sort of racism? (This is being asked honestly, since the city I grew up and where I live currently is 40% Asian and 40% White... Not sure what to expect in a brand new area with such a low asian population)
That was a huge blurb- thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Wow you must have quite a budget for a single person. I don’t know of any gated communities around Raleigh. There is one just over the line in Chatham
County. Rosemont I think it’s called? It’s on O’Kelly Chapel Rd. Honestly though from a safety perspective you’re way overthinking that - it’s simply not needed. I also question how much a young single person would really enjoy living in a gated community.
There are plenty of Asian people here. I don’t think you’ll experience any racism. Probably a higher population the farther west you go in the triangle.
What’s drawing you to NC? Your very short list of “musts” doesn’t exactly scream “I need to re locate”.
We actually don't have many gated communities, but there are a few around.
I would leave responses regarding attitudes toward Chinese people to other posters. I believe we have some Asian posters who could give you input.
Thank you! I'll definitely look into it.
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Originally Posted by twingles
Wow you must have quite a budget for a single person. I don’t know of any gated communities around Raleigh. There is one just over the line in Chatham
County. Rosemont I think it’s called? It’s on O’Kelly Chapel Rd. Honestly though from a safety perspective you’re way overthinking that - it’s simply not needed. I also question how much a young single person would really enjoy living in a gated community.
There are plenty of Asian people here. I don’t think you’ll experience any racism. Probably a higher population the farther west you go in the triangle.
What’s drawing you to NC? Your very short list of “musts” doesn’t exactly scream “I need to re locate”.
Thanks for your thoughts! I currently live in a gated community and really like it- honestly, I'm so inactive and stay-at-home that my experience is probably quite different from most young single people. Haha
That's good to hear regarding asians/racism!
My job allows me to really live anywhere in the country, and I have some friends around Raleigh. The low housing prices are really attractive to me (well, coming from the Los Angeles/Orange County area). So I'm pretty much just looking for a nice house in a nice/safe place for me and my dogs, and it's great to move somewhere near friends.
Do you think you’ll continue working the same job for the rest of your career? Lots of people these days are making decisions based on them thinking they’ll be working remote forever.
Do you think you’ll continue working the same job for the rest of your career? Lots of people these days are making decisions based on them thinking they’ll be working remote forever.
Yes, it's not a remote job. It's my online business that I own, as well as traveling for my business.
There are plenty of safe places here that aren’t gated, so if you could drop that as a requirement, you would open up your possibilities quite a bit. I’m pretty sure that Raleigh and most other municipalities in Wake do not allow gated communities any more. Olde Raleigh was built before the prohibition came into effect. There may be a couple of gated communities in north Raleigh as well, IIRC, or they will be just outside the city limits of Raleigh but with a Raleigh address. There are some in Durham. Maida Vale is one in Durham right near the Chapel Hill line. They have Hines with mostly a Mediterranean style and they do have some large estate homes, but also have a section of “smaller” homes, like 3500-4000, but they’re on smaller lots.
As far as Asians, there are quite a lot here. Obviously not being Asian I can’t speak to whether they ever encounter racism, but at least in the area anywhere near Cary, Morrisville or Apex you will find lots of people from India and China. I’m a home inspector and I’ve had two Chinese clients in the last couple weeks as well as 3 from India. Durham and Chapel Hill to a lesser extent, but with the universities here you will find people from all over coming to school and of course with RTP, people also are drawn from other areas around the country and from other countries.
Why do you want a gated community? What qualities/characteristics do they have that you prefer? And what is your budget? I suspect what you're looking for can easily be satisfied here; it's just that this isn't a gated community kind of place.
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