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And Tega Cay looks like a nice place to live. What is it like? Is it Lake Front? What are home prices like? What is the commute time to Uptown CLT?
Thanks all, Great Forum!!
Al
p.s. I hope I'm not offending anyone posting this in the NC forum, but I see many folks live in SC and commute to NC. I get confused which forum to post these questions! LOL
Many homes are waterfront in Tega Cay. However, the lots are typically very steep and require a significant amount of landscaping/grading to gain reasonable access to the water and/or dock.
Prices range from cheap, as-is, in need of repair homes around $150K to right under/over a million typically.
Commute times to uptown Charlotte are anywhere from 30-45 minutes depending on what time of the day you leave.
I loved Tega Cay when I drove around last year. There's a trail around the golf course and I saw many people walking on it. The interior lots aren't as steep as the waterfront ones. The city does have a restriciton on fences - 5' or less and no privacy fencing. You can't cut a tree over a certain diameter - maybe 4 inches? - without a city permit.
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There's a variety, especially in the older sections. Big & small homes. Lakeside, golf course side, interior. Most of the new developments are relatively homogenous, as far as the house designs, but the lots are diverse as well (Golf course, lake, etc.) We moved here 2 years ago and love it.
A friend has lived there quite a few years, and loves her house, but says the city as a whole is quite conservative. She was surrounded by McCain signs/supporters on her street - hers was the only house with an Obama sign. She has been shunned by neighbors for her views, which are really quite middle of the road. (She's not loud and in-your-face, either! She's a wonderful person who accepted them completely, but once they heard she didn't go to church and saw the Obama sign....)
Many homes are waterfront in Tega Cay. However, the lots are typically very steep and require a significant amount of landscaping/grading to gain reasonable access to the water and/or dock.
Prices range from cheap, as-is, in need of repair homes around $150K to right under/over a million typically.
Commute times to uptown Charlotte are anywhere from 30-45 minutes depending on what time of the day you leave.
AND if you have to take Gold Hill Rd to 77 North.
I've been sitting on Gold Hill Rd anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes just to get on the interstate. (7:30 am to 8:00 am) every day. Traffic is backing up almost down to 160.
A friend has lived there quite a few years, and loves her house, but says the city as a whole is quite conservative. She was surrounded by McCain signs/supporters on her street - hers was the only house with an Obama sign. She has been shunned by neighbors for her views, which are really quite middle of the road. (She's not loud and in-your-face, either! She's a wonderful person who accepted them completely, but once they heard she didn't go to church and saw the Obama sign....)
I ran into this a bit as well. However my neighborhood is mostly people from all over so it's not overly conservative. We are not allowed to post political signs in our neighborhood, so don't know if that would have been an issue.
But yeah, I've ran into the "OMG unions are horrible" "democrats are horrible" and on and on. It's ok, everyone has their opinion, and yes one area of the US will be completely different than another...It is something one must abide by, accept and make their own way to be happy, if they choose to live in a different state/area.
Your/her/my/their beliefs are their own, but shouldn't make a difference as to whether to be friendly and or at least polite.
We just moved away from Tega Cay and miss it terribly. Don't listen to people badmouthing it...it's a beautiful place with wonderful people.
The schools are awesome, the streets clean, the grocery store is like a Whole Foods....the Ymca is brand new...it's a great place to live
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