Huge Move Please Help (Raleigh, Cary: chapel, house, neighborhoods)

[simsfam]

Hello out there. My husband and I are thinking of moving our large family, 7kids , from Southern Cali to the Raleigh area in the next year or so. He works as a Merchant Seamen and can ship out of either the East or West coast so we are thinking about taking the big leap and moving back east. I am concerned about schools, neighborhoods, activities etc. for the kids. Does anyone have any specific area recommendations? Swim team is very important to one of my daughters and my oldest son is very involved in JROTC. Any tips, suggestions, etc. woulld be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[CaryCathleen]

My neighborhood in Cary has a fantastic swim team. I just moved from So. Cal. Where do you live? Cary is very family oriented. There are so many fabulous areas for families here with good swim teams. Depends on price range. What range are you looking to buy in?

[simsfam]

We are coming from the Temecula area, we live in Menifee right now. We are looking for a house no higher than $275 with hopefully 5 bedrooms, but 4 would work too. Hopefully a community with amenities like a pool and park etc. I have read some nice things about Cary but think it may be out of our price range.

[CAKD]

Originally Posted by simsfam

We are coming from the Temecula area, we live in Menifee right now. We are looking for a house no higher than $275 with hopefully 5 bedrooms, but 4 would work too. Hopefully a community with amenities like a pool and park etc. I have read some nice things about Cary but think it may be out of our price range.

Hey there Sims family. We moved from Murrieta in August. Know right where you are coming from Wake county and Orange county (chapel hill) have the best schools. You be pretty hard pressed to find a poor school in the Wake county district. Our kids attended Tovashal, Antelope Hills and then Shivela in Murrieta. As you know Tovashal and the new Antelope hills were highly rated schools. I would say that across the board the schools my kids attend here are pretty much the same. We moved to Holly Springs. Specifically Sunset Ridge neighborhood. It is a small rural sleeper town much like Temecula and Murrieta once were. Cary is the Irvine of the raleigh area, To give you a feel or comaprison. There are tons of sports (probably much more here than Temecula) for kids to participate in. The middle schools here even have Football, Baseball, Volleyball etc. sports like the High Schools have in CA. Most neighborhoods that have a swimming pool also have a swim team. There are also swim teams all around Wake county. I think Water Polo may be the exception to that as I have heard there are really no water polo teams out here. Thus far it has been a fantastic move for us personally. A wonderful place to raise a family. If you have any specific questions please feel free to PM me or post. Good luck to you!