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NRaleighLiberal

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3. we've lived in Raleigh for 28 years. It is lively, lots of culture and arts.

Sat Nov 9, 2019, 02:03 PM

Nov 2019

and for us getting expensive and crowded (traffic!) and summers are really getting hotter and more humid.

We are now house hunting in western NC... mountain area, around Hendersonville. Cooler summers, less traffic, lower prices. Only detriment is greater distance to the Outer Banks.

It is a great state to live in ... something for all tastes!

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Looking to move? Consider the Triangle area of North Carolina. Seriously. [View all] mnhtnbb Nov 2019 OP

But isn't it a bad state to be in if you become ill ? OnDoutside Nov 2019 #1

Why would you ask that? mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #12

From the fact that it's a republican state, and as we've seen OnDoutside Nov 2019 #35

It is a purple state mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #38

I was looking at it from the point where someone became ill and OnDoutside Nov 2019 #43

Nope. It has two of the best teaching hospitals in the country. nolabear Nov 2019 #25

Plus, the state is trending blue. bearsfootball516 Nov 2019 #28

I was in Raleigh a few weeks ago. It's a very nice area. Seems to be growing. Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #2

we've lived in Raleigh for 28 years. It is lively, lots of culture and arts. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2019 #3

I'm going to come visit the mountain area mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #14

once we get there, open invitation! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2019 #22

Thanks! mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #39

I could Raftergirl Nov 2019 #4

I don't plan on leaving CA, but I just want to point out that NC should be considered purple. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #5

Not good enough for me. Raftergirl Nov 2019 #7

And it stays that way customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #8

Of course I know that. Raftergirl Nov 2019 #9

That's going to change. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #15

I left CA in 1988! mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #18

RTP? No thanks. Blue or not. Folks up north still get called Yankees when visiting there. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Raftergirl Nov 2019 #6

Thanks, and always glad to see you're happy! elleng Nov 2019 #10

I also see moon rise from my apartment. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #16

Gotcha! elleng Nov 2019 #20

Here it is tonight mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #46

NICE and clear! elleng Nov 2019 #47

Cary is wonderful lostnfound Nov 2019 #11

Yes it is. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #19

I want to move to Europe still. Sadly I have no way to do so. OliverQ Nov 2019 #13

If I were 10 years younger mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #17

I did. DFW Nov 2019 #27

I don't think most pointing to the great benefits Europe offers realize that even with marriage, emmaverybo Nov 2019 #30

I have a friend who moved to France mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #34

Not easy at all these days though, but language opens the door on jobs. I'd never come back either. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #45

Actually, I can only live and work in Germany unless my wife moves. DFW Nov 2019 #37

Well i meant accepted into the country legally. That must have felt so great to hear your colleagues emmaverybo Nov 2019 #44

Funny that you should say that about the German educational system DFW Nov 2019 #51

I am thinking of the violence in our public schools, the lack of funding for many activities so that emmaverybo Nov 2019 #55

We gave them a LOT of support. DFW Nov 2019 #56

How will climate change affect the region over the next few decades? Kaleva Nov 2019 #21

majorly...already has. Did a study tracking summer temps over 28 NRaleighLiberal Nov 2019 #23

I miss living in Raleigh steventh Nov 2019 #24

That's fun you have a tree mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #33

I have worked in the area handmade34 Nov 2019 #26

I admit to being a city girl. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #31

I am fairly convinced edhopper Nov 2019 #29

I thought the same thing on election night. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #32

My oldest son just moved to Cary jberryhill Nov 2019 #36

Great! mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #41

I am looking to relocate since I am now retired AJT Nov 2019 #40

I'm retired, too. mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #42

My family lives in the area I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #48

If I stayed on the US I'd look there. a la izquierda Nov 2019 #49

Lucky you! mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #52

Sounds like a nice place, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2019 #50

I considered Pittsburgh mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #53