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Chile today, Hot tamale.

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Cmom Bright..open an office in Wilmington already. I dont want to trade from home when we move.
 
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I grew up in Greensboro, went to school in Raleigh, and I have been in Charlotte for 7 years now.

Weather: Mild winters, little snow, occasional ice storms which really suck. The summer has one forecast from June to late September.... hot, chance of rain...thunderstorm between 5pm and 6pm, almost everyday. Weather in SoCal is much better, but overall it is pretty nice here.

Charlotte is a cool town, I lived in downtown for 4 years which was great, lots of restaurants/bars and fun stuff to do. Then I got married, had a kid, now live in the burbs, which is nice too.

Other cool thing is the mountains are only a couple hour drive, and the beach is only 3 hours away. Makes for good road trip material.

Oh yea, air quality is the suck here. Allergies can get out of control... my wife hates that.


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whats raeigh like? the tv network has been showing some of the city cause of the cup finals. it looks pretty nice.
it would be nice to go see game 7 tonight:)
 
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whats raeigh like? the tv network has been showing some of the city cause of the cup finals. it looks pretty nice.
it would be nice to go see game 7 tonight:)
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Nice place, but not as cool as Charlotte or with as much to do.
 
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live in wilmington......
love the city, love the life, love the beach, love the weather, love the schools, love the real estate (I own rentals in town) love the shopping, excellent choice of cuisine, big university, good sports......... houses are not as cheap as they used to be. I am currently building one that is running about 180 sq.ft on a 1 acre lot. Taxes are cheap, traffic is getting worse, but not nauseating....
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City...ditto
Life...ditto
Taxes...7% income and sales tax!!
Beach...best in on the East Coast
Weather...ditto...minus hurricanes
Schools...dunno
real estate...getting expensive, but not for relos
Cuisine...can't get a pizza or curry to save your life
JOBS...better be in medicine!
 
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live in wilmington......
love the city, love the life, love the beach, love the weather, love the schools, love the real estate (I own rentals in town) love the shopping, excellent choice of cuisine, big university, good sports......... houses are not as cheap as they used to be. I am currently building one that is running about 180 sq.ft on a 1 acre lot. Taxes are cheap, traffic is getting worse, but not nauseating....
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$180/sq ft !!!

Holy Crap!!!

You must have that thing blinged out to the max to be paying that much!!!
 
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I think he's including the cost of the acre lot.
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So am I... I live in NC, and am quite familiar with building costs (although, not lot costs, so if he's on the water, that may be a different story).
 
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whats raeigh like? the tv network has been showing some of the city cause of the cup finals. it looks pretty nice.
it would be nice to go see game 7 tonight:)
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Raleigh is a cool town too, it caught more of the real estate boom than Charlotte IMO, good locations are expensive... Raleigh and Charlotte are completely different places... Charlotte is built around the center city, which is a huge financial services hub (although you hardly hear anything about that) and Raleigh is east of Research Triangle, which is where most of the jobs are. If you think about the entire Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary and smaller Holly Springs, Apex etc...) you really have one giant city surrounding RTP.

Chapel Hill is really nice place too... some of the best real estate in NC is there...

Oh and if you like College basketball... you can't beat living in the Triangle, it's the college basketball capital of the world. Go Canes... big game 7 tonight
 
I have a place outside Lake Lure in the Mountains.....Counting down the when, not IF i make it my permanent residence...

Rutherford County is very cheap and the perfect getaway to the traffic and heat of Florida.
 
A alternative would be to move here to Santa Barbara and be Oprah's neighbor. The median price of a home in Santa Barbara is now....................drumroll......................$1.25 million. Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!! But true. :)
 
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