Where is a nice, reasonably priced area to live in North Carolina?
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I watched this show on the travel channel last night and they talked about asheville, and the houses they showed seemed reasonably priced (but then again, I live in D.C. so anything outside of this area does).  Plus it seemed kind of quaint.
80681
Greenville is a great place. A modern city in the making, Greenville is growing in the foothills of South Carolina. I've never lived there, but I have visited thousands of times. It's a good market for finding a job, buy a home and start a life. There is a good mix of nightlife, shopping and hiking. Not to mention the Bi-Lo Center and Peace Center have great shows. I highly recommed Greenville, or a small town outside of Greenville. Good luck!
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I recently visited Ashville, NC, and feel in love with it.  The town is a hopping town with nightly activities and concerts, shops, restaurants, and there are a lot of young single people around there.  Good luck!
95033
It depends upon what you want as far as weather, community, and other amenities you are looking for.\nA house next to a stream in a wooded mountain region sounds very enjoyable and peaceful, but it needs to be close enough to a city/town for shopping and the like.  Could be UT, CO, NM, AZ, NC, TN, KY, GA, CA, NV.
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North Carolina.  That state's close, has beautiful land, great paying jobs and it's close to the beach.
587502
If Jacksonville, NC is not too far away from you, the two of us could probably work something out whereas you could make that in three weeks.  Includes free room and board.  Let me know if you are interested.
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the west side of winston and the northwest forsyth county area are good. a lot of people live in the town of kernersville-between winston salem and greensboro for the best of both cities. some live in davie county or yadkin county to the west because of tax rates. as for work-it depends on the type of job-if it's medical, we have a world reknown university hospital which is the largest employer in the area and a second community hospital plus both have tons of satellite facilities. otherwise, the two (past) largest employers, Sara Lee Knits and R J Reynolds tobacco are laying off employees left and right so don't even bother with them. lots of banking, insurance, law firms-wachovia, gmac, etc. might be a good place to start.
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I would suggest the New Bern area.  Housing prices are now going up, but the people are friendly and the area is beautiful.
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Try and contact is the closest Real Estate I could find close to N.C. there may be some connection there also.\n\n http://deescountryplaces.com
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Places like Moorestown, Cherry Hill, Mt Laurel are nice put are getting very expensive.  Also the property taxes are getting ridiculously high.  I would suggest going a little further south like something in Glassboro.  They are building new houses down there too. Maybe you can get some pre-construction deals if your not in a hurry.\n\nGood Luck!
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Anywhere within two hours outside of Northern VA!!!\n\nI live in Fairfax, and a 2 bedroom condo/shantee here costs between $300-500K...\nThat's a mansion in other counties!
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I would choose to live in the northern part of the U.S.  I would enjoy living either in one of the New England states, or possibly Minnesota. I just know that I want to live somewhere with a much cooler climate than where I have lived all my life.  I hate heat and humidity, and love autumn and winter.  I can always put more blankets or a heavier coat on in winter to get warm, but in heat, I am just plain miserable unless i'm in air conditioning all the time.  I do however like growing beautiful flowers, and some things that go along with warm weather, so wouldn't mind having some warm days...just not excessive heat.  I also love rain, so that wouldn't be a problem, unless it's raining so excessively as to cause flooding.  I love woods and nature, so would prefer living somewhere with lots of trees.  I think beaches are beautiful, but since I'm not really a sun-worshiper anymore, I don't particularly need to live near one all the time.  I prefer smaller towns, since that is the type of town I currently live, and was raised in, but would love living close enough to a large city, to be able to frequently enjoy the arts, and other things that only a big city can offer, if I want to.  \n\nMy dream vacation within the U.S., has always been to rent a secluded cabin, deep in the woods of New England (Vermont, New Hampshire), for at least 2 weeks.  This cabin will have a huge fireplace inside, plenty of stocked food to eat (so that I don't have to go grocery shopping but one time), plenty of wine to drink, a plush, comfy bed to sleep in, lots of good books to read, no telephones, and snow coming down all around. A vacation like this, would be pure bliss to me!!  :)
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Upwards of $800 for anything liveable. Depends on the part of the city you want to live in as well. Good luck finding something!
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Downtown Raleigh is growing leaps and bounds.  Great condos. and close to night life
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The Silicon Triangle in NC ranks as one of the fastest growing tech areas in the US.  Housing is affordable.  Pay levels are significantly lower than the Silicon Valley, but most things are cheaper in NC.\n\nNew Jersey has a growing tech corridor.
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Hi. Funny you should ask! I live on the Outer Banks myself and had the same problem when I was looking for a place. It's tough to find something good that doesn't cost over a grand a month here. Currently the best place to look is in a newspaper called "The Coastland Times". There's also the "OB Sentinal" but it won't have as much. You can also visit http://www.insiders.com/outerbanks/main-rentals3.htm#Heading12 for a listing of realty companies to rent long term rentals from. Good luck!
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Charlotte is a cool place.  I used to live in Columbia, SC and the only thing redeeming about Columbia is that it was only an hour from Charlotte..\nCharlotte has a lot to offer.  It is a mid-sized city with enough culture, sporting events, and restaurants to keep you happy and there's also a pretty  good mix of people.\nI would really suggest going to visit there - I made that mistake before I moved to Columbia - I only visited for a short time and I saw *ALL* of the really cool little spots the first time so I made an erroneous decision that Columbia was pretty cool in itself.  I should have stayed longer and met some people... \n\nIf I were you I would make a list of all of the things that I love about Detroit and LA and see if Charlotte has most of those things.  I really wish I would have done that when I moved from Atlalnta to Cola.  It would have helped me see things in a more objective way.\nBy the way, Yankees are fine with us.... as long as you don't tell us how ya used to do it up north... :)\nIf Charlotte isn't big enough we'd love to have you in Atlanta I'm sure.