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In Northern NJ, especially, which is where the OP is from, you have mostly Colonial towns where the neighborhoods fan out from a center of town. You can drive from one town to the next and know when you have entered and when you have left a town. Often, you can walk from your home to the center of town and usually there is train that runs through it. Usually there is a south side and a north side. If you live on X street, you go to X school, etc. Here it is Subdivision land and you have no idea where Cary starts, Apex begins, Holly Springs overlaps. I have friends in the same subs and one says it's a Cary address and the other says it's Apex. That is what I mean. It's my opinion and observation, plain and simple and that is what the poster of the question wants - correct? Opinions & experience moving to NC from NJ. And that's mine.
^^ Calm down. I just didn't understand what you meant. I'm from Central Jersey and the towns where I grew up are quite large and you can't walk from your house to the center of town. My town didn't even have a main street. I don't see that much difference between there and here. That is my experience moving to NC from NJ.
If you read my post, you will see that I said they are not towns as you know them to be in NJ. There is a big difference.
And Wake is trying to move to all year-round schools, at least for elementary grades - that is why they changed the cut off date this year to August 31st from October. There is a class action lawsuit going on currently regarding this issue of forced year-round schools.
Wake County is not trying to go to all year round elementary schools. That is completely false. They are not trying to do that and it will NEVER happen anyway.
that is why they changed the cut off date this year to August 31st from October.
Wake County didn't change the cut off date. The change from October to August is statewide. Beginning this year, all Kindergartners in NC must be 5 by August 31st. The decision was made back in 2007.
An article published on Friday, June 22, 2007 New school age cutoff: Aug. 31 (http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/612949.html - broken link)
Wake County didn't change the cut off date. The change from October to August is statewide. Beginning this year, all Kindergartners in NC must be 5 by August 31st. The decision was made back in 2007.
An article published on Friday, June 22, 2007 New school age cutoff: Aug. 31 (http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/612949.html - broken link)
Thank you, yes, I made a mistake in saying that was a Wake co. change.
I have been here 4 years now and love it! I totally agree about the rude kids! I never realized it until I came here and saw it. I was thinking...I knew the adults could be rude in NJ but man ...many kids would not bother to say please, thank you etc.. The weather is great, mild winters.. no more 2ft snow storm coming in. I like that it is very family friendly...tons of parks for kids with nice play areas. House prices have even come down a little here and by that I mean maybe 10k less for an existing home. Not sure with new construction. The inventory is more in that area for sure. Not as many buying compared to when we first moved. People here are great both native and relocated. Most feel the same as you... tired of the congestion, rudeness, expense, weather etc so I have run into many nice people.
The loss of income...hard to say. Ideally if you can walk away from the sale of your house in NJ, buy something outright here or have a very small mortgage then if the business is slow at first you it won't affect your finances. Hope that helps!
I have been here 4 years now and love it! I totally agree about the rude kids! I never realized it until I came here and saw it. I was thinking...I knew the adults could be rude in NJ but man ...many kids would not bother to say please, thank you etc.. The weather is great, mild winters.. no more 2ft snow storm coming in. I like that it is very family friendly...tons of parks for kids with nice play areas. House prices have even come down a little here and by that I mean maybe 10k less for an existing home. Not sure with new construction. The inventory is more in that area for sure. Not as many buying compared to when we first moved. People here are great both native and relocated. Most feel the same as you... tired of the congestion, rudeness, expense, weather etc so I have run into many nice people.
The loss of income...hard to say. Ideally if you can walk away from the sale of your house in NJ, buy something outright here or have a very small mortgage then if the business is slow at first you it won't affect your finances. Hope that helps!
Rude adults have to start somewhere...usually that means that they start as rude children.
In Northern NJ, especially, which is where the OP is from, you have mostly Colonial towns where the neighborhoods fan out from a center of town. You can drive from one town to the next and know when you have entered and when you have left a town. Often, you can walk from your home to the center of town and usually there is train that runs through it. Usually there is a south side and a north side. If you live on X street, you go to X school, etc. Here it is Subdivision land and you have no idea where Cary starts, Apex begins, Holly Springs overlaps. I have friends in the same subs and one says it's a Cary address and the other says it's Apex. That is what I mean. It's my opinion and observation, plain and simple and that is what the poster of the question wants - correct? Opinions & experience moving to NC from NJ. And that's mine.
That's an awfully blanket statement to make about the whole state, based merely on extremely-high-fast-growth areas like Cary and Apex. Cary and Apex are NOT "NC", as much as some folks like to think they are
That's an awfully blanket statement to make about the whole state, based merely on extremely-high-fast-growth areas like Cary and Apex. Cary and Apex are NOT "NC", as much as some folks like to think they are
But I believe it's pretty accurate when speaking of the Raleigh area, which is what she's asking about. I wasn't speaking of the entire state.
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