Raleigh, North Carolina

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

I am from Northern California and fell in love with a guy from North Carolina. I let him talk me into moving to Chapel Hill, where his company is headquartered.

I hated it. Absolutely hated it. Hated the weather, hated the bugs, strongly disliked the people, and, being an outdoors person, didn’t find much to do outdoors. It just didn’t work for me.

People tell me they really like Cary. I found Cary and Chapel Hill to be one strip mall after another. Good schools so if you have kids I guess that matters most. I don’t have children so I don’t have to be concerned about schools.

I lasted two years. For what we pay here, we could have bought a 5000 sq ft house in Chapel Hill but I was miserable there. I think I am a minority, though. I know LOTS of people who are very happy there.

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

I am from Northern California and fell in love with a guy from North Carolina. I let him talk me into moving to Chapel Hill, where his company is headquartered.

I hated it. Absolutely hated it. Hated the weather, hated the bugs, strongly disliked the people, and, being an outdoors person, didn’t find much to do outdoors. It just didn’t work for me.

People tell me they really like Cary. I found Cary and Chapel Hill to be one strip mall after another. Good schools so if you have kids I guess that matters most. I don’t have children so I don’t have to be concerned about schools.

I lasted two years. For what we pay here, we could have bought a 5000 sq ft house in Chapel Hill but I was miserable there. I think I am a minority, though. I know LOTS of people who are very happy there.

[JerseyGrl]

Toots

I am from Northern California and fell in love with a guy from North Carolina. I let him talk me into moving to Chapel Hill, where his company is headquartered.

I hated it. Absolutely hated it. Hated the weather, hated the bugs, strongly disliked the people, and, being an outdoors person, didn’t find much to do outdoors. It just didn’t work for me.

People tell me they really like Cary. I found Cary and Chapel Hill to be one strip mall after another. Good schools so if you have kids I guess that matters most. I don’t have children so I don’t have to be concerned about schools.

I lasted two years. For what we pay here, we could have bought a 5000 sq ft house in Chapel Hill but I was miserable there. I think I am a minority, though. I know LOTS of people who are very happy there.

[SDHM]

Thanks for the suggestions. We will definitely check out Cary.

[SDHM]

Thanks for the suggestions. We will definitely check out Cary.

[SDHM]

Thanks for the suggestions. We will definitely check out Cary.

[SDHM]

Thanks for the suggestions. We will definitely check out Cary.

[CardiffBaseball]

Well toots FWIW I was trying to give a mostly positive spin, but I was down there a lot and didn’t want to move my family so I empathize. I could have moved to Raleigh from Northeast Ohio anytime I wanted to over the 2+ years I held that job, but I just couldn’t pull the trigger. So we never left Ohio.

I still think overall it’s a nice place and I’d consider relocating there for the same rate of pay, but in my field that is highly unlikely. Much more to do here in SD.

SAS is just outside of or else partially in Cary and they are always spoken of as a fantastic place to work. 60 Minutes once did a special on them. Cary has nearly 100K people so comparing to CV is probably not fair. Population-wise it’s closer in size to Vista (Cary is listed as 96K, Vista around 90K).

[CardiffBaseball]

Well toots FWIW I was trying to give a mostly positive spin, but I was down there a lot and didn’t want to move my family so I empathize. I could have moved to Raleigh from Northeast Ohio anytime I wanted to over the 2+ years I held that job, but I just couldn’t pull the trigger. So we never left Ohio.

I still think overall it’s a nice place and I’d consider relocating there for the same rate of pay, but in my field that is highly unlikely. Much more to do here in SD.

SAS is just outside of or else partially in Cary and they are always spoken of as a fantastic place to work. 60 Minutes once did a special on them. Cary has nearly 100K people so comparing to CV is probably not fair. Population-wise it’s closer in size to Vista (Cary is listed as 96K, Vista around 90K).

[CardiffBaseball]

Well toots FWIW I was trying to give a mostly positive spin, but I was down there a lot and didn’t want to move my family so I empathize. I could have moved to Raleigh from Northeast Ohio anytime I wanted to over the 2+ years I held that job, but I just couldn’t pull the trigger. So we never left Ohio.

I still think overall it’s a nice place and I’d consider relocating there for the same rate of pay, but in my field that is highly unlikely. Much more to do here in SD.

SAS is just outside of or else partially in Cary and they are always spoken of as a fantastic place to work. 60 Minutes once did a special on them. Cary has nearly 100K people so comparing to CV is probably not fair. Population-wise it’s closer in size to Vista (Cary is listed as 96K, Vista around 90K).

[CardiffBaseball]

Well toots FWIW I was trying to give a mostly positive spin, but I was down there a lot and didn’t want to move my family so I empathize. I could have moved to Raleigh from Northeast Ohio anytime I wanted to over the 2+ years I held that job, but I just couldn’t pull the trigger. So we never left Ohio.

I still think overall it’s a nice place and I’d consider relocating there for the same rate of pay, but in my field that is highly unlikely. Much more to do here in SD.

SAS is just outside of or else partially in Cary and they are always spoken of as a fantastic place to work. 60 Minutes once did a special on them. Cary has nearly 100K people so comparing to CV is probably not fair. Population-wise it’s closer in size to Vista (Cary is listed as 96K, Vista around 90K).

[sakina96]

The triangle area is a great place to live. As others have pointed out there are positives and negatives to southern california and north carolina. NC is a great place to live and to raise kids. Cary is a good place to live, however locals refer to is as the Containtainment Area for Relocated Yankees (CARY)as most northerners seems to prefer Cary over Raleigh or Durham. For the most part it’s true.

[sakina96]

The triangle area is a great place to live. As others have pointed out there are positives and negatives to southern california and north carolina. NC is a great place to live and to raise kids. Cary is a good place to live, however locals refer to is as the Containtainment Area for Relocated Yankees (CARY)as most northerners seems to prefer Cary over Raleigh or Durham. For the most part it’s true.

[sakina96]

The triangle area is a great place to live. As others have pointed out there are positives and negatives to southern california and north carolina. NC is a great place to live and to raise kids. Cary is a good place to live, however locals refer to is as the Containtainment Area for Relocated Yankees (CARY)as most northerners seems to prefer Cary over Raleigh or Durham. For the most part it’s true.

[sakina96]

The triangle area is a great place to live. As others have pointed out there are positives and negatives to southern california and north carolina. NC is a great place to live and to raise kids. Cary is a good place to live, however locals refer to is as the Containtainment Area for Relocated Yankees (CARY)as most northerners seems to prefer Cary over Raleigh or Durham. For the most part it’s true.

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