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Hi all, i'm trying to gather some info on the Charlotte area and which part would be best suited for me. I'm also considering the Raleigh area, just not sure which would be a better fit. Looking into the "burbs" with short commute to Downtown. First off i'm newly engaged and decided to relocate to North Carolina from you guessed it.....NY...long island to be exact. Were not you're stereotypical "Yankees" and hope we will be welcomed wherever we decide to move. I understand its a little more relaxed than where i'm from but thats what i'm looking for...the hustle and bustle of NY is just getting to be too much along with ridiculous traffic, and home prices. Myself and my fiance are both very outdoorsy ppl ; hiking, biking, camping, fishing, boating, so we get very depressed during the NY winters. I am a financial analyst for a health care company and she is an RN at a large university hospital. Ideally we'd like an area that is quiet but with a short commute to shopping, dinning, and a nearby lake would be great. I dont want to commute more than 30 minutes each way to work. Our price range would be about 200 to 225k what areas would you all suggest, and again were not you're fast talking, snobby, loud, new yorkers, so please refrain from the anti transplant banter. Thank You
Hi!
I've lived in Charlotte for 16 years and no one here is from here. Look in the southern part of the city: Ballentyne, Pineville, Southpark...you'll feel right at home with all of the other transplants to the city. The newly built light rail is on that end of the city, too.
Stay away from the areas north of downtown. They're perfectly safe but that's where Nascar lives and you may find it a little more "anti-yankee" than you'd like.
Hi all, i'm trying to gather some info on the Charlotte area and which part would be best suited for me. I'm also considering the Raleigh area, just not sure which would be a better fit. Looking into the "burbs" with short commute to Downtown. First off i'm newly engaged and decided to relocate to North Carolina from you guessed it.....NY...long island to be exact. Were not you're stereotypical "Yankees" and hope we will be welcomed wherever we decide to move. I understand its a little more relaxed than where i'm from but thats what i'm looking for...the hustle and bustle of NY is just getting to be too much along with ridiculous traffic, and home prices. Myself and my fiance are both very outdoorsy ppl ; hiking, biking, camping, fishing, boating, so we get very depressed during the NY winters. I am a financial analyst for a health care company and she is an RN at a large university hospital. Ideally we'd like an area that is quiet but with a short commute to shopping, dinning, and a nearby lake would be great. I dont want to commute more than 30 minutes each way to work. Our price range would be about 200 to 225k what areas would you all suggest, and again were not you're fast talking, snobby, loud, new yorkers, so please refrain from the anti transplant banter. Thank You
Well bless your heart - somebody somewhere told you a tale about how we all hate yankees here, didn't they? I suspect that is why you expected some anti-transplant banter, isn't it? Well, hang around this forum just a little while and you'll see that most people are happy to help and welcome you to your new home - we just ask you to leave your stereotypes behind when you come okay?
Sounds like in your particular situation you could find what you are looking for in both metro areas really. I would suggest coming down to spend a few days in each to get a feel for which one is right for you. In the Charlotte metro area in your price range, to get a commute to uptown like you want, I would say to check out the town of Huntersville (just northeast of the Charlotte city limits). This area would also give you easy access to the Lake Norman area for the kinds of things you are looking to enjoy.
Best of luck in your search. Be sure to visit the Raleigh forum to ask for their best suggestions for your situation
Hi!
I've lived in Charlotte for 16 years and no one here is from here. Look in the southern part of the city: Ballentyne, Pineville, Southpark...you'll feel right at home with all of the other transplants to the city. The newly built light rail is on that end of the city, too.
Stay away from the areas north of downtown. They're perfectly safe but that's where Nascar lives and you may find it a little more "anti-yankee" than you'd like.
Good luck!
Oh gosh, I hate to be disagreeable, but I'm going to have to be I'm afraid.
First of all, he wants a 30 minute or less commute - he won't get that very easily from the southern end anymore. Also, the northern end of the county actually has a lot more transplants than any other area - he would find MANY relocated yanks there. Huntersville gives him the most options in his price range and in the commute time frame he is looking for.
And to be clear, when you say the "north end of town" - because people may get confused - that means the immediate north side of uptown Charlotte, which is really a small area . The north side of the county is extremely desirable - if you don't mind the traffic, which apparently many people don't!
Sorry i guess i came in stereotyping u guys, just heard alot about anti-yankeeism, which is understandable, alot of us can be overwhelming. Thanks for the Great advice. I did some research and huntersville seems ideal, and can anyone tell me a little about the weather here compared to raleigh, i heard the mountains have some effect on humidity?
Sorry i guess i came in stereotyping u guys, just heard alot about anti-yankeeism, which is understandable, alot of us can be overwhelming. Thanks for the Great advice. I did some research and huntersville seems ideal, and can anyone tell me a little about the weather here compared to raleigh, i heard the mountains have some effect on humidity?
No problem - it's like the first day of school when you are the new kid - you just don't know what to expect
Year round our humidity seems to generally be in the 60% range - I find it very pleasant actually. Worst days are usually the end of July - first two weeks of August for heat and humidity - but it really is not that bad. After one season most people seem to get acclimated to it. Oh, and the only real difference between us and Raleigh is that they might get a few more chances for snow than us in a year, but those don't usually equal more than about 6 inches more.
Ay opinions on Lake Wylie area or near Mountain Island Lake. I would really love to be close to a lake and have a boat to play with, even if i had to stretch my price range a little.
Lake Norman offers more "to do" activities on the Lake than the others in the area. While the others are more relaxed.
So If you would like to go to restaurants, bars, tie ups etc etc then choose LKN if not pick one of the others. I still personally enjoy LKN better. They also have many parks and rec activities surrounding Lake Norman.
Lake Norman offers more "to do" activities on the Lake than the others in the area. While the others are more relaxed.
So If you would like to go to restaurants, bars, tie ups etc etc then choose LKN if not pick one of the others. I still personally enjoy LKN better. They also have many parks and rec activities surrounding Lake Norman.
Agreed, Lake Norman is the "party" lake FYI, Mountain Island lake does not allow motorized vehicles I don't believe, so you canoe or kayak there. Lake Wylie is beautiful to me and you can live a bit more affordably closer to it than you can to Lake Norman. But either way you will be on the other side of your 30 minute commute range - not by much depending on exactly where you were to chose to live - but pushing it
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Ballentyne or anywhere in south charlotte
