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Originally Posted by tismekll
Any suggestions if not Wake county?
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Hard to say since I don't know what
you consider to be important aspects of life. Once you remove Wake and Mecklenburg from the equation, you're still left with 98 other counties to consider.
This is meaningless to you, but it will give you a rough idea as to my methodology in choosing a new location to live. My first priority was that I wanted to live in the mountains because I love the topography, lifestyle, folkways and culture of the Mountain Region of North Carolina. By setting that first priority, I've gone from 100 NC counties to 23. My second priority was climate. I wanted four seasons, but no weather extremes. Next, was cost-of-living, population density, local tax burden to fit my personal budget, fairly quick access to a larger sized city with a commercial airport for those rare occasions when I need something not readily available in a small town and an interstate highway for easy travel to other parts of NC and beyond. Now, I'm down to one county. I then visited the towns within the county and made my choice. Simple enough if you know what you want before you start and can prioritize your desires. I had classified all my factors into 2 groups, required and desirable but not required. I guess you can say I made my choice through the process of elimination.
Note: Most folks live in an area near their employment and rightly so. In my case it was not a factor.
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