I was Tar Heel born and bred, and someday I’ll be a Tar Heel dead. Just one note- I’d correct the comment about Cherokee being furtherest west. You’re over an hour short. The longest segment is Murphy (western) to Manteo(beach) is 8.5hrs. Murphy is less than 2hrs. closer to Atlanta than the next major metro area- asheville. The outer banks is more than 200 miles long. I live in the Asheville area in the mountains- it’s a 9.5 drive from Asheville to Ocracoke island (Blackbeard the pirate hangout). You can cut it down by taking a long 2.5 ferry ride to Ocracoke (it’s an island with no roads to or fro). Oh, While Cherokee is in North Carolina, it is a sovereign nation(tribal homeland). Cannabis has been legal there for years, yet just passed law (2021) allowing beer sales- it had been dry (except in casino). NC is definitely more unique than you think. Trees? Yep- most of Western is a temperate rainforest ecosystem with some areas getting up to 90” a year.
I have family there that made sure they bout alot of land.i have family in ashville Raleigh n fayetteville n they buy land around nc.i live in nyc n I'm glad I have family around the us in places like those that I can go to.my mother takes care of my dad's aunt since she's a nurse n he works a a carpenter, wish he could get enlisted to build one of those new buildings around the city but he helps people who have houses etc like around queens where I now live.ive spent a year already in nc for the whole of last year now I'm going to spend this year in GA.After hs I want to roadtrip around the country before I go to finish college in Germany. I already wrk online tho I'm in highschool.
NC is booming and not in a good way. They are destroying trees and space to build houses on top of each other. More flooding as water has no where to go. Traffic has become a nightmare.
There are definitely challenges to overcome with growth. I recently heard that there is new engineering technology that really helps with stor water runoff. But there are always improvements we can make!
When people complain about destroying trees and space to build places for people to live, I think about my neighborhood. Trees were cut here 30 years ago to build my house so I would have a place to live. Tree houses are not that comfortable. In the early 1700s there were almost no houses in N.C.. Think of all the trees that have been cut. What is the alternative? Houses made from lumber are expensive. Choices outside of lumber are even more expensive. We should stop having babies until we get all the trees back. Actually most trees that have been cut are used to build houses. I expect the house you live in was built from lumber from a cut tree.
I've lived here my whole 45 year life and I can honestly say without a doubt I'm tired of new people moving here. Also the tree remark about you need to cut down trees to make space to build houses and to use to build houses. Well if we keep cutting down the trees how is everyone going to breath on this planet. Duh trees make oxygen. If you want to keep cutting down trees do it somewhere else and not in my family's state. I love it here and I truly love our trees. I also hate all the traffic now to. It's crazy that 8 miles can take me 12 to 15 minutes, and please don't compare my state to other states. That's why us North Carolinians love our state because our state is nothing like other states. Rant over for now.
I'm a Native of North Carolina...I love my State.....I love the wooded areas.....I love the Privacy....I love the country.....the Farms....The flooding, storms, Hurricanes, and Rain is true...
Move to Charlotte and learn all 7 Sharon, Queens, and Providence Roads in the city. And as I like to tell people, we do have all 4 Seasons here, usually in the same day.
I think NC is a really great state if you like to garden... except for those squash bugs!! It can be really hard to get squash to produce without getting eaten by the squash bugs!
I DID move to Charlotte, even had a job in Charlotte/Mecklenburg Library System. It was a relief to wash the dust of Charlotte off my shoes. Roads - some suitable for donkey carts, some highways. Poor, poor, road signs. Learned how to do the Carolina Slide in one week. And you can find all the pork chops you could ever eat in a lifetime when you get here. Oh yes, poor road lighting is another fun thing to contend with.
When I moved from tax hell Wisconsin to the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina 16 years ago, the roads here were mostly empty. Today, they are often bumper to bumper as people fed up with the never-ending lockdown come up to go skiing, rafting, fishing, hiking, etc. But the property taxes are still way lower than Wisconsin. I was paying $5,000 a year for a three-bedroom house in Wisconsin and my current property tax here is $1,100 for a comparable house. So I'm staying.
@Ziplokk That is true. If you come here, take care of yourself. People don't get married anymore, so they can get a big tax check back. It is like the government rewards bad behavior and punishes married people.
Hello. I grew up in Western NC and have moved to Eastern NC. If you are planning on moving here. Don't bring your New York/ New Jersey attitudes here. Leave it behind and try to assimilate to our culture. Don't push your own on us. North Carolina is losing its identity as more and more outsiders move here and push ours out. Be respectful to this great state
North Carolina culture is so warm and welcoming. So many people move here specifically for the culture. I do hope newcomers adopt the neighborly and helpful culture that I have come to love as a transplant myself! 💕
@@EllenPitts Yes I do as well. But I worry about our housing/rental moguls that have become so synonymous with our cities. There are more rentors in Wilmington than home owners. That's an issue.
We plan on moving to NC coming from AZ but we just hope it’s much nicer over there but at the same time I don’t want to live in overpopulation or expensive places, that’s the sucky thing that too many folks move here, especially those that are rude and leave trash around 😕
Nice place to visit but probably shouldn't move there. It's getting to crowded and the more people move in, the more people want to develop and it's killing our mountains. People who are not from NC come here trash up the place then leave. Some want to move in and change everything so that it resemble where they used to live ( big sky) just stay where you are if you want to come and change everything. If you like the way it is without change, well come on. We'll see you then 😊 and if you want to change everything, again stay where you are or go somewhere else. Have a blessed day fokes ✌️
Same thing happening here on barrier island in N W Fla. It used to be so beautiful and noted as one of the most rare bioregions in the world. The developers are slashing land to build cheap units for the rental investments, and the ubet rich are building 100 million dollar homes. Now the average price of a home is half a mil. I am very upset. The past two years I am now finding trash on our pristine beaches.
1. Hot, humid summers. 2. Not enough sidewalks. 3. Springtime allergies. The worst I've seen anywhere. 4. Many cloudy days. (But apparently not as many as in Seattle.) Other than that, it's been pretty good, all things considered.
@@williambranham6249 Fine. Love the crap out of them. But I've lived here for 32 years, and I know, from much experience, that there aren't sidewalks everywhere there need to be.
@@ronaldgarrison8478 I walked on our sidewalks this morning. I do love the "Crap" out of them. We picked our town because of the sidewalks and our neighborhood because there are sidewalks on both sides. The homes in our neighborhood(in city) average 200 K. Less than a mile away there is a newer neighborhood( also city) with homes averaging 350K. There are no sidewalks. Go figure. A word from the wise, "Be picky when you buy your next home".
You move to NC, you can dine in the Chicken Coop with the "Chicken Coop" with "Chicken Coop" Roy Cooper. No other restaurants are open only Cooper's "Chicken Coop". David
We voted for Voter ID in N.C., but a Democrat judge got it stopped. The people wanted it, but Democrats did not. We are trying to get it passed through.
Funny I live in the Zebulon area and most of our restaurants are open. The only ones not open are ones where their corporate doesn’t allow them to open, but it’s very few.
NC has 3 diverse regions (coastal plains, piedmont and mountain) and 100 counties packed with unique towns and small amazing cities. Despite some of the negative media, its a very friendly state.
People for get that we are all strangers on this earth and the earth that we are fighting for, the land we argue about belongs to God. So before you start hating on your neighbor, before you become greedy and unfriendly remember, it’s not the alarm that wakes you up in the morning to enjoy another beautiful day but the hand of God. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Do unto others as you would expect them to do unto you. We are living in the end times where the love of many has grown cold.
Lived here all my life 58 years , our city's are smaller cause we dont like big citys you forgot our amazing hospitols, University, Sports, Research, we got it all but most of all the people of NC welcoming to all
Been in Raleigh for 24 years ..is a great area to do business ..people is all varieties but must off are really friendly . Last two decades is been growing a ton . I don’t like the Raleigh area roads still very rural and always in construction which they are slow as turtle 🐢.
You are definitely right in that deforestation is hurting NC. No trees mean no wind breaks during hurricanes. Thankfully we have Weyerhaeuser who harvests but replanted pines in eastern NC
@@fofofofo3076 Tampa is alright. Miami is horrible. Traffic, rudest people in the nation, hardly anybody speaks English. People are just nasty, everything here is expensive and car insurance is horrendously expensive, nasty climate, crime is going up the roof.
@@GeoHvl The last town west is Murphy. Hot House is an unincorporated community, as is Wolf Creek and Violet. Like you, I was born and reared in Cherokee County....72 years here.
We have all kinds of weather but maybe only 1 or 2 mild snowstorms a year which makes snow special here. Activities...So many things to do within a day’s drive at different times of the year. Statesville has an annual hot air balloon festival in the fall. Lake Norman is the largest man made lake in the Southeast for all water sports. National Whitewater Rafting Center near Charlotte has various outdoor activities to do including ice skating in winter. All types of fishing in NC. Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach were where Dawson’s Creek was filmed years ago and you can surf there. At the Outer Banks, there are lighthouses to see and pirate history. Kitty Hawk and Jockey’s Ridge sand dunes for hang gliding lessons. The Wright Brothers Memorial is there too. In the mountains, Transylvania County is “the land of the waterfalls”. Easy to difficult hiking. There are whitewater rafting and snow skiing activities in various mountain towns. Carowinds amusement park and other water parks are attractions in NC. Golf courses are plentiful. Farmland and Mill towns, small cities and suburbs, mountains, foothills, Piedmont, and the coast...we have a lot of variety in NC.
I grew up here in stokes county and people can find something wrong where ever they go I would not want to live anywhere else I think this state has a lot to offer people love to come here who is stuck in the middle of the U.S. or the cold up north or no 4 seasons in Florida so to the complainers move if you don't like it here
I love NC and I have lived in 27 states, and travelled to all the 50 states. I live and graduated from a university in NC and it is better that other areas I have lived throughout my career.
I agree with you 💯!! I have lived in Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Texas and Colorado. So not as many as you but man, NC is a really nice state! Not sure anything compares IMO!
Probably Texas. It’s just so hot and so ugly and it takes so long to get out of the state. If you want to see something pretty you have to get on a plane because you can drive for days and it’s all the same. :( This is a video I did about it: th-cam.com/video/pKujQUyzToo/w-d-xo.html
The traditional measure is "Manteo to Murphy" - 598 miles if you stay on U.S. 64 all the way. Add 4 miles to the eastern end to get from Whalebone Junction at Nags Head and 20 miles from Murphy to the Tennessee state line ... a little over 621 miles. You can get there a bit quicker if you pick up I-40 at Raleigh and get off of I-40 onto U.S. 74 west of Asheville. U.S. 64 & U.S. 74 run concurrently from Murphy to the Tennessee state line. But you miss a lot of the interesting scenery going that way.
I HATE driving on I-40 to get to the mountains. I would much rather drive an extra hour and get the beautiful views. You get no views from 40 at all. :(
I’ve lived in Seattle area for 23 years and I must point out it is definitely not the same. Here’s why… while there are other states including NC that actually may get more rain than Seattle, ours are not downpours and are often not heavy rain. Most of the time when it rains in the Seattle area it’s a fine mist or light rain that lasts for days and days and days! One winter we did not see the sun for almost one month. Believe me it’s down right depressing some winters. We get on average 156 days of rain per year so it’s not about the inches of rain IMO, it’s the amount of wet gloomy days. Raleigh I believe it’s gets over 200 sunny to partly sunny days per year and 115 days of rain which is quite a bit but not as bad as Seattle. I use to live in NJ and I do remember those downpours in the east which doesn’t happen too often in the Pacific Northwest. My brother live in NC so I have tracked the many storms. Just thought I would point out the difference especially since I am looking to escape a state that rains most of the year. Our summers are glorious though which I will miss if we move to NC.
My brother lives at carolina shores and loves it. close to North Myrtle...he loves beach music. One of the best places to go to anywhere and I've been in just about every state in the US and have been across country about 35 times. Hard to beat NC
I lived in Florida and absolutely loathed it! It was great when I got out of school for 2 months and we went and stayed at the Polynesian in Disney but to live in Florida is another ball game entirely!
Florida definitely has pros and cons! Some parts are very different from others. I wouldn’t mind some of the smaller coastal towns like St Augustine. But yeah, a lot of it leaves much to be desired.
The Biltmore Estate is expansive it takes at least 20 minutes just to get on the main grounds. And if you want to see everything at the Biltmore you at least have to take two days to do so.
Yes to the sentiment of, if you won’t be one of us and appreciate our culture, stay where you are. Keep your politics and outsider sentiments to yourself and become one of us. We’ve been here in the Piedmont for 5 generations and celebrate Our values and culture. My family appreciates our heritage.
I've lived in N.C. all my life and we've got WAY too many people moving in here and bringing their impatient, entitled ways here. The traffic has gotten as bad as any big city, and I've driven through Orlando, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale to Miami. I hate having to deal with that, on my home turf.
I agree. People want to get out of their home state. And then want to move to some.other state and change it to their liking! I say stay where your at! Come and live like the state is or stay where your at.. your moving their for a reason you must of known what it's like... I'm in IL. And I want to move someplace that's not run run run. I retired early and and want to.relax. I wanted to move to NC. By the mtns. But because of family obligations I'm gonna have to put it on hold. But hopefully one day.
I will 100% agree with this. NC 20 years ago used to be nice and relaxed, easy to get around, lots of friendly people, inexpensive, etc. But NOW?? It's just like New York. Expensive, lots of traffic, eery scrap of land is built on, rude people, etc.
You are right! I-85/40 is dangerous. Try the Raleigh traffic from any direction. I've had two close calls on I-40 lately - both could have been lethal.
I have lived in Charlotte for about 20 years and have always wished there were places I could watch the sunset besides the beach. You really articulated that well when you mentioned we don’t have big sky. That’s the perfect way to put it. I need more big sky…but like living here otherwise. 😎 I’d move to the coast if I could afford it.
Moved to South Carolina late 80s from Ohio thought it would be nice to get away from the snow had 10 inches in October one day didn’t think about summer to hot my neighbor wouldn’t talk to me because I was from up North met some great people teachers made it hard on our kids moved back to Ohio
Wow, that’s terrible!! I can promise you that North Carolinians are very welcoming, regardless of where you’re from. I have lived in small towns in rural areas and cities...both are the same. Very friendly and welcoming!!
I moved to Charlotte from Pittsburgh14 years ago and would never go back. We get 1-2 ice storms a year compared to non-stop cold and snow further north. Humidity is high most everywhere is summer. Air conditioning anyone? North Carolina has everything from beaches to mountains and everything in between.
I reside on the barrier island of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla, Walton County. Wellllllll, let me say the long- leaf pine forests here are being cleat cut as developers are moving in. It is no longer.that lovely island I remember. Sad.
Hi Ellen, I’m enjoying your content and subscribed to your channel, thank you! Interesting that you’re from Florida. I’m not from Florida originally, but my husband and kids were born here and I’ve lived here 12 years now. I grew up in CA and have also lived in Idaho, Georgia, Canada and Europe. TBH I have never loved FL. There are good things to be sure, but overall for me it’s too hot, no seasons, too many people over 65 (no offense to anyone over 65 but I’m not there for another 25 years), too many strip malls, too flat, I could go on. NC is very appealing in many ways. I’m a mountain girl at heart and love walks in woods, but also enjoy the beach. We’re thinking of moving to the Charlotte metro so we have “bigger city” amenities but the mountains and beach are still accessible. Prices are high but compared to CA where I grew up, still somewhat affordable. Happy Holidays to you!
I've lived many many places I was born outside of Chicago and I've lived in Brevard North Carolina for years now. It rains a lot you are right and we are actually classified as a rainforest. We are right smack-dab in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's raining right now but that's okay
Thank you for the video. We are thinking of moving from Lake Nona, Orlando area to NC. I miss the hiking from Colorado, but don’t want the long snowy winters either. So, NC seems like best of both worlds.
NC is the 9th state I've lived in & you never mentioned the kind people & the religious/conservative values of the state. This is the most "Christian" state I've lived in. It may not be for everyone & people need to be aware of that. Wherever you move do the research on the culture & religion of the area.
I have definitely mentioned the southern culture and how accepting and friendly it is in many of my videos. That is the primary reason I love it here and would never live anywhere else!
This is not Texas so forget the big blue sky. Go to Florida. We don't need New York City. You can keep your big cities. Curvy roads are less monotonous. Use your GPS. Rain beats forest fires of the West any day. Be grateful for the rain. We get our droughts here too. You can never have too many trees.
Lack of big sky: me who lives in the mountains who has the perfect mix of big sky and trees.....what? Biltmore is beautiful! I will say it takes me about 8 hours to drive to the coast which isn't horrible. The outer banks are beautiful and everyone should go see the wild horses at least once! Good video!
I’m a Statistical Analyst who assists people who look to relocate to the Carolina’s. Not a bad video, but there are some things that are a bit off. Though NC doesn’t have a NYC, LA, or Chicago (which I consider a good thing since people are fleeing those areas in record numbers due to the huge negatives those areas have), Charlotte has a big, clean, and safe urban downtown. Soooo much to do and experience. The “real” city thing that people talk about is a bit bizarre sometimes, lol, because it’s so enormously subjective. Though NC does have more rain than the Pacific Northwest, NC does have way more sunny days. That’s an important distinction. You have the lush green, yet not the oppressively cloudy , dank, drizzly climate of the PNW. The best of both worlds, so it’s far from being a negative. I know you’re probably from RDU, but with this being a video about NC, Raleigh was too much of a reference point, especially being so far east and so much smaller than Charlotte. There are several overview videos is use for my clients about SC that do a great job highlighting the state. But I have yet to find even one that I can use for NC that properly represents the state as a whole, has the format I’m looking for, and that is between 3-10 minutes. You’re was great, other than the things I mentioned. I really can’t use this one because I know that it would give the incorrect impression that NC gets constant downpours with very little sun, which is not reality. Still, good video that’s on the right track. Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to be a wet blanket. I was hyped that I FINALLY found (after over a year of searching) the perfect NC video. But the inaccuracy made it unusable for me. I really look forward to seeing more of your videos. Again, the format and length was great.
Thanks for all the great feedback! I’ll see what I can do. Do you help companies relocate? I’d love to chat sometime. Feel free drop me an email! cellenpitts@gmail.com
I came from ATL(Gainesville) and I love it here. I moved to Bryson City about 4 yrs ago. I would like to get higher in elavation, but the view out my bedroom is incredible. Damn cities. Seattle has many many more rainy days thou, or misty.
Rain, as you graphic showed but you didn't talk about, Seatle has more rainy days. Storms, big and little, can dump a lot of water fast. In the summer you after get a fast thunderstorm that puts down quite a bit of water but is gone in maybe an hour. NC gets short storms in the summer and almost freezing rain several days in winter, not that you go out much then anyway. Snow not so much except in the mountains. NC is where hot southern weather systems meet cold northern systems. The boundaries vary and mix making the weather sometimes change rapidly. Clothing tip, layering. There are seasons here not perpetual summer or winter. Straight roads? How boring. The state is old, is not flat and has lots of rivers, things that tend to create straight roads. Transportation fun facts, North Carolina has more lane/miles of highway than any US state except Texas and has more ferry route miles than any US state except Washington. No sky, go to the beach. The trees are shade and make it cooler. Cutting down the forrest? No, timber is a renewal resource and has been stable for a long time. What you see are the local woods being cut down, for development housing and not being replanted. The housing boom is turning farms and forrests into sub divisions. There are three timber development areas in North America, the southeast, the Pacific Northwest and Canada, they each equal about a third of production. If you like big cities, for God's sake stay there, don't move here! PLEASE!!
Such interesting stuff!! Thanks! I do feel like NC has been in a much rainier pattern the past 10 years or so. It seemed like it rained almost every day this winter!
@@EllenPitts It seems to run in cycles. July in the 1960s there would be about two weeks of rain that turned the fields to mud a few years in a row. In the summer weathermen can go on vacation from June to late August and just rerun the same forecast. Highs in the mid to upper 90s with lows in the low 70s with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Too late for me. I've been here since 1973. My wife and I like it! I ignore politics; I am Southern since age 1 day. I married a Yankee and yes they seem to be flooding the state. I kid them that they started coming down after Reconstruction. They say that they are here because of relatively low taxes and property costs, but they stay because we are friendly. Go east of Raleigh and you'll see all the sky you want. Get one if you must, but you don't need a generator. I've been here for 74 years and Hurricane Hugo knocked us out for 10 days(rural property).You do the math: 74 years multiplied by 365 days minus 10 days. Not much need. I did enjoy your presentation regardless of my different opinions.
I appreciate your different opinions!! That’s what makes the world go round. :) I ignore politics also. Nobody’s got time for that!! Regarding generators...agreed that it’s rare but when you need it there won’t be one in the stores. I definitely recommend it. We’ve used ours once in 21 years and there was one time when we didn’t have one and had to drive to Virginia to stay with my in-laws. It was a nightmare ice storm. I wouldn’t do that again willingly!!
NC used to be a great place. It’s now overcrowded with people who don’t get the southern way of life. We don’t want change, we don’t want to be NY or Ohio. If you love those places so much maybe you should have stayed. Don’t tell a southerner how you do things where you came from. We don’t care.
I think some people like the level of variety that they can only get in a large city. Personally I prefer a small town...close to a city. I think people are leaving cities because of a few reasons 1) crime is up, 2) traffic and prices are way too high 3) covid created a large number of work from home positions and people who didn't used to have options now have them.
Please don't come here and try to change it to where you moved from. Northerners do that all the time. They move here and then talk about how great it is up North.
Oh my, have to use a map. As far as trees go, if you own property, cut down what you want. I retire this year & thinking of moving to S.W. NC. Maybe just outside the smokies. 1.5- 3 acres. Small house, gardens & ,a small green house to grow veggies all year round or at least extend the growing season. Peace!!!
I've been to 45 states and there is more litter and trash in NC than any other. Otherwise a very pretty place, just not sure why people litter it so much.
It has been very bad since the pandemic started. There have been budget cuts due to less taxes coming in from businesses and road crews are one place that is affecting
@@EllenPitts Disagree. The amount of litter on the roads has nothing to do with funding for clean-up crews. Volunteers, adopt-a-highway programs, and prisoners do a large amount of clean-up. The REAL issue is people not taking pride in where they live, so they don't care how it looks. When I was at NCSU a club I was in adopted a stretch of Duraleigh Rd. I can tell you from experience the worst offenders are cigarette smokers.
Until NC became so full of people from less desirable places, , we had no litter problems! I have lots of military in my family and they used to tell me that everywhere they were sent, people always remarked about being in NC, now pretty it was, and how clean the roadsides and parks were kept. NO LONGER THE FACTS.
You are right! People were not taught any better. Probably comes from the previous practice of throwing your cigarette butts on the floor - anywhere. My younger brother used to empty his ashtray from his car onto the street.
It is NOT easy getting from one end to other compared to NEW ENGLAND states... like MA. We found out on vacation to NC staying in the foothills and taking 4 hours to the beaches... no not easy
You show New Hampshire but my state of Maine is off your map. If you want to be safe but pay the highest grocery prices in the contiguous United States move to Maine. although it's nice to watch the fishing boats come in I'm looking to leave behind an extended cold season due to my health.
The roads in NC are good and I like dense trees which make the local climate cooler. There plenty of opportunities in the research triangle and Charlotte. My opinion about the state that I was born, raised and lived too long.
That really depends. You have to check property by property. Even if zoning restrictions allow trailers, there can be restrictive covenants that prevent them. You just have to look up the covenants before you purchase. But one things I didn't cover is extra-territorial jurisdiction, which is important... Maybe I will cover that in an upcoming video.
Hi, I moved down here last year during the pandemic and got cancer at the same time. I beat the cancer and I’m just now starting to learn the area. I’m a little bit south of Charlotte. My friends that I am staying with are moving back to NJ but I love the south. Where in NC should I be looking? I have 2 dogs. Bully breeds. One is 45lbs the other is 80lbs. Biggest hurdle for renting a place is getting my dogs in.
Congrats on beating cancer!! So wonderful! I'm sorry I don't know of a resource for finding bully friendly rentals. I would try one of the bully breed facebook groups? Or maybe one of the rental facebook groups. Good luck!
Wonderful video. NC sounds pretty great. I hope a job opportunity pans out so we can move that way...but maybe next year in hope that the housing market calms down just a little bit
The Raleigh area is fine if you're looking for a overall family type place to live. For me it's pretty boring. The city lacks a good urban scene and downtown is not what some bloggers like to hype it up as. It's nothing impressive. And both the mountains and beaches are over 2 hours away. Everything is pretty spread out too. It all boils down to what you're looking for. But it's limited in terms of culture and entertainment.
I actually agree with you. I always tell people thinking of moving here that downtown raleigh is a few blocks. You can walk it in an hour. It’s definitely not for everyone!
I like the Video, but If you Don’t think Charlotte is a better City than D.C I don’t know what to tell you lol it’s the 14th biggest City in The U.S now (Just Passed SF in Population) I grew up in Concord my Entire life and now live In Davidson/Lake Norman Area
I've heard everyone left Florida because it was crowded and went there? I heard that NC tax's you every year for the firearms you posses? I was told that. OMG,... she's a realtor,...is there land where you can build a off grid cabin,... where property tax's are low. And dose NC tax you yearly on your gun's? It would be like infringement and a 4th amendment issue.
I'm not sure about the gun tax thing but I seriously doubt it. There are plenty of places to build an off grid cabin. Not in Raleigh, but send me an email. I know who can help you. epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
I Love it here..But now I can't afford to live here because of all the company's coming here are making property prices and taxes go up...5 acres with a 3 bedroom..179,000..Now...buy it and plow it and build 10 on it for 300,000 each.. Sucks.
Same thing happened in MA about 15- 20 yrs ago, get involved in local zoning.. we now have in rural areas of MA 3acre- 5 acre minimum building lots per house, stop subdivions, they WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES AND HOMEPRICES... small businesses are vital to keeping taxes low off the property owners.
I lived and worked in Charlotte for a while. I really liked it. Charlotte is a nice city. Not too big but not too small. Just about the right size. Cheers!
Please don’t tell anyone else about the good parts of beautiful North Carolina. I have been here my whole life and it breaks my heart to see what is happening in the capital city of Raleigh and surrounding areas, especially Clayton. All the beautiful (formerly) land between where I have spent my life and Clayton is now or soon will be torn all to hell and covered in tacky ‘cracker box’ appearing houses that are selling for $300,000.00 and upwards. Millions of trees torn up, historical homes destroyed, and lakes just ruined! So, please don’t encourage anyone else to move here. The average cruised does not want them!
I get it. I really do. But the reality is I’m not convincing people to move here. The US is experiencing a Mass Migration and people are leaving the large cities and moving ti smaller ones. This is just the reality of a growing population. When one area gets overcrowded, they shift to areas of smaller populations. We should just be grateful that we have so much land in the US. Places like UK have lots of inward migration but they don’t have the land we have. It is hard to see your home changing though. I’m so sorry...
That was the CRAZIEST storm!! I don't think we have had one like it since... at least not that I can remember. Which means we probably have one coming to us! LOL!
It is definitely changing. The whole country is in flux right now. So many people working from home are relocating to many different cities. It will continue to shift and change... it’s just the nature of life!
@@EllenPitts I agree but it won't take a decade to come up with the same problems as california or Colorado, homeless, drugs and mess.. besides that I personally can't complain about financial return from this situation as a construction business we never did so well like this last year's..what we're gonna do is to move to europe to a small city this end of the year...and make there crowded...lol
Its USA dude. Diversity and growth is part of the everyday life. Embrace it or get left behind. No matter where you go in the world, when life decides to change then it will regardless. My advice to you would be to move to the Himalayas. Perfect for those who are anti-social. Not many people and far from the rest of the growing changing world.
Flying into NC from California next month. I have a full week to explore the several towns I'm interested in purchasing property. Grew up in NJ, family lives in VA, NJ, NY and FL. I want to get back to the east coast....parents are getting older and I want to be closer. All my research tells me I need to be in Asheville. I think its the perfect blend of hippy dippy artsy fartsy and the conservative values I want to get back to. I've got my hopes up. I fly in the second week of September 2021 and I have a full week to explore and to find some property to buy (0r) temporally rent. Super Excited
@@EllenPitts I've been doing lots of research in Asheville and the surrounding towns. It seems like what I want. Be there 2 weeks to explore for a week! Planning on moving by fall of 2022.
@@bluewaterpines2santarosabe398 Definitely saw the homeless....pretty bad. dont actually want to live in the city proper, but 5-10 miles out. Got some good ideas during my trip.
Thanks for the vid! Actually thinking of moving to NC for various reasons, one of which is that we miss trees. With that said, you mentioned that they are cutting down a lot of them due to construction of new homes. So, are they just strip mining the whole state to the point that soon NC will become like west Texas??
I don't think that is possible. It is very lush and green here and we get a lot of rain. Things grow VERY quickly. And they try to preserve what they can
Yes they are. Anywhere they can slap up a Starbucks or some other ugly box like housing. Violent crime is way up in Charlotte. Traffic is terrible. Won't be long before everything is overcrowded and ruined like so many northern cities
Garner is less developed than other areas. They have tried to revitalize their downtown but there really isn't much there. They do have plenty of big box stores and shopping centers. But it's mostly subdivisions and Target. :) There are nice parks like everywhere in the Triangle. It is part of the Wake County School System which is good. I'm glad to answer more detailed questions if you want to send me an email! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
We definitely have our fair share of bugs and wildlife. I would say any of our cities would be good for retirement. It just depends on what is important to you. Here is a video that talks more about the wildlife: th-cam.com/video/KVKOAsLV_VI/w-d-xo.html
TOOO Rich for my blood! I am a ex NYC and love the RUSH and NC or SC doesn't cut it! I am more looking for much more affordable homes under $100.000 or much less
Seems like I say the same exact things about Houston when you mentioned Texas in the beginning.... I miss Greece, but I have been looking at other states I could move to so I can not feel so trapped 😝
Houston is so far away from everything! When I lived there I missed how quickly you can drive to a different climate here in Raleigh. In a couple hours you can be on the beach or on a mountaintop.
Seatel have less sunny days as compared to North Carolina but seatel have more rainy day, the dark days of seatel is responsible for more crime it is the safe heavens for criminals
Family of 6 needing to leave PA Will have tax return and no savings Need immediate employment and affordable housing somewhere without too much crime 3br at least Any help appreciated
If you need something more affordable I would recommend the Triad. Greensboro, Winston Salem. But affordability is kind of relative to your field of work and skill set.
I believe it’s because 5e people that move recognize the nasty bit of history NC has and they think changing all the names associated with racists will pacify things and makes their fairy tale move to this state more tasteful
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I was Tar Heel born and bred, and someday I’ll be a Tar Heel dead. Just one note- I’d correct the comment about Cherokee being furtherest west. You’re over an hour short. The longest segment is Murphy (western) to Manteo(beach) is 8.5hrs. Murphy is less than 2hrs. closer to Atlanta than the next major metro area- asheville. The outer banks is more than 200 miles long. I live in the Asheville area in the mountains- it’s a 9.5 drive from Asheville to Ocracoke island (Blackbeard the pirate hangout). You can cut it down by taking a long 2.5 ferry ride to Ocracoke (it’s an island with no roads to or fro). Oh, While Cherokee is in North Carolina, it is a sovereign nation(tribal homeland). Cannabis has been legal there for years, yet just passed law (2021) allowing beer sales- it had been dry (except in casino). NC is definitely more unique than you think. Trees? Yep- most of Western is a temperate rainforest ecosystem with some areas getting up to 90” a year.
Great clarifications!! Appreciate your insight!!
if you are thinking of moving to nc., do not take too long because things are getting expensive.
You speak the truth, Douglas!!
I have family there that made sure they bout alot of land.i have family in ashville Raleigh n fayetteville n they buy land around nc.i live in nyc n I'm glad I have family around the us in places like those that I can go to.my mother takes care of my dad's aunt since she's a nurse n he works a a carpenter, wish he could get enlisted to build one of those new buildings around the city but he helps people who have houses etc like around queens where I now live.ive spent a year already in nc for the whole of last year now I'm going to spend this year in GA.After hs I want to roadtrip around the country before I go to finish college in Germany. I already wrk online tho I'm in highschool.
If they're getting expensive here then they're getting expensive elsewhere. Wait, we can always move to California.
@@williambranham6249 if they help that fire n pollution problem I would gladly buy a home there
I know the schools suck in Guilford County.
NC is booming and not in a good way. They are destroying trees and space to build houses on top of each other. More flooding as water has no where to go. Traffic has become a nightmare.
There are definitely challenges to overcome with growth. I recently heard that there is new engineering technology that really helps with stor water runoff. But there are always improvements we can make!
Well every place city, town, and neighborhood destroyed trees and eco system in order to be built.
Nothing new or unusual. They cut down a lot of trees to build every city in the world: NYC, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, London, Paris....
When people complain about destroying trees and space to build places for people to live, I think about my neighborhood. Trees were cut here 30 years ago to build my house so I would have a place to live. Tree houses are not that comfortable. In the early 1700s there were almost no houses in N.C.. Think of all the trees that have been cut. What is the alternative? Houses made from lumber are expensive. Choices outside of lumber are even more expensive. We should stop having babies until we get all the trees back. Actually most trees that have been cut are used to build houses. I expect the house you live in was built from lumber from a cut tree.
I've lived here my whole 45 year life and I can honestly say without a doubt I'm tired of new people moving here. Also the tree remark about you need to cut down trees to make space to build houses and to use to build houses. Well if we keep cutting down the trees how is everyone going to breath on this planet. Duh trees make oxygen. If you want to keep cutting down trees do it somewhere else and not in my family's state. I love it here and I truly love our trees. I also hate all the traffic now to. It's crazy that 8 miles can take me 12 to 15 minutes, and please don't compare my state to other states. That's why us North Carolinians love our state because our state is nothing like other states. Rant over for now.
I'm a Native of North Carolina...I love my State.....I love the wooded areas.....I love the Privacy....I love the country.....the Farms....The flooding, storms, Hurricanes, and Rain is true...
Move to Charlotte and learn all 7 Sharon, Queens, and Providence Roads in the city.
And as I like to tell people, we do have all 4 Seasons here, usually in the same day.
I think NC is a really great state if you like to garden... except for those squash bugs!! It can be really hard to get squash to produce without getting eaten by the squash bugs!
I DID move to Charlotte, even had a job in Charlotte/Mecklenburg Library System. It was a relief to wash the dust of Charlotte off my shoes. Roads - some suitable for donkey carts, some highways. Poor, poor, road signs. Learned how to do the Carolina Slide in one week. And you can find all the pork chops you could ever eat in a lifetime when you get here. Oh yes, poor road lighting is another fun thing to contend with.
Honestly NC has always been my favorite state of the whole nation. Just everything about it is amazing!
When I moved from tax hell Wisconsin to the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina 16 years ago, the roads here were mostly empty. Today, they are often bumper to bumper as people fed up with the never-ending lockdown come up to go skiing, rafting, fishing, hiking, etc. But the property taxes are still way lower than Wisconsin. I was paying $5,000 a year for a three-bedroom house in Wisconsin and my current property tax here is $1,100 for a comparable house. So I'm staying.
People say I don't know what I'm talking about by the cheaper living here.
@Ziplokk That is true. If you come here, take care of yourself. People don't get married anymore, so they can get a big tax check back. It is like the government rewards bad behavior and punishes married people.
Hello. I grew up in Western NC and have moved to Eastern NC. If you are planning on moving here. Don't bring your New York/ New Jersey attitudes here. Leave it behind and try to assimilate to our culture. Don't push your own on us. North Carolina is losing its identity as more and more outsiders move here and push ours out. Be respectful to this great state
North Carolina culture is so warm and welcoming. So many people move here specifically for the culture. I do hope newcomers adopt the neighborly and helpful culture that I have come to love as a transplant myself! 💕
@@EllenPitts Yes I do as well. But I worry about our housing/rental moguls that have become so synonymous with our cities. There are more rentors in Wilmington than home owners. That's an issue.
Change is always hard. There are no easy answers. 🥲
So agree - Don’t come here and try to change us - We don’t change -
I will do what I want and you are not my Dad
We plan on moving to NC coming from AZ but we just hope it’s much nicer over there but at the same time I don’t want to live in overpopulation or expensive places, that’s the sucky thing that too many folks move here, especially those that are rude and leave trash around 😕
Nice place to visit but probably shouldn't move there. It's getting to crowded and the more people move in, the more people want to develop and it's killing our mountains. People who are not from NC come here trash up the place then leave. Some want to move in and change everything so that it resemble where they used to live ( big sky) just stay where you are if you want to come and change everything. If you like the way it is without change, well come on. We'll see you then 😊 and if you want to change everything, again stay where you are or go somewhere else. Have a blessed day fokes ✌️
As much as I see where you’re coming from I’m from Cali and I’d love to live in NC. I appreciate it for what it is and I’d stay living there.
I want to move from Ohio and be in the mountains. I don't Ohio
I'm moving to NC from NY to enjoy exercising my 2A, freedom and nature. Just because I am from NY doesn't mean I am a liberal insane person.
Same thing happening here on barrier island in N W Fla. It used to be so beautiful and noted as one of the most rare bioregions in the world. The developers are slashing land to build cheap units for the rental investments, and the ubet rich are building 100 million dollar homes. Now the average price of a home is half a mil. I am very upset. The past two years I am now finding trash on our pristine beaches.
1. Hot, humid summers.
2. Not enough sidewalks.
3. Springtime allergies. The worst I've seen anywhere.
4. Many cloudy days. (But apparently not as many as in Seattle.)
Other than that, it's been pretty good, all things considered.
Our neighborhood has sidewalks on both sides and our town, Mebane, has sidewalks from my house to downtown 3 miles and beyond (5 miles).
@@williambranham6249 And…?
@@ronaldgarrison8478 We love our sidewalks.
@@williambranham6249 Fine. Love the crap out of them. But I've lived here for 32 years, and I know, from much experience, that there aren't sidewalks everywhere there need to be.
@@ronaldgarrison8478 I walked on our sidewalks this morning. I do love the "Crap" out of them. We picked our town because of the sidewalks and our neighborhood because there are sidewalks on both sides. The homes in our neighborhood(in city) average 200 K. Less than a mile away there is a newer neighborhood( also city) with homes averaging 350K. There are no sidewalks. Go figure. A word from the wise, "Be picky when you buy your next home".
You move to NC, you can dine in the Chicken Coop with the "Chicken Coop" with "Chicken Coop" Roy Cooper. No other restaurants are open only Cooper's "Chicken Coop". David
Dems never let an opportunity of corruption go to waste.
We voted for Voter ID in N.C., but a Democrat judge got it stopped. The people wanted it, but Democrats did not. We are trying to get it passed through.
@@williamscarborough6211 haha your joking right?
Funny I live in the Zebulon area and most of our restaurants are open. The only ones not open are ones where their corporate doesn’t allow them to open, but it’s very few.
NC has 3 diverse regions (coastal plains, piedmont and mountain) and 100 counties packed with unique towns and small amazing cities. Despite some of the negative media, its a very friendly state.
People for get that we are all strangers on this earth and the earth that we are fighting for, the land we argue about belongs to God. So before you start hating on your neighbor, before you become greedy and unfriendly remember, it’s not the alarm that wakes you up in the morning to enjoy another beautiful day but the hand of God. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Do unto others as you would expect them to do unto you. We are living in the end times where the love of many has grown cold.
Lived here all my life 58 years , our city's are smaller cause we dont like big citys you forgot our amazing hospitols, University, Sports, Research, we got it all but most of all the people of NC welcoming to all
I’m definitely a fan of the small city! Those are great additions! Thank you!
Same, You have to Mention this is The College Basketball Capitol of the World with over 10 national Titles between 15 Radial Miles
Also the BEST sweet tea in the South in NC( coming from a New Englander with a Southern heart)
Too many ppl moving here,the humidity in summer,yes getting more and more expensive.
Been in Raleigh for 24 years ..is a great area to do business ..people is all varieties but must off are really friendly . Last two decades is been growing a ton . I don’t like the Raleigh area roads still very rural and always in construction which they are slow as turtle 🐢.
Raleigh has too much traffic.
You are definitely right in that deforestation is hurting NC. No trees mean no wind breaks during hurricanes. Thankfully we have Weyerhaeuser who harvests but replanted pines in eastern NC
I live in North Carolina and I love it I wouldn't want to ever move
What about florida ?
Yeah NC is a beautiful place!!
@@fofofofo3076 Florida is ok. Stay away from South Florida Miami/ Ft Lauderdale it is terrible down there.
@@michael3343 why ? What about Tampa
@@fofofofo3076 Tampa is alright. Miami is horrible. Traffic, rudest people in the nation, hardly anybody speaks English. People are just nasty, everything here is expensive and car insurance is horrendously expensive, nasty climate, crime is going up the roof.
You forgot HUMIDITY overload in the summer!
It’s great for the skin!! 😂
@@EllenPitts 😂😂 It sure isn't for hair!!
😂 😂 I feel this SO MUCH!!!
I love our weather. It is like 73 degrees today on 3/10/2021. Tomorrow is 74 and the next day 76.
@@dawnwalker2084 I agree! Try The Shield by Amika. I keeps humidity out of your hair it’s magic!
I'm on chair 2013 from up.North never looked back.I live outside of a small town.Eastern north carolina people are very nice very nice
Just for the record Murphy is the last city before entering TN.... not Cherokee. LOL Murphy is the perfect small NC town!
Oh let’s split hairs. Born and raised in WNC the last town is Hothouse. Please everyone knows this. We also have a lying cheating Governor.
Black Mountain or Blowing Rock, if you have the cash.
@@GeoHvl The last town west is Murphy. Hot House is an unincorporated community, as is Wolf Creek and Violet. Like you, I was born and reared in Cherokee County....72 years here.
@@carltownson2551 seemed like a lot of meth the 10 day I stayed .
We have all kinds of weather but maybe only 1 or 2 mild snowstorms a year which makes snow special here. Activities...So many things to do within a day’s drive at different times of the year. Statesville has an annual hot air balloon festival in the fall. Lake Norman is the largest man made lake in the Southeast for all water sports. National Whitewater Rafting Center near Charlotte has various outdoor activities to do including ice skating in winter. All types of fishing in NC. Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach were where Dawson’s Creek was filmed years ago and you can surf there. At the Outer Banks, there are lighthouses to see and pirate history. Kitty Hawk and Jockey’s Ridge sand dunes for hang gliding lessons. The Wright Brothers Memorial is there too. In the mountains, Transylvania County is “the land of the waterfalls”. Easy to difficult hiking. There are whitewater rafting and snow skiing activities in various mountain towns. Carowinds amusement park and other water parks are attractions in NC. Golf courses are plentiful. Farmland and Mill towns, small cities and suburbs, mountains, foothills, Piedmont, and the coast...we have a lot of variety in NC.
Great description of north carolina!! It is a beautiful state!!
I grew up here in stokes county and people can find something wrong where ever they go I would not want to live anywhere else I think this state has a lot to offer people love to come here who is stuck in the middle of the U.S. or the cold up north or no 4 seasons in Florida so to the complainers move if you don't like it here
I love NC and I have lived in 27 states, and travelled to all the 50 states. I live and graduated from a university in NC and it is better that other areas I have lived throughout my career.
I agree with you 💯!! I have lived in Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Texas and Colorado. So not as many as you but man, NC is a really nice state! Not sure anything compares IMO!
@@EllenPitts
Your least favorite state of all that you lived?
Probably Texas. It’s just so hot and so ugly and it takes so long to get out of the state. If you want to see something pretty you have to get on a plane because you can drive for days and it’s all the same. :( This is a video I did about it: th-cam.com/video/pKujQUyzToo/w-d-xo.html
The traditional measure is "Manteo to Murphy" - 598 miles if you stay on U.S. 64 all the way. Add 4 miles to the eastern end to get from Whalebone Junction at Nags Head and 20 miles from Murphy to the Tennessee state line ... a little over 621 miles.
You can get there a bit quicker if you pick up I-40 at Raleigh and get off of I-40 onto U.S. 74 west of Asheville. U.S. 64 & U.S. 74 run concurrently from Murphy to the Tennessee state line. But you miss a lot of the interesting scenery going that way.
I HATE driving on I-40 to get to the mountains. I would much rather drive an extra hour and get the beautiful views. You get no views from 40 at all. :(
I’ve lived in Seattle area for 23 years and I must point out it is definitely not the same. Here’s why… while there are other states including NC that actually may get more rain than Seattle, ours are not downpours and are often not heavy rain. Most of the time when it rains in the Seattle area it’s a fine mist or light rain that lasts for days and days and days! One winter we did not see the sun for almost one month. Believe me it’s down right depressing some winters. We get on average 156 days of rain per year so it’s not about the inches of rain IMO, it’s the amount of wet gloomy days. Raleigh I believe it’s gets over 200 sunny to partly sunny days per year and 115 days of rain which is quite a bit but not as bad as Seattle. I use to live in NJ and I do remember those downpours in the east which doesn’t happen too often in the Pacific Northwest. My brother live in NC so I have tracked the many storms.
Just thought I would point out the difference especially since I am looking to escape a state that rains most of the year. Our summers are glorious though which I will miss if we move to NC.
I moved to southeastern nc over 20 years ago and love it here in my small town. Close to everything.
It’s so beautiful in that part of the state!
My brother lives at carolina shores and loves it. close to North Myrtle...he loves beach music. One of the best places to go to anywhere and I've been in just about every state in the US and have been across country about 35 times. Hard to beat NC
@@dryvur I live less than an hour from north Myrtle. We do get the beach traffic going through our town. But still love it here
I lived in Florida and absolutely loathed it! It was great when I got out of school for 2 months and we went and stayed at the Polynesian in Disney but to live in Florida is another ball game entirely!
Florida definitely has pros and cons! Some parts are very different from others. I wouldn’t mind some of the smaller coastal towns like St Augustine. But yeah, a lot of it leaves much to be desired.
Moved to NC 2 years ago. Nice weather but the litter trash problem along the roads is embarrassing. Litter pigs live here!
you are right! Heathens.
Many states have hefty fines for littering!
You can help by volunteering to clean up the roads and make new friends in the process
The Biltmore Estate is expansive it takes at least 20 minutes just to get on the main grounds. And if you want to see everything at the Biltmore you at least have to take two days to do so.
Yeah it is almost overwhelming how big it is!!
Yes to the sentiment of, if you won’t be one of us and appreciate our culture, stay where you are. Keep your politics and outsider sentiments to yourself and become one of us. We’ve been here in the Piedmont for 5 generations and celebrate Our values and culture. My family appreciates our heritage.
I've lived in N.C. all my life and we've got WAY too many people moving in here and bringing their impatient, entitled ways here. The traffic has gotten as bad as any big city, and I've driven through Orlando, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale to Miami. I hate having to deal with that, on my home turf.
I agree. People want to get out of their home state. And then want to move to some.other state and change it to their liking! I say stay where your at! Come and live like the state is or stay where your at.. your moving their for a reason you must of known what it's like...
I'm in IL. And I want to move someplace that's not run run run. I retired early and and want to.relax.
I wanted to move to NC. By the mtns. But because of family obligations I'm gonna have to put it on hold.
But hopefully one day.
I hate when people do that. You have something relaxing and people move there and want to change it. Stay in your own rush rush city state
I will 100% agree with this. NC 20 years ago used to be nice and relaxed, easy to get around, lots of friendly people, inexpensive, etc. But NOW?? It's just like New York. Expensive, lots of traffic, eery scrap of land is built on, rude people, etc.
You are right! I-85/40 is dangerous. Try the Raleigh traffic from any direction. I've had two close calls on I-40 lately - both could have been lethal.
To many rude entitlement thinking people from up north have ruined Raleigh.
Awe. Florida is not all palm trees and gators! Growing up in Ocala we would heckle transplants that installed palm trees in the deciduous landscape.
I know it's an old video. I just found it but I look forward to learning more about North Carolina as I want to move here from Florida.
Let me know if I can help with anything!
@@EllenPitts heading to Hendersonville NC soon for vacation. Within a week.
Have a great time!!
I have lived in Charlotte for about 20 years and have always wished there were places I could watch the sunset besides the beach. You really articulated that well when you mentioned we don’t have big sky. That’s the perfect way to put it. I need more big sky…but like living here otherwise. 😎 I’d move to the coast if I could afford it.
I totally agree! But it's still beautiful!!
Moved to South Carolina late 80s from Ohio thought it would be nice to get away from the snow had 10 inches in October one day didn’t think about summer to hot my neighbor wouldn’t talk to me because I was from up North met some great people teachers made it hard on our kids moved back to Ohio
Wow, that’s terrible!! I can promise you that North Carolinians are very welcoming, regardless of where you’re from. I have lived in small towns in rural areas and cities...both are the same. Very friendly and welcoming!!
I moved to Charlotte from Pittsburgh14 years ago and would never go back. We get 1-2 ice storms a year compared to non-stop cold and snow further north. Humidity is high most everywhere is summer. Air conditioning anyone? North Carolina has everything from beaches to mountains and everything in between.
The weather is definitely way better in NC! Glad you found a place you love!!
I live in the .middle. I love it..if I go east it's the beach..west..its mountains...in the middle..I'm home..short distance either way.
The middle is a great location!
I love my State NC ❤ is Beutiful,I will never change for anything. 🥰
I agree!!
I reside on the barrier island of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla, Walton County. Wellllllll, let me say the long- leaf pine forests here are being cleat cut as developers are moving in. It is no longer.that lovely island I remember. Sad.
I'm sorry.... :(
Hi Ellen, I’m enjoying your content and subscribed to your channel, thank you! Interesting that you’re from Florida. I’m not from Florida originally, but my husband and kids were born here and I’ve lived here 12 years now. I grew up in CA and have also lived in Idaho, Georgia, Canada and Europe. TBH I have never loved FL. There are good things to be sure, but overall for me it’s too hot, no seasons, too many people over 65 (no offense to anyone over 65 but I’m not there for another 25 years), too many strip malls, too flat, I could go on. NC is very appealing in many ways. I’m a mountain girl at heart and love walks in woods, but also enjoy the beach. We’re thinking of moving to the Charlotte metro so we have “bigger city” amenities but the mountains and beach are still accessible. Prices are high but compared to CA where I grew up, still somewhat affordable. Happy Holidays to you!
So glad you’re enjoying the videos!! Feel free to send me an email if you’d like to chat about your situation. Ellen.pitts@hunterrowe.com
I've lived many many places I was born outside of Chicago and I've lived in Brevard North Carolina for years now. It rains a lot you are right and we are actually classified as a rainforest. We are right smack-dab in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's raining right now but that's okay
Thank you for the video. We are thinking of moving from Lake Nona, Orlando area to NC. I miss the hiking from Colorado, but don’t want the long snowy winters either. So, NC seems like best of both worlds.
I grew up in Florida! Feel free to give me a call if you want to chat!
😅 only someone from Florida or Texas would call North Carolina Small lol. Us from the Northeast (the majority of transplants) find it HUGE!
NC is the 9th state I've lived in & you never mentioned the kind people & the religious/conservative values of the state. This is the most "Christian" state I've lived in. It may not be for everyone & people need to be aware of that. Wherever you move do the research on the culture & religion of the area.
I have definitely mentioned the southern culture and how accepting and friendly it is in many of my videos. That is the primary reason I love it here and would never live anywhere else!
And thanks so much for watching!
@@EllenPitts thought you said in one of your videos you would make it back to florida at some point.
Just teasin :)
@@aharonsherrill2752 only for a vacation!!
@@EllenPitts WHY NOT FLORIDA?
I am native to Ocean Beach, NC ♥️ Heaven on earth ♥️🤷♀️
This is not Texas so forget the big blue sky. Go to Florida. We don't need New York City. You can keep your big cities. Curvy roads are less monotonous. Use your GPS. Rain beats forest fires of the West any day. Be grateful for the rain. We get our droughts here too. You can never have too many trees.
Lack of big sky: me who lives in the mountains who has the perfect mix of big sky and trees.....what?
Biltmore is beautiful! I will say it takes me about 8 hours to drive to the coast which isn't horrible. The outer banks are beautiful and everyone should go see the wild horses at least once! Good video!
So glad you enjoyed it! How long does it take you to get to Wrightsville Beach? I think that’s closer than OBX
@@EllenPitts about 6 hours. I've never been there, I'll have to check it out.
I’m a Statistical Analyst who assists people who look to relocate to the Carolina’s. Not a bad video, but there are some things that are a bit off.
Though NC doesn’t have a NYC, LA, or Chicago (which I consider a good thing since people are fleeing those areas in record numbers due to the huge negatives those areas have), Charlotte has a big, clean, and safe urban downtown. Soooo much to do and experience. The “real” city thing that people talk about is a bit bizarre sometimes, lol, because it’s so enormously subjective.
Though NC does have more rain than the Pacific Northwest, NC does have way more sunny days. That’s an important distinction. You have the lush green, yet not the oppressively cloudy , dank, drizzly climate of the PNW. The best of both worlds, so it’s far from being a negative.
I know you’re probably from RDU, but with this being a video about NC, Raleigh was too much of a reference point, especially being so far east and so much smaller than Charlotte.
There are several overview videos is use for my clients about SC that do a great job highlighting the state. But I have yet to find even one that I can use for NC that properly represents the state as a whole, has the format I’m looking for, and that is between 3-10 minutes. You’re was great, other than the things I mentioned. I really can’t use this one because I know that it would give the incorrect impression that NC gets constant downpours with very little sun, which is not reality. Still, good video that’s on the right track. Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to be a wet blanket. I was hyped that I FINALLY found (after over a year of searching) the perfect NC video. But the inaccuracy made it unusable for me. I really look forward to seeing more of your videos. Again, the format and length was great.
Thanks for all the great feedback! I’ll see what I can do. Do you help companies relocate? I’d love to chat sometime. Feel free drop me an email! cellenpitts@gmail.com
I came from ATL(Gainesville) and I love it here. I moved to Bryson City about 4 yrs ago. I would like to get higher in elavation, but the view out my bedroom is incredible. Damn cities. Seattle has many many more rainy days thou, or misty.
North Carolina gets more rain than Seattle.
Thank you for the video! May God bless you🙏🏼😇
Rain, as you graphic showed but you didn't talk about, Seatle has more rainy days. Storms, big and little, can dump a lot of water fast. In the summer you after get a fast thunderstorm that puts down quite a bit of water but is gone in maybe an hour. NC gets short storms in the summer and almost freezing rain several days in winter, not that you go out much then anyway. Snow not so much except in the mountains. NC is where hot southern weather systems meet cold northern systems. The boundaries vary and mix making the weather sometimes change rapidly. Clothing tip, layering. There are seasons here not perpetual summer or winter.
Straight roads? How boring. The state is old, is not flat and has lots of rivers, things that tend to create straight roads. Transportation fun facts, North Carolina has more lane/miles of highway than any US state except Texas and has more ferry route miles than any US state except Washington.
No sky, go to the beach. The trees are shade and make it cooler. Cutting down the forrest? No, timber is a renewal resource and has been stable for a long time. What you see are the local woods being cut down, for development housing and not being replanted. The housing boom is turning farms and forrests into sub divisions. There are three timber development areas in North America, the southeast, the Pacific Northwest and Canada, they each equal about a third of production.
If you like big cities, for God's sake stay there, don't move here! PLEASE!!
Such interesting stuff!! Thanks! I do feel like NC has been in a much rainier pattern the past 10 years or so. It seemed like it rained almost every day this winter!
@@EllenPitts It seems to run in cycles. July in the 1960s there would be about two weeks of rain that turned the fields to mud a few years in a row. In the summer weathermen can go on vacation from June to late August and just rerun the same forecast. Highs in the mid to upper 90s with lows in the low 70s with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Too late for me. I've been here since 1973. My wife and I like it! I ignore politics; I am Southern since age 1 day. I married a Yankee and yes they seem to be flooding the state. I kid them that they started coming down after Reconstruction. They say that they are here because of relatively low taxes and property costs, but they stay because we are friendly. Go east of Raleigh and you'll see all the sky you want. Get one if you must, but you don't need a generator. I've been here for 74 years and Hurricane Hugo knocked us out for 10 days(rural property).You do the math: 74 years multiplied by 365 days minus 10 days. Not much need. I did enjoy your presentation regardless of my different opinions.
I appreciate your different opinions!! That’s what makes the world go round. :) I ignore politics also. Nobody’s got time for that!! Regarding generators...agreed that it’s rare but when you need it there won’t be one in the stores. I definitely recommend it. We’ve used ours once in 21 years and there was one time when we didn’t have one and had to drive to Virginia to stay with my in-laws. It was a nightmare ice storm. I wouldn’t do that again willingly!!
@@EllenPitts The only time I could have used the generator (during Hugo), gas was not available. You have to plan for emergencies. Clearly I didn't.
@@EllenPitts you might be better off with a good size power inverter that you run off your vehicle when needed? From northern MA
NC used to be a great place. It’s now overcrowded with people who don’t get the southern way of life. We don’t want change, we don’t want to be NY or Ohio. If you love those places so much maybe you should have stayed.
Don’t tell a southerner how you do things where you came from.
We don’t care.
Amen.
Why do you want a big city? Why do you think people want to move out of the big city?
I think some people like the level of variety that they can only get in a large city. Personally I prefer a small town...close to a city. I think people are leaving cities because of a few reasons 1) crime is up, 2) traffic and prices are way too high 3) covid created a large number of work from home positions and people who didn't used to have options now have them.
this was a great video, im working my darndest to get to NC!
You'll make it!! It's a great place to be!
@@EllenPitts IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
It depends on where you are. There are still some affordable places in NC. And it’s all relative to where you’re from.
I feel sorry for you.
Please don't come here and try to change it to where you moved from. Northerners do that all the time. They move here and then talk about how great it is up North.
Oh my, have to use a map. As far as trees go, if you own property, cut down what you want. I retire this year & thinking of moving to S.W. NC. Maybe just outside the smokies. 1.5- 3 acres. Small house, gardens & ,a small green house to grow veggies all year round or at least extend the growing season. Peace!!!
I love vegetable gardening as well! I even used to keep milk goats at one point. That is definitely the way to live if you can make it work!
GPS as a driving aide is absolutely great. Maps are also helpful but harder to drive with.
I've been to 45 states and there is more litter and trash in NC than any other. Otherwise a very pretty place, just not sure why people litter it so much.
It has been very bad since the pandemic started. There have been budget cuts due to less taxes coming in from businesses and road crews are one place that is affecting
@@EllenPitts Disagree. The amount of litter on the roads has nothing to do with funding for clean-up crews. Volunteers, adopt-a-highway programs, and prisoners do a large amount of clean-up. The REAL issue is people not taking pride in where they live, so they don't care how it looks.
When I was at NCSU a club I was in adopted a stretch of Duraleigh Rd. I can tell you from experience the worst offenders are cigarette smokers.
Have you been to SC, Tenn., Arkansas ? Must have been 3 of the 5 you missed.
Until NC became so full of people from less desirable places, , we had no litter problems! I have lots of military in my family and they used to tell me that everywhere they were sent, people always remarked about being in NC, now pretty it was, and how clean the roadsides and parks were kept. NO LONGER THE FACTS.
You are right! People were not taught any better. Probably comes from the previous practice of throwing your cigarette butts on the floor - anywhere. My younger brother used to empty his ashtray from his car onto the street.
It is NOT easy getting from one end to other compared to NEW ENGLAND states... like MA. We found out on vacation to NC staying in the foothills and taking 4 hours to the beaches... no not easy
This is a great informative video thank you for sharing💙
Glad you enjoyed it!
The main problem in NC, and elsewhere, is that there are TOO MANY PEOPLE. How you gonna fix that?
The Raleigh area is getting overcrowded.
You show New Hampshire but my state of Maine is off your map. If you want to be safe but pay the highest grocery prices in the contiguous United States move to Maine. although it's nice to watch the fishing boats come in I'm looking to leave behind an extended cold season due to my health.
I’ve never been to Maine but always wanted to visit!
New Hampshire is great, but housing shortages and extreme weather conditions.
Love this! I’m moving to NC from the Bay. Can’t wait for new adventures!
Welcome to paradise!
Please don't bring Democrat ideas with you. This is the Bible belt. We love America and Jesus.
The roads in NC are good and I like dense trees which make the local climate cooler. There plenty of opportunities in the research triangle and Charlotte. My opinion about the state that I was born, raised and lived too long.
Don’t forget zoning laws, you can put a trailer next to a $600k house!!! (See Garner).
That really depends. You have to check property by property. Even if zoning restrictions allow trailers, there can be restrictive covenants that prevent them. You just have to look up the covenants before you purchase. But one things I didn't cover is extra-territorial jurisdiction, which is important... Maybe I will cover that in an upcoming video.
Hi, I moved down here last year during the pandemic and got cancer at the same time. I beat the cancer and I’m just now starting to learn the area. I’m a little bit south of Charlotte. My friends that I am staying with are moving back to NJ but I love the south. Where in NC should I be looking? I have 2 dogs. Bully breeds. One is 45lbs the other is 80lbs. Biggest hurdle for renting a place is getting my dogs in.
Congrats on beating cancer!! So wonderful! I'm sorry I don't know of a resource for finding bully friendly rentals. I would try one of the bully breed facebook groups? Or maybe one of the rental facebook groups. Good luck!
Wonderful video. NC sounds pretty great. I hope a job opportunity pans out so we can move that way...but maybe next year in hope that the housing market calms down just a little bit
The Raleigh area is fine if you're looking for a overall family type place to live. For me it's pretty boring. The city lacks a good urban scene and downtown is not what some bloggers like to hype it up as. It's nothing impressive. And both the mountains and beaches are over 2 hours away. Everything is pretty spread out too. It all boils down to what you're looking for. But it's limited in terms of culture and entertainment.
I actually agree with you. I always tell people thinking of moving here that downtown raleigh is a few blocks. You can walk it in an hour. It’s definitely not for everyone!
I like the Video, but If you Don’t think Charlotte is a better City than D.C I don’t know what to tell you lol it’s the 14th biggest City in The U.S now (Just Passed SF in Population) I grew up in Concord my Entire life and now live In Davidson/Lake Norman Area
I've heard everyone left Florida because it was crowded and went there?
I heard that NC tax's you every year for the firearms you posses? I was told that.
OMG,... she's a realtor,...is there land where you can build a off grid cabin,... where property tax's are low.
And dose NC tax you yearly on your gun's?
It would be like infringement and a 4th amendment issue.
I'm not sure about the gun tax thing but I seriously doubt it. There are plenty of places to build an off grid cabin. Not in Raleigh, but send me an email. I know who can help you. epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
If your not for the 2A stay away. Stay away anyhow, it's getting too crowded here.
I love driving through the mountains there.
I Love it here..But now I can't afford to live here because of all the company's coming here are making property prices and taxes go up...5 acres with a 3 bedroom..179,000..Now...buy it and plow it and build 10 on it for 300,000 each.. Sucks.
Yes there are definitely some downsides to the growth. Especially for the locals. I’m sorry you’ve taken the brunt of it.
Same thing happened in MA about 15- 20 yrs ago, get involved in local zoning.. we now have in rural areas of MA 3acre- 5 acre minimum building lots per house, stop subdivions, they WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES AND HOMEPRICES... small businesses are vital to keeping taxes low off the property owners.
This is the only video where I have just subscribed. Thank you!
I’m glad you are enjoying them!!
The Biltmore is a hotel/museum
Beautiful Raleigh I have many friends living there
I lived and worked in Charlotte for a while. I really liked it. Charlotte is a nice city. Not too big but not too small. Just about the right size. Cheers!
Glad you found a spot you love!
I’d rather move to NC. Living in Seattle area now.
Vladimir Vasilenko: Seattle much be more expensive to live in, because I think the state of Washington is more beautiful than NC. Just my opinion.
Please don’t tell anyone else about the good parts of beautiful North Carolina. I have been here my whole life and it breaks my heart to see what is happening in the capital city of Raleigh and surrounding areas, especially Clayton. All the beautiful (formerly) land between where I have spent my life and Clayton is now or soon will be torn all to hell and covered in tacky ‘cracker box’ appearing houses that are selling for $300,000.00 and upwards. Millions of trees torn up, historical homes destroyed, and lakes just ruined! So, please don’t encourage anyone else to move here. The average cruised does not want them!
I get it. I really do. But the reality is I’m not convincing people to move here. The US is experiencing a Mass Migration and people are leaving the large cities and moving ti smaller ones. This is just the reality of a growing population. When one area gets overcrowded, they shift to areas of smaller populations. We should just be grateful that we have so much land in the US. Places like UK have lots of inward migration but they don’t have the land we have. It is hard to see your home changing though. I’m so sorry...
@Ziplokk no, AH, I was BORN here, seven miles from where I live right now, on a tobacco farm and damn proud of it!!!
Sorry, Ziplokk, thought you were replying to me
My first winter in NC more than 10 years ago was the ice storm.
That was the CRAZIEST storm!! I don't think we have had one like it since... at least not that I can remember. Which means we probably have one coming to us! LOL!
Love your page! You cover excellent thorough information. Albeit sometimes you speak really fast.. Love the data you share!
Haha…I do speak fast!! I have tried to slow down and I think my later videos are a little slower. 😁 Thanks for watching!!
I've been living here for 6 years...and it's becoming crowded and expensive....
It is definitely changing. The whole country is in flux right now. So many people working from home are relocating to many different cities. It will continue to shift and change... it’s just the nature of life!
@@EllenPitts I agree but it won't take a decade to come up with the same problems as california or Colorado, homeless, drugs and mess.. besides that I personally can't complain about financial return from this situation as a construction business we never did so well like this last year's..what we're gonna do is to move to europe to a small city this end of the year...and make there crowded...lol
Its USA dude. Diversity and growth is part of the everyday life. Embrace it or get left behind. No matter where you go in the world, when life decides to change then it will regardless. My advice to you would be to move to the Himalayas. Perfect for those who are anti-social. Not many people and far from the rest of the growing changing world.
@@echo2374 I would need much more information. Email me: epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
I was born and bred there. The Northerners are coming here and bringing their Democrat ways with them. Some small cities are good.
Nice little presentation. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Flying into NC from California next month. I have a full week to explore the several towns I'm interested in purchasing property. Grew up in NJ, family lives in VA, NJ, NY and FL. I want to get back to the east coast....parents are getting older and I want to be closer. All my research tells me I need to be in Asheville. I think its the perfect blend of hippy dippy artsy fartsy and the conservative values I want to get back to. I've got my hopes up. I fly in the second week of September 2021 and I have a full week to explore and to find some property to buy (0r) temporally rent. Super Excited
I hope it's a great trip!!
@@EllenPitts I've been doing lots of research in Asheville and the surrounding towns. It seems like what I want. Be there 2 weeks to explore for a week! Planning on moving by fall of 2022.
@@donniedarko1345 hope it's a great trip! Let me know if you need help finding a Realtor in Asheville!
Do not, I repeat, do not move to Asheville. It is a mess with a new homeless population. Go a tad north. It is not Artsy Fartsy. Believe me.
@@bluewaterpines2santarosabe398 Definitely saw the homeless....pretty bad. dont actually want to live in the city proper, but 5-10 miles out. Got some good ideas during my trip.
Thanks for the vid! Actually thinking of moving to NC for various reasons, one of which is that we miss trees. With that said, you mentioned that they are cutting down a lot of them due to construction of new homes. So, are they just strip mining the whole state to the point that soon NC will become like west Texas??
I don't think that is possible. It is very lush and green here and we get a lot of rain. Things grow VERY quickly. And they try to preserve what they can
Yes they are. Anywhere they can slap up a Starbucks or some other ugly box like housing. Violent crime is way up in Charlotte. Traffic is terrible. Won't be long before everything is overcrowded and ruined like so many northern cities
What is your take on Garner? Schools, things to do, family friendly?
Garner is less developed than other areas. They have tried to revitalize their downtown but there really isn't much there. They do have plenty of big box stores and shopping centers. But it's mostly subdivisions and Target. :) There are nice parks like everywhere in the Triangle. It is part of the Wake County School System which is good. I'm glad to answer more detailed questions if you want to send me an email! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
How are bugs, critters and humidity. What's the best city to retire
We definitely have our fair share of bugs and wildlife. I would say any of our cities would be good for retirement. It just depends on what is important to you. Here is a video that talks more about the wildlife: th-cam.com/video/KVKOAsLV_VI/w-d-xo.html
I live in the Northwestern part of NC in Jonesville, Drugs have taken over in this area and surrounding areas
Drugies, Drunks, Liers, and Thieves
I would find a place that doesn't have all those drugs and drinking around me if it is bothering you. There are places in N.C. that are really nice.
Is that close to Boone NC? Thinking of moving there
TOOO Rich for my blood! I am a ex NYC and love the RUSH and NC or SC doesn't cut it! I am more looking for much more affordable homes under $100.000 or much less
Hard to find!! Good luck, though!
You can buy 1100sq ft home in Mayodan for $29,000. Not a blighted or crime area. Just poor people without work.
@@millerforester6237 Sounds like a real deal. I heard Nicaragua also.
I have land and a older fixer up trailer I’m wanting to sale so I can move in a apartment.I’m disabled not able to keep it up.Smyrna NC
Vicki, if you would like a referral to an agent, please send me an email and I can connect you with someone! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
Seems like I say the same exact things about Houston when you mentioned Texas in the beginning.... I miss Greece, but I have been looking at other states I could move to so I can not feel so trapped 😝
Houston is so far away from everything! When I lived there I missed how quickly you can drive to a different climate here in Raleigh. In a couple hours you can be on the beach or on a mountaintop.
Nc is a shithole now. A very divided state. Rethink your options.
Seatel have less sunny days as compared to North Carolina but seatel have more rainy day, the dark days of seatel is responsible for more crime it is the safe heavens for criminals
Family of 6 needing to leave PA
Will have tax return and no savings
Need immediate employment and affordable housing somewhere without too much crime
3br at least
Any help appreciated
If you need something more affordable I would recommend the Triad. Greensboro, Winston Salem. But affordability is kind of relative to your field of work and skill set.
Don't go to Nc then. Its worse here.
Very informative. Looking to move here in June 2021 just not sure where exactly. I'm still researching that
Let me know if I can help!
@@EllenPitts yes please! Lol you are well informed and it seems you won't steer a newbie in the wrong direction lol
I’ll take good care of you!! Can you please email me? epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
@@mstenacious274 yes I did in July. I'm on Cary renting a Townhouse. I'm ready to buy but the market it extremely high right now🤦🏾♀️
Durham has way too many cities with streets that constantly change names...that makes it difficult in the NC "cities"
Yeah that is a fault of much of the Triangle. It is pretty common throughout the area.
I believe it’s because 5e people that move recognize the nasty bit of history NC has and they think changing all the names associated with racists will pacify things and makes their fairy tale move to this state more tasteful
Very interesting...I could live in North Carolina....definitely is my list.
Let me know if there is anything I can help with!
I grew up in NC. All i have to say is, If you don't like it, go back to Florida.
If NC is better than SC, chances are I wouldn't complain. Not everywhere is like FL although I lived in Tampa.
Please don't move here....
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