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Hello everyone. I am from central Montana and my wife and I are looking for a place to move to in the couple of years that has a bit better climate but still 4 seasons. We are aging some and Montana harsh conditions are wearing us down. I was thinking maybe Waynesville or Brevard. We would need jobs with middleground pay and health insurance. I like to ride my electric bike in the mountains and would to know if the trails there permit that or if its just not a big deal. Electric bikes are getting more widely accepted as people are seeing they aren't damaging like initially thought. We like the outdoors and hate poisonous snakes. In central MT we have lots of rattlesnakes. I there are snakes in NC too but it seems like from my readings encounters aren't too common. I kill about 10 a year in my area.
Jobs will be tough. What do you do? What is "middleground pay"? Have you calculated the cost of living differential (if any) between where you are in Montana and Waynesville/Brevard? Whats your housing budget?
My initial reaction is you'd be better off looking in Knoxville or Chattanooga, TN or Greenville, SC.
We are mid 40's, will have $250k-275k cash for a house in hand. We both have a variety of skill sets in building maintenence and construction fields. Would like to make $40+k a year with health insurance.
.... I like to ride my electric bike in the mountains and would to know if the trails there permit that or if its just not a big deal. Electric bikes are getting more widely accepted as people are seeing they aren't damaging like initially thought....
You would have to check the individual state parks. My gut feeling is no, they do not permit any motorized vehicles, because the trails are supposed to be reserved for hikers. Some national forests allow them in some areas. There also might be private campgrounds where you could ride your electric bikes.
.... In central MT we have lots of rattlesnakes. I there are snakes in NC too but it seems like from my readings encounters aren't too common. I kill about 10 a year in my area.
Don't plan on killing snakes in North Carolina. The eastern diamondback is a protected, endanged species. The pigmy and timber rattlers are "of special concern". https://www.ncwildlife.org/News/see-a-snake-dont-panic
WNC has lots of mountain bike trails (as opposed to hiking trails). I don't know what an electric bicycle is exactly, nor if they are allowed on bike trails.
As far as snakes, I've spent a fair amount of time outdoors in western NC and have never seen a poisonous snake (at least not I that I know, lol).
I would suggest the Madison/Yancey Counties area and Avery/Watauga/Ashe Counties area. Lots of construction, easy access to Asheville and Boone. Now and then u might hear of a rattler more often a copperhead they are around but nothing like rattlers in MT. I'll send a PM with some newspaper and classified ad paper web sites give you some info sources to have.
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