Best places to live in North/South Carolina?

[pjtoadie]

Huntsville and Matthews are both upper end suburbs there. I lived in Charlotte for a little while back in the 1980's.

Thanks Hos! So would you recommend the Charlotte area?

 

[DFWJC]

We moved from Ohio to NC many years ago. So I was in Ohio through 8th grade and then NC all the way through grad school.

North Carolina is amazing compared to most places in the US, but most certainly compared to Ohio (and I actually enjoyed growing up there). Mountains, beaches, good weather...etc.

There's a broad range in NC of areas to live, so you'd have to decide to you want to be in small community, in a city, near the beach, near the mountains, near both, near major universities, near pro sports? Once you figure that out, I'm sure plenty can help you.

 

[Kangaroo]

I need some help from people who know the Carolinas. My wife and I are considering moving south from Ohio due to my wife having more opportunities in the education field. Ohio is really on the decline for education and North Carolina and South Carolina are on the rise. So what are the best neighborhoods to raise a family? We're probably looking to rent a house for awhile. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Have not lived their was stationed there for a couple months and know some people that where assigned there but Columbia, South Carolina i would pass on. That is the home of Fort Jackson (lackson Jackson). The problem with Jackson is it is a TRADOC base training so you get all the new recruits in there for Basic and AIT.

 

[Hostile]

Thanks Hos! So would you recommend the Charlotte area?

I sure liked it man. The humidity is the only thing about NC that I really didn't dig, but I'm a lizard. Grew up out here in the West and am built for it.

 

[pjtoadie]

We moved from Ohio to NC many years ago. So I was in Ohio through 8th grade and then NC all the way through grad school.

North Carolina is amazing compared to most places in the US, but most certainly compared to Ohio (and I actually enjoyed growing up there). Mountains, beaches, good weather...etc.

There's a broad range in NC of areas to live, so you'd have to decide to you want to be in small community, in a city, near the beach, near the mountains, near both, near major universities, near pro sports? Once you figure that out, I'm sure plenty can help you.

Thanks for the info! I think my wife and I are looking to live near a bigger city i.e. Charlotte or Raleigh rather than on the coast or the mountains.

I sure liked it man. The humidity is the only thing about NC that I really didn't dig, but I'm a lizard. Grew up out here in the West and am built for it.

Great! Haha I hear ya on the humidity!

 

[pjtoadie]

Have not lived their was stationed there for a couple months and know some people that where assigned there but Columbia, South Carolina i would pass on. That is the home of Fort Jackson (lackson Jackson). The problem with Jackson is it is a TRADOC base training so you get all the new recruits in there for Basic and AIT.

Thanks for the info, noted

 

[Hostile]

I still miss the biscuits at Bojangles. When you get there, eat one for me.

 

[jobberone]

Raleigh/Durham is a great place. Mt Pleasant SC great. Charlotte still has a southern small town appeal but its definitely not small anymore. Traffic can be 'bad' for a southen city but its not much different in rush hour than any other good sized southern city. Better than Atlanta. Clemson is a great place and near enough to Greenville to get a decent sized town to live near. I don't think the people in SC hate the yankees but Myrtle Beach is definitely different. I wouldn't live there although near by is ok. I don't particularly like the PeeDee. Nashville is a good place and so is Knoxville as well as the Tri Cities.

 

[pjtoadie]

I still miss the biscuits at Bojangles. When you get there, eat one for me.

Will do

Raleigh/Durham is a great place. Mt Pleasant SC great. Charlotte still has a southern small town appeal but its definitely not small anymore. Traffic can be 'bad' for a southen city but its not much different in rush hour than any other good sized southern city. Better than Atlanta. Clemson is a great place and near enough to Greenville to get a decent sized town to live near. I don't think the people in SC hate the yankees but Myrtle Beach is definitely different. I wouldn't live there although near by is ok. I don't particularly like the PeeDee. Nashville is a good place and so is Knoxville as well as the Tri Cities.

Yeah I think Charlotte or Raleigh/Durham are what we are looking at. Hos mentioned Matthews, NC and the school district is really good by what I have just read. Does anyone know of any other good suburbs near Charlotte besides Matthews and Huntersville?

 

[Kangaroo]

I know some people that live in the Kure Beach area. I can ask one of them since she is here in Houston going to medical school now she graduated from college.

 

[DFWJC]

Yeah I think Charlotte or Raleigh/Durham are what we are looking at. Hos mentioned Matthews, NC and the school district is really good by what I have just read. Does anyone know of any other good suburbs near Charlotte besides Matthews and Huntersville?

If you look at the R/D area, Cary supposedly has a very good school district.

Both Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham/Chapell Hill areas are good. You get pro football in Charlotte. You get great colleges in the R/D area with a higher percentage of PHDs than anywhere in the US due to the Research Triangle, Duke, UNC, and NC State all being there.
Both locations have reasonable drives to the beaches.

My cousins from Xenia, OH (SW Ohio) moved to NC and love it.

 

[pjtoadie]

If you look at the R/D area, Cary supposedly has a very good school district.

Both Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham/Chapell Hill areas are good. You get pro football in Charlotte. You get great colleges in the R/D area with a higher percentage of PHDs than anywhere in the US due to the Research Triangle, Duke, UNC, and NC State all being there.
Both locations have reasonable drives to the beaches.

My cousins from Xenia, OH (SW Ohio) moved to NC and love it.

I will look at Cary, thanks! Where in NC did your cousin move to?

 

[JBond]

I need some help from people who know the Carolinas. My wife and I are considering moving south from Ohio due to my wife having more opportunities in the education field. Ohio is really on the decline for education and North Carolina and South Carolina are on the rise. So what are the best neighborhoods to raise a family? We're probably looking to rent a house for awhile. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hilton Head. Especially if you play golf!

 

[SC Cowboyfan]

To this day the most beautiful place I have ever been is Highlands, NC in the Western region and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Small town built around a few mountain lakes and creeks. The drives to get there have multiple waterfalls to enjoy. Dry Falls you can walk behind. Bridal Veil Falls drops on one side of the road, goes under the road and down so you are drying over it. Cullasaja Falls drops 250 feet in a series of drops. That is between Franklin and Highlands.

The other route into town that I know of is from Hendersonville to the East. The Falls I remember from that ay are Whitewater Falls, which does require a hike to get to, but is worth it. 411 foot single drop. Highest dropping waterfall in the Eastern US I believe. Had a great wooden bridge across the creek at the bottom. There was another Falls that I think was called Sliding Rock.

It is a rather short distance drive to either South Carolina or Georgia.

I have dreamed of owning a cabin there for a long time.

Sliding Rock is in Brevard,NC. There are a ton of small waterfalls all throughout that area (Pisgah National Forest). It is absolutely gorgeous in the summer. I take my neice and nephew there a few times each summer. I'll start taking my kids next summer as my son will be old enough to enjoy it as well.

The water is always cold (about 50 degrees) even on the hottest summer day.

We just went there last week for the last time this summer. I'm about an hour and a half away from there.

 

[SC Cowboyfan]

Thanks Hos! So would you recommend the Charlotte area?

Huntersville and Pineville/Matthews are nice as far as Charlotte suburbs.
My brother lives in Pineville area and the schools are very good as well.

I live in Anderson,SC (upstate SC). I like it here and it is about a 2 hour drive to Atlanta as well as Charlotte. If I can help you with getting any info or opinions, PM me.

 

[DFWJC]

I will look at Cary, thanks! Where in NC did your cousin move to?

One moved to Lenoir--which is a smaller gorgeous city near the Smokeys.
The other to the Outer Banks...probabaly not one of your options.

 

[Hostile]

Sliding Rock is in Brevard,NC. There are a ton of small waterfalls all throughout that area (Pisgah National Forest). It is absolutely gorgeous in the summer. I take my neice and nephew there a few times each summer. I'll start taking my kids next summer as my son will be old enough to enjoy it as well.

The water is always cold (about 50 degrees) even on the hottest summer day.

We just went there last week for the last time this summer. I'm about an hour and a half away from there.

Yep, now that you say that I remember it better. Thank you.

 

[trickblue]

The place I've always heard good things about is Raleigh.

Yes... Raleigh is really nice... even nicer is Cary, NC which is about 15 miles away...

Asheville is really beautiful as well...

 

[pjtoadie]

Huntersville and Pineville/Matthews are nice as far as Charlotte suburbs.
My brother lives in Pineville area and the schools are very good as well.

I live in Anderson,SC (upstate SC). I like it here and it is about a 2 hour drive to Atlanta as well as Charlotte. If I can help you with getting any info or opinions, PM me.

Thanks for the info! I will check out Pineville and Anderson and PM you if I have any questions

 

[pjtoadie]

Yes... Raleigh is really nice... even nicer is Cary, NC which is about 15 miles away...

Asheville is really beautiful as well...

Raleigh is really looking like a viable option! I will check out Asheville as well, thanks!

One moved to Lenoir--which is a smaller gorgeous city near the Smokeys.
The other to the Outer Banks...probabaly not one of your options.

Yeah I'm looking for something inland near a bigger city.