Cary, North Carolina

[YosemiteSam]

The value of my house here in the tri-state area is 5x what I paid in Texas prior to moving here. (about the same size too) Though I must admit. I probably couldn't make the same salary in Texas that I do here unless I moved to Houston and went to work for a financial firm.

I plan on doing the exact same thing Juke is doing. When I retire, I'm moving away and buying a house outright.

 

[Juke99]

The value of my house here in the tri-state area is 5x what I paid in Texas prior to moving here. (about the same size too) Though I must admit. I probably couldn't make the same salary in Texas that I do here unless I moved to Houston and went to work for a financial firm.

I plan on doing the exact same thing Juke is doing. When I retire, I'm moving away and buying a house outright.

Yep. That's the only draw of NY...the money.

Funny, NO ONE who lives here is from somewhere else. Everyone here was born here.

People don't migrate to NY. There's a reason for that.

And ya know, years ago, it was great because you could find anything you wanted, needed.

Now, go to Amazon, purchase any item and...it's at your door the next morning.

i dont need to live in NY to watch the Yankees.

I don't need to live in NY to read a NY newspaper.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Funny, NO ONE who lives here is from somewhere else. Everyone here was born here.

Here being Cary, NC? Cause not a single person in my company grew up in New York City. They all transplanted here. The closest someone lived to NYC is a guy from up-state NY who actually moved here via California and a guy who grew up in Trenton, NJ.

The only person that I know that has worked here that was actually from NYC (LI) was a girl that was interning here while taking classes at NYU.

 

[Juke99]

Here being Cary, NC? Cause not a single person in my company grew up in New York City. They all transplanted here. The closest someone lived to NYC is a guy from up-state NY who actually moved here via California and a guy who grew up in Trenton, NJ.

The only person that I know that has worked here that was actually from NYC (LI) was a girl that was interning here while taking classes at NYU.

No no.."here" being NY.

No one, on Long Island is from anywhere but Long Island.

Most are here because it's where they were born.

Very few people live their lives elsewhere and decide to come live here.

 

[Duane]

Congrats John, beautiful part of the country you're moving to.

 

[Longboysfan]

Offset printing. Not the industry to be in right now. Kinda like being in the men's hat industry in 1960. Not a great future.

I can pretty much be semi-retired...

And thanks...yes, ratcheting back is the plan...this way I can spend more time here handing out violations/warnings.

My friend lives in Manson, N.C. up near the border on a lake. He complained taxes were too high.... $3,500 a year.....

But that was on a 5 plus acer property on the lake with a dock and.....

 

[vta]

My friend lives in Manson, N.C. up near the border on a lake. He complained taxes were too high.... $3,500 a year.....

But that was on a 5 plus acer property on the lake with a dock and.....

Too high? A 5 acre lot in NJ would probably fetch 13-15,000 a year in taxes.

 

[Juke99]

Congrats John, beautiful part of the country you're moving to.

Thanks bud.

Looking forward to it.

 

[Faerluna]

Very few people live their lives elsewhere and decide to come live here.

I'm one of the few. I grew up in Nebraska and moved to NY after high school. I was up in Westchester, though.

 

[Juke99]

I'm one of the few. I grew up in Nebraska and moved to NY after high school. I was up in Westchester, though.

Oh, let me rephrase my statement...there are a number of young people who move to NY in pursuit of the excitement...a dream...a career...etc...then, they get the snot beat out of them and leave the state.

But it seems that 99% of the people who live here, who are over the age of 30, were born here.

 

[Hostile]

Trying to think about advice I can give you from my short time in North Carolina.

1. Don't eat chitlins. This is great advice. You'll thank me.
2. Almost everyone has to declare Duke Blue Devil or North Carolina Tarheel. Be prepared.
3. BBQ from that area uses vinegar and has a different taste than St. Louis or Texas BBQ which has a molasses base.
4. Folks in the Bible belt get serious about religion. Be aware so as not to offend.
5. Chicken is eaten at 10 of the 14 meals that are lunch or dinner in a given week. They make it every way imaginable.
6. Chicken is eaten at breakfast at least twice a week.
7. The Panthers belong to Charlotte, not the Carolinas.
8. "Cut the lights" means either turn them on or turn them off depending upon current state.
9. A poke is a sack, like a grocery bag.
10. "Fin to" means fixing to. You often hear it like "I'm fin to go."
11. Tobacco farms are their cash crop. Even though you don't smoke, don't bash tobacco farms.
12. The civil war may be over but hostilities linger from time to time.
13. Cole slaw is served with almost any meal you order.

 

[Juke99]

Trying to think about advice I can give you from my short time in North Carolina.

1. Don't eat chitlins. This is great advice. You'll thank me.
2. Almost everyone has to declare Duke Blue Devil or North Carolina Tarheel. Be prepared.
3. BBQ from that area uses vinegar and has a different taste than St. Louis or Texas BBQ which has a molasses base.
4. Folks in the Bible belt get serious about religion. Be aware so as not to offend.
5. Chicken is eaten at 10 of the 14 meals that are lunch or dinner in a given week. They make it every way imaginable.
6. Chicken is eaten at breakfast at least twice a week.
7. The Panthers belong to Charlotte, not the Carolinas.
8. "Cut the lights" means either turn them on or turn them off depending upon current state.
9. A poke is a sack, like a grocery bag.
10. "Fin to" means fixing to. You often hear it like "I'm fin to go."
11. Tobacco farms are their cash crop. Even though you don't smoke, don't bash tobacco farms.
12. The civil war may be over but hostilities linger from time to time.
13. Cole slaw is served with almost any meal you order.

:laugh1: Funny stuff.

IF I ever drive outside of Cary, I'll be sure to keep this list with me.

Thing is, in Cary, it's nothing like this...or at least that has been my experience.

Cary "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees"

Not at all making a political statement but I researched the state and it's a rather "red" state except for Cary stands out as being highly "blue"

So, to this point, my experiece has been that I don't feel like I'm in the south(whatever that means) when I'm there.

 

[vlad]

I work in NYC at an i-bank. We opened a development center down there, and I think there are a lot of tech companies down that way.

So that will actually diversify the population there...probably mostly Indians or East Asians, though I know a few Russian and British ppl down there.

I hear its beautiful. For "city" people its slow, but you can say that about most places compared to NYC...I think you'll really enjoy it...best of luck!

 

[5Stars]

Looks like it's going to be my new home town. House in NY will be going up for sale within the next month or so. I was in Cary this weekend doing some home shopping. Loved the city. Loved the homes I saw.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

It's the music, huh?

It's your music that made you move.

Don't fool us...:laugh2:


(stupid musicians)(sp)

 

[Faerluna]

BBQ from that area uses vinegar and has a different taste than St. Louis or Texas BBQ which has a molasses base.

Cole slaw is served with almost any meal you order.

The bbq sauce here is the vinegar sauce also, and it is sooo good. Also, it's normal to have coleslaw on your pulled pork sandwich, which I originally found very odd. After I tried it, I couldn't have it any other way.

 

[Juke99]

My friend lives in Manson, N.C. up near the border on a lake. He complained taxes were too high.... $3,500 a year.....

But that was on a 5 plus acer property on the lake with a dock and.....

$3500 per year. Now that's funny.

My quarterly tax bill is higher than that...and I live on a 70 x 110 piece of property.

With no dock.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Cole slaw uke:

Vinegar sauce uke: uke:

 

[Jammer]

Whatever you do, remember you moved to the South, the South didn't move up North. No matter how much better it was in the North there is a reason you moved down South. Please remember there is a reason the South is the way it is (good and bad).

It's not to bash you, but my mom owned a bar in Hilton Head, SC for years. It got very tiresome listening to the "Yanks" bad mouth the way things were in the South, but failing to realize there was a reason they relocated down here to begin with.

 

[Jammer]

The bbq sauce here is the vinegar sauce also, and it is sooo good. Also, it's normal to have coleslaw on your pulled pork sandwich, which I originally found very odd. After I tried it, I couldn't have it any other way.

I'm not a fan of he vinegar sauce or the coleslaw on pulled pork sandwich. I'd rather have the mustard base BBQ sauce that's good around here. But I like tha old saying, "BBQ is like sex. When it's good it's great, but when it's bad it's still pretty good." (I've seen that saying to other foods as well, but I like it to fit BBQ).

 

[Hostile]

The bbq sauce here is the vinegar sauce also, and it is sooo good. Also, it's normal to have coleslaw on your pulled pork sandwich, which I originally found very odd. After I tried it, I couldn't have it any other way.

I love the cole slaw on the pulled pork. So freaking good. One place out there added a slice of Swiss cheese in between. Oh mama, that was heavenly.