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Thanks for the clarification. However, that scene isn't too far off from the look that you do see in the Uwharries. The photo below is Lake Tillery where the Uwharrie River converges with the Pee Dee River, in western Montgomery County.
As mentioned earlier and as you explained in the history of the Uwharrie Mountains, what is so fascinating to me is the picture above almost has a feel that you are in the mountains and the picture below feels like you are way down east in the coastal plain. And they are just over 20 miles apart.
Travelling between Charlotte and Raleigh on NC49/US64 you get a brief glimpse of what look like Mountains when you had East.
Your bottom photo looks Piedmont to me though, Eastern NC towards Morehead City is much flatter, however Wilmington is not flat, it seem you're always bouncing up and down I've never figured out why the soil is different.
It's a mysterious area as the only place on earth where the venus fly trap lives.
Although I haven’t spent much time in Southeast NC, I think most find it shocking that any part of NC would be considered Deep South.
Personally, I don't have a problem with the Charlotte area being considered "deep south". After all, South Carolina's capital city is closer to us than North Carolina's capital city. Also, I'd argue that Charlotte (culturally) probably has more in common with Memphis and Atlanta than it does with most of NC (except for Durham and Fayetteville).
Without getting too deep into ethnicity; we all must admit that demographics has a lot to do with the culture of an area. With that said, Charlotte (and areas directly east of Charlotte such as Wadesboro and Rockingham) are as deep south as it gets. Deep South is NOT synonymous with "backwards" by the way (look at Atlanta). Any US metro that's approaching 3 million people is not going to be "backwards", but it is definitely more deep south than Appalachia. The Gospel, hip hop, and R&B music that has come out of Charlotte absolutely represents Deep South; there's NOTHING "Appalachian" about any of it.
Travelling between Charlotte and Raleigh on NC49/US64 you get a brief glimpse of what look like Mountains when you had East.
Your bottom photo looks Piedmont to me though, Eastern NC towards Morehead City is much flatter, however Wilmington is not flat, it seem you're always bouncing up and down I've never figured out why the soil is different.
It's a mysterious area as the only place on earth where the venus fly trap lives.
I can't understand what you mean by this. I've never noticed much (any?) hills or undulation in and around Wilmington. Where exactly have you noticed this?
Asheville is so far from the rest of NC that it may as well be part of Tennessee.
i wonder if they feel slighted by the state as far as attention and resources being allocated.
Agreed. Raleigh is closer to the D.C. area than it is to Asheville, if I'm not mistaken.
Funny enough, the major cities of Tennessee are pretty far from Asheville, too. You'd think Knoxville would be close but it's almost two hours away. Asheville is somewhat isolated, although Greenville/Spartanburg isn't too far.
Took me 7 hours to go from Alexandria area to Chapel Hill one time. Just bad DC traffic, no wreck that I could see.
Google maps says it is 275/4:15 miles from downtown Raleigh to DC vs 247 miles/3:51 to Asheville, so a bit shorter both time and miles-wise for Asheville. That's certainly my experience. DC is an unpleasant slog on 95. Asheville is a pretty easy and nice ride on 40.
Part of the reason why I thought D.C. was closer is that I usually view Fredericksburg as the gateway into the D.C. area, which is about 230 miles north of Raleigh and closer than Asheville. However, I know northern Virginia technically isn't D.C.
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