Long Island To Chapel Hill - Need Help

[Sant]

Given the additional info you've provided you should look into Hillsborough. Hillsborough has good warehouse facilities from what I understand. There are a couple of large businesses that operate out of there, Adam & Eve and a soccer equipment supplier. Weaver Street market is a large local co-op that opened a store in Hillsborough and consolidated their bakery and meat/seafood operations there. I personallt much prefer Weaver St. Market to Whole Foods. And Hillsborough is a short 15 minut drive to either Chapel Hill or Durham.

[ChapelHillOrBust]

I'm going to choose to overlook the unhelpful statements about attitudes that in some way people believe they can pick up from words on a forum.

I do want to thank everyone for the extremely helpful comments that have posted here.

Sant, thank you for the information about Hillsborough - we will check that out for warehouse space. We also love the co-op food locations and thought Weaver St. Market was awesome. We even hung out on Sunday morning for a while with the band they had and my daughter happily fed the birds there.

We are seriously considering Friends Academy so if anyone has any comments at all as to the "flavor" there it would be appreciated. We understand that the school leans heavily to the "arts" and we feel that might be a good fit for our daughter.

[Francois]

Originally Posted by dchz1

we are tired of the general attitude of Long Island.

I know what you mean - from LI, been here for 5 years, will never go back.

But what happens when--as all evidence indicates is happening--99% of the population of Long Island all move down here (presumably bringing that "attitude" with them)??

[grassby]

Originally Posted by ChapelHillOrBust

In Chapel Hill, I can get a house 1/2 the price of my current home that is both substantially nicer, newer and larger.

After calculating my mortgage costs, insurance and utilities it is a huge savings.

As a recent transplant from Maryland I can add that although housing costs are lower in Chapel Hill and the surrounding area than in eastern and central Maryland, living costs are higher (i.e. sales tax, auto taxes, food, etc.). Long Island, however, is probably more expensive than both MD and N.C.

[toot68]

Originally Posted by DanielleNC

That's understandable, but why not take advantage of the public schools you are paying that much more for that are the quality of a private school? I'm just as curious as others are.

Also, just out of curiosity, would that be like paying for twice as much private school?

You might be stunned to find out that alot of people who don't have kids choose to live in Chapel Hill.

[DanielleNC]

Originally Posted by toot68

You might be stunned to find out that alot of people who don't have kids choose to live in Chapel Hill.

toot, did you mean to quote me? I think you may have misunderstood me...

[geoff2v]

Originally Posted by codyhopkins

I would not make any housing decisions on the local Whole Foods! I have only been to the Estes location and the Durham location, and both are terrible compared to most others I have been to around the country. It is almost like Whole Foods has no quality control. BUT, luckily there are plenty of great farmers markets, and this really makes up for it. My favorite is the Carrboro market, but I have heard the Durham market is great as well.

Whole Foods absolutely does not have the same meaning in North Carolina as it may in many other areas!

Really? I've been to the Estes one a lot and I've had no problems with it. Have you been there since the recent renovation/expansion?

[c5027]

Look at Silver Creek. I know someone selling off RE market. Beautiful house, custom built only 6 yrs old.