It took awhile, but NC has grown on me since coming from Germany in 1999. I love the fact that we have everything here. Beaches, mountains, our major cities like Raleigh and Charlotte. Plus, I’m a nightshift worker. So I don’t have to put up with that traffic.
I live near Cherokee North Carolina. Years ago I lived near havelock N.C. I've been here several years and have no regrets no roaches and the people are friendly for the most part.
Durham’s might be the best example of a mess people out of state get themselves into. Half a million, one block over from NCCU, 2 blocks form government housing and a 30 year history well above the national averages gang violence, drugs and prostitution. Schools you may not want your children attending. Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville, pretty much all the urban areas in NC are doing the exact same thing. Selling half a million dollar homes to none locals in the ghetto and not disclosing key information about safety because they don’t have to legally and just basically ripping people off
I was born and raised and lived in Ohio. I have traveled a lot in my life. In 2004, a year before I retired, I took a trip along the Atlantic coast from Cape May NJ to Florida, and back. From the very first day I set foot in North Carolina, I knew that this is where I wanted to spend the rest of my life. People here are just plain nicer and warmer and friendlier than any place I've been in the USA. After 20 years I am still 100% sold on North Carolina. This video is kind of a hit job. I live in the Dismal Swamp on the Intercoastal Waterway, and the mosquitos here are no worse here than they were in Ohio, and the cost of living here is less than in Virginia.
Im DESPRATELY hoping to move to NC so bad, from Florida. This state is like the balance of so many things, it definetly has its own glaring issues (but every state does, we have to pick or poison i guess) and the issues the state has are like lesser versions of Florida's issues.
Traffic??? Our family's a bunch of New Yorkers and about ten years ago several of them moved to Huntersville. I go visit once a year. I describe the area as "All the traffic and attitude of Long Island without any of the beaches or trains".
Yes there are negatives to a lot of people moving here, but overall it is a good thing. Try living in a state without job opportunities or development. It’s depressing
I hate to burst your bubble but NC will not allow or help you develop into getting more educated. I'm having issues right trying to find a preceptor to train me for two weeks. They are making up all types of excuses in not wanting to train after I paid for an assisted living administrator course which was 750.00. I'm having trouble with my instructor not wanting to train me and she is a assisted living administrator she tries to charge her students extra money and not supposed to sounds like a scam.
Easy, just make sure you follow the guidelines of home care for your house. The snakes and bugs are highly territorial. Please keep your grass cut and no standing water in your yard. Enjoy the fish fry and barbecue dinner.
@@DaTechMaster nc is full. It's one city vs an entire state.....North Carolina is full. Plus you fuckers are gonna vote the same damned way. We don't want your way of life. Everytime yall come here you complain how it isn't like where you came from, it's that's all your gonna do THEN GO BACK
lol we are moving from Florida to nc. This place has become unbearable. Traffic, horrible attitudes, car/ home /medical insurance and taxes have doubled. Beaches have become dirty and overcrowded. It’s not like it used to be.
Winters are horrible in North Carolina? Tell that to people in New England or states like Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota etc lol they hardly get any snow and temps hardly go over freezing in most of NC in the winter. You haven’t experienced bad winters in the US and it shows buddy!
@@secretlyclever4062 It's relative, of course. Raleigh averages SIX INCHES of snow a year, plus sleet, ice storms, and months of bare foliage. Compared to lush FL, that is intolerable for many. Be glad so many people don't find this a "mild winter" at all.
We are from Michigan but have lived in NC since 2017. Cost of living is similar. Mosquitoes are way worse in Michigan. Will be moving back to Michigan next year to be near family. Love a lot of things here except the summer heat. Fall is my favorite time of year here. We love the mountains. They are fabulous!! Will miss them so much! Miss Lake Michigan though and the Great Lakes!
@@tamikalee8959 I think you’ll like NC! If you’re someone that likes the beach it’s not far and Raleigh’s location gives you all 4-seasons. I would say Raleigh’s central location is really what I like the most.
I moved to charlotte. I had more mosquitios in iowa. I have not seen many snakes. I have not seen roaches. Not too hot in summer in charlotte. Night cools off. Not as humid as florida. Alergies in iowa more with ragweed.
I had a 3 day interview a few minutes north of Durham, YUCK! Not for me, homeless everywhere, feet sticking out from bushes at the Wal Mart, begging everywhere, talked to locals and they said that all the benefits they give homeless people are attracting more and more homeless people on a daily basis. There are nice homes over $450k, but MOST of the people there can't afford that so there were trailers and run down homes everywhere! The only thing I loved about the area was the food, the restaurants I went to were AMAZING!
I've lived in NC for 11 years. Never encountered a giant roach, poisonous snake, a killer mosquito. I'm retired and I love it that my retirements income is NOT taxed in North Carolina.
Honestly they’re not bad… The state tax rate is 4.75% w/ a max local rate of 2.75%. That translates to a 7.25% sales tax in Raleigh. Property taxes are about 1% of assessed value. We have a gas tax that’s not as compatible as some of our neighbors and NC does make you pay tax on your car, boat, trailer, etc every year based on the assessed value which kinda stinks. Lastly our income tax is a flat 4.99%.
Been in Raleigh area for 11 years , worst drivers. No turn signals , people constantly cut you off no basic road edict. Almost as bad as Massachusetts. Flat and no views in the triangle. Plan on leaving in the next 3 years.
If your worried about high prices, poor roads, extreme heat most of the year, Snakes, Gators, mosquitoes, horrid traffic, an inability to get home insurance due to our hurricanes and flooding, and hopeful for good old southern values, it's too late. The liberal northerners have all but ruined it. We're looking at heading north!
As a native.... Everything here has gotten so expensive for no reason... Your property taxes will keep rising... We also have horrid humidity.... So yes pick another state we are full! 😂
Most of the people living in the larger cities are non native immigrants from the North and Midwest. As a native from Gastonia, I avoid these places to avoid high real estate prices, crime and traffic... the others can have it to themselves! I moved to rural upstate South Carolina where land and taxes are cheaper. One of my brothers still lives in NC near Raleigh, the other moved to West Virginia.
Hello Sir - I am your new subscriber. Appreciate your time & efforts explaining those 10 reasons. But I have already decided to move to NC from Minnesota and made arrangements. Not sure how I will feel after moving in. I am also planning to buy a home 🏡 there.
Good Luck . I Now can't afford to buy a home there since the SNOBS from the NE ,and FLORI-DAHH has moved up there Jacking up prices , Beware , the Locals don't like YANKEES .
Yes, a lot of bugs and critters get a couple cats and a couple dogs.You won't see him anymore.I have a little county north carolina new terre borehouse two thousand eight never looked back
Not only are there snakes and bugs but they are also vultures Hawks eagles coyotes owls muskrats foxes Gators on the coast but the most dangerous animal there is the people. But if you associate with the right people you can make it in North Carolina but if you associate with the wrong people you're building yourself a world of trouble. I lived in Durham as well as Charlotte in Raleigh and I've been all over North Carolina
Prices have pulled back here in Raleigh a bit as higher rates have lessened the demand. I think Raleigh will see modest appreciation in the next couple years, but that all depends on how far the FED has to increase the FED funds rate to cool off inflation. Most of the states or regional areas with the fastest growth rates are going to get crushed so there will be some good deals out there imo!
@@ThatsRaleigh But isn't Raleigh and NC part of those regions with super high growth rates and would therefore get crushed? Obviously the flushed the market with money and bought mortgage backed securities etc. But the supply remains low and therefore it seems that there are enough people who have the money to pay for these houses. It's obviously a frustrating time to be a buyer and I'm not sure if I should just wait another year. But buyers could even get more priced out.
@@luperamos7307 yes, I totally understand! Without trying to favorite Raleigh or anything I would tell you that when you read stats on Raleigh it generally refers to the Raleigh metro area which includes the Raleigh suburbs. Some of theses areas saw more price growth than Raleigh because they still have land to develop, but are much smaller than Raleigh. All of the suburbs came about as a result of the success of the research triangle park (RTP), which is the engine that drives both the Raleigh-Cary Metro and the Durham-Capel Hill Metro and is positioned in between them. I’m telling you this because this is what brings people here and leads to a population increase and salaries. So there is a real catalyst in place and our housing inventory was at historic lows when rates increased and we are still at very low levels. So we just don’t have tons of new construction sitting idle and I think builders will be cautious not to add excess inventory until they know what the FED is going to do w/ Rates to control inflation. Right now your monthly payment will be higher, but your risk is minimal compared to before when you were competing with 20-30 other buyers for a property. Hope this helps!
@@ThatsRaleigh Thanks for the detailed reply. Overall risk seems to be much lower there bc of the RTP. I'm in L.A. and am completely priced out. Even Raleigh isn't that cheap for me, but I like that universities, schools, etc are nearby. In which areas would you foresee massive drops in the US if you don't mind me asking? I have lived away from California before, but ended up moving back.
It's not a terrible thing- the more of there you bring here, the more here becomes there. Also Realtors are up there with pimps and drug dealers- they don't care who they sell to or how they destroy a community, as long as they get paid.
I strongly agree, here is about them making money they don't care about the good people who move here trying to live a good life. NC does not support people from other states, they may support their own.
@tommytomtomt I mean, they are gonna be first on the list for a lot of people come the collapse. Pretty sure the local drug dealer gets a reprieve thanks to them.
OK I live in Arizona and a dry climate allergies are bad here don’t move here. Cost-of-living is very very expensive. I had to go to a ENT doctor I’m on prescriptions plus no spray and I have an ointment to put in my nose. This is 12 months out of the year so I’m trying to move to North Carolina to get away from Arizona because of the cost of living allergies is very very dry so dry sometimes I have nosebleeds so I visit Clayton county justice, pastier and wake county. I definitely want to move to North Carolina maybe I’m going to go up toward North or Buford is .
What jobs? This State has a problem with hiring people over 65. It's not cheap and the meat is horrible. I lived in this state for 4 years. I have not met friendly people. I say, Hello, I get no response.
I'm from Florida, my girlfriend is from Texas, we are planning on moving out of North Carolina due to the blue politics, price of living and taxes.... guess you guys need those pickers paid under the table. Slavery still exists here.
Well, you made it clear to me, if not to everyone else who listens to your message, that you are trying to dissuade people from moving to North Carolina or to leave it you can have your life back the way you used to have it before foreigners , or should I say northerners came to live in your comfortable culture! Where is your southern hospitality?
Excellent Video , and how true you are , I love NC and escape the Hot ,Humid , heat from FLORI-DAH as I been here for 71 years , back before covid we were looking at buying a 2nd home in Waynesville or Hendersonville , since we go up there twice a year , I now can't believe what they want for homes , a 2 bedroom /2 bath home at 1500 sq ft they want $ 450 ,000 dollars ,Engles grocery store is now so expensive as we look for a Wal mart to shop. So many Floridiots have moved to the nice mountain towns and alot of the NEiner SNOBS . The local people do not like Half backs from FLA or NY, NJ , MASS , RI , NH and now CALIFORNIA , which is driving the prices Sky High , Same here in FLOR-Dah , now that houising is so expensive the younger people can't afford a home .
I do regret moving in NC because the job market in the medical field is getting real bad. The facilities mistreat some people from different states. The people here do not welcome outsiders from Louisiana. I'm from the South just like these people are. But they don't care they just bully, mistreat, talk bad to you, no respect at all when working at medical facilities. The schedulers booted me out and not accepting none of my shifts. I work through a medical agencies and I pick up shifts at facilities but they reject them and give them to their favorites. I need to live and eat too. Again they don't care about outsiders. I don't like the bugs at all but I can deal with them. But paying such high cost for Orkin. That's an extra cost coming out my pocket? They can fire you for any reason is another problem and literally take your job from you. They said the people here has hospitality in their blood. That's not true at all!! They do not treat certain outsiders real bad and who wants to be around people who mistreats them for nothing. I have also respect and treated people with the upmost respect that's the way my parents raised me. If I knew this was going to occur towards me. I would have moved towards the Midwest or North where the people in Baltimore Maryland New Jersey will treat you better. Trust me I have experienced dealing with those people. I need to finish my bachelor's degree in psychology and when I graduate from college I'm moving away from NC and never turning back. Being a mixed race woman living here really sucks!!
@@tnt4648 I don't know how they will treat you as an African American if you come here. I'm just explaining my negative experiences that I have to endure until I finish my bachelor's degree in psychology then I will be moving.
That's the craziest thing I ever heard. Not sure where she's located but she would never be treated that way n the smaller cities or towns. We are very respectful and treat everyone the same and being bi racial absolutely has nothing to do with it. That's ridiculous. We could care less what color your skin is. Not racist here at all. I live n a smaller town though. And yes we are conservative which is a good thing.If your liberal you can stay where you are. That's the one thing we do not want. Liberal cry babies
Oh know! There will be a big difference between Ohio and NC. If you’re not a beach person that’s probably ok. I would say having easy access to many east coast destinations would be the big difference… along with the summer heat!
New York is a state not a city very diversified we live in the Adirondacks and we are libs surrounded by a sea of Red the city gives New Yorkers a bad name but we are not all know it alls give us a chance we can be friends.
Question. On a lot of "moving to NC" videos, I look in the comments and unfailingly see comments basically demanding that no one else move to NC. Is that truly the attitude of local North Carolinians? I just want to move my children AWAY from the awful place we live in now, and TO somewhere they will thrive (besides, we have family in NC). We want to live in a more rural area, not in the cities. Will we be discriminated against just for being from out-of-state? Honest question.
No, you will be just fine moving here. I moved here in 1998 with my 2 small children from CA. and 25 years later we are all still here. I was a native Californian that grew up in a very small town. It too changed over the years and no Californian was "unwelcoming" as a result. This is life and all things eventually change. Forget all the gloom and doom posts about living here. It's a wonderful place to raise a family and most beautiful to boot. I don't even notice the bugs or humidity anymore. I love the slower pace and friendly hospitality we all grant one another as a way of living here. Best decision I ever made.
It completely depends on where you move and how many people have moved there in the past 10 years. My small town for instance so many people have moved here that when I get sick and call the doctor in July they tell me march is the earliest app. The locals here are super close to hating people that move here. I stopped to get gas yesterday on my way to an appointment I had to keep and I waited in line to pay for 1 hour because there were so many retirees buying lottery tickets. My town wasn't designed for so many people and is completely overwhelmed in every way. Its hard to not get bitter when the people (who are mostly northerners) that have moved here don't care that they are making your life harder. They don't care about your culture and are actively trying to take over and change everything about your home to the way their's was. I know not everyone who moves here is like this but enough of them are that it changes things.This is not everywhere though you could absolutely move here and be happy just if its a small town check to see how many have moved before you lol.
Thank you for that video. I'm highly disappointed living here. You might want to do a new video to include crime and inability to employ carpenters and/or the exorbitant amount of money needed to rebuild, make changes or add additions to your house once you get here. The hourly wage is ridiculous and the workers are often "no-show" and expect deposits and run with your money. There are no consequences do make sure you have a bonafide contact signed with ET of completion. The Mexicans with no licenses and are learning to build as they go on YOUR house want too much money. If you go with a set price, they put you off while they go with on other homes. Best to pay for the materials yourself, as you go along, and just ask for a total figure price. However expect the bill to be 3-4 times as much out is worth compared to the time it takes multiple by the hourly wage. They do not line up. Bottom line: unless you are pretty handy you will be getting ripped off one way or the other. There is not enough competition here in New Bern. A lot of retirees coming here living on fixed income. Contractors in Carpenters think you have money if you are retired. Nothing could be further than the truth from that! Yes I'm from the north, and the pace here is like a turtle which is excruciating. I have painted, wallpapered, put up backsplash and replaced tiles in my kitchen. Although I've done a really good job I'm so frustrated because I do need help. You just can't get people to come because their small jobs and you can't get them at a decent price. Nice people yes but not really. They smile as they rip you off and they laugh all the way to the bank. So no thank you. The weather is nice but I can't wait to move up north again. In fact I may give up owning a house has become a renter again. However this time I can rent out my house which hole pay for my apartment and then some, all the while increasing the value of the home. Southern hospitality is a dying image. Before coronavirus, buying a house in North Carolina was a good financial move. Not now though. Retirees are better off in Florida. I'll take the ocean any day over the lakes in the rivers that are filled with bugs. The only thing I like in North Carolina so far is Wilmington and the outer Banks. If you want to live like a turtle, come on down. Unless you have a boat to get out of the heat and the bugs, it's no picnic here.
Florida is having MASSIVE issues with home owners insurance and insurance in general. Over 17 insurance companies have left and others are going insolvent. Insurance is a nightmare. If you think FL is better, you haven’t thought of Florida.
I WANNA LEAVE JUST AFTER MOVING HERE JUST 7 MONTHS AGO! Toomanny bugs to hot and to expensive to live here not to mention they tax your pensions if everyone keeps moving her it will get worse ! The true southerners are pretty much gone or have died off.
I'd take NC over crazy Florida any day! I live in Alaska and I've spent plenty of time at both places. NC always feels like home. Florida is a sweatbox with meth addicts and stupid backwards people
NC isn't NC anymore, Too many transplants and they're bringing all their northeast political views with them,It's starting to get overcrowded, overpriced,Even NC natives are leaving because of outside influences moving here.
My husband and I are planning to move there from MN. We love southern charm! We are hard core conservatives! That's one of the reasons for leaving the north/MN. And, it's just getting worse and worse with the lack of morals, our taxes getting higher and higher (one of the highest taxed states) to pay for all the far left, immoral people coming to MN to be taken care of by our welfare system, while they complain about everything. And, the foreigners that are moving to the entire country are trying to bring their ways here... and that IS destroying our country. It's like, if that way doesn't work where they came from (a specific religious group-not saying who...), then why do they think it's going to work here?! So, I get what you're saying about not wanting people to bring their ways... but, we've got to get out of the north!
I lived and grew up in NC for over 30 years. I moved there and back 3 times as an adult. I have to say this, many of these videos refer to NC as being very conservative. They are sugar coating it. In NC the word backward applies. Prior to the civil war, NC was known as the "Rip Van Winkle" state. Reason: they are always 20 years behind everybody else. That's a historical fact. The place hasn't changed. In the cities there are a lot of folks from other parts of the world. These areas would seem very normal to most folks. But once you cross the city limits into the country side, Watch Out! You will start to here people use the "N" word when referring to black people. You will be ask loaded questions after you first meet someone like, "so what church do you go to?" As if it was any of their business. But that's NC, other people will make your life their business. If you don't measure up to their values, you will be outcast. These are some shallow people. Be ready for it.
Humidity, northerners, horrible allergies that last for more than a month in the spring and then again in the fall, it’s almost as humid as parts of Florida in the middle of NC and there’s no ocean or mountains it’s like being stuck. Bugs are bad. This state sucks
I definitely agree, I moved here in 2017 thinking I would be able to live a good life but that dream had shattered real quick when the allergies start to kick in my system and I still have allergies as we speak. I never ever had start coughing and sneezing until I moved in NC And you are so so right the bugs are too much to handle. You have to call the Orkin people and spend your money because the landlord does not spray houses only apartments for bugs. Now that too sucks. This State does not support you anyway. Yes they talk about other states being so hot and humidity when NC is very hot with humidity also. Okay?
@@darlenemurray5873 being super humid t and hot in the middle of the state is the worst. My wife and I would move to Asheville but then the drugs and crime are horrible, east coast is underdeveloped. Time to move to Florida, AZ or Utah.
@@Leggoeljefeblu Good move I want to move to AZ or Utah I heard some good things about AZ they help outsiders start their businesses and people are much nicer. In NC it's crime in many locations unfortunately it's real bad in Asheville. You and your wife is making great choices to move to AZ or Utah
Too many Yankees. As a Yankee whose father's side came from Rutherford county. I spent a lot of time there decades ago. Now I work remotely on contract for a company in NC. 75% of the people I work with there do not have a southern accent. Oh and once you see your first Rhino Beetle you'll be moving. I would spend a week every year of my childhood at my grandparents in NC. They didn't have A/C. I visited during the Summer. It didn't seem to bother me then. At 60 now? Yeah, it would bother me. All in all, too many Yankees. They've ruined the state.
I think we can all agree, people from the NorthEast (MA, NY, NJ) ruin every place they go.
Well, aren't you just the best ambassador off of narrow-mindedness and prejudice for the great state of North Carolina!
It took awhile, but NC has grown on me since coming from Germany in 1999. I love the fact that we have everything here. Beaches, mountains, our major cities like Raleigh and Charlotte. Plus, I’m a nightshift worker. So I don’t have to put up with that traffic.
I live near Cherokee North Carolina. Years ago I lived near havelock N.C. I've been here several years and have no regrets no roaches and the people are friendly for the most part.
Durham’s might be the best example of a mess people out of state get themselves into. Half a million, one block over from NCCU, 2 blocks form government housing and a 30 year history well above the national averages gang violence, drugs and prostitution. Schools you may not want your children attending. Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville, pretty much all the urban areas in NC are doing the exact same thing. Selling half a million dollar homes to none locals in the ghetto and not disclosing key information about safety because they don’t have to legally and just basically ripping people off
Who would live in the ghetto? Btw blame Biden for the rentals and his fair housing crap.
I was born and raised and lived in Ohio. I have traveled a lot in my life. In 2004, a year before I retired, I took a trip along the Atlantic coast from Cape May NJ to Florida, and back. From the very first day I set foot in North Carolina, I knew that this is where I wanted to spend the rest of my life. People here are just plain nicer and warmer and friendlier than any place I've been in the USA. After 20 years I am still 100% sold on North Carolina. This video is kind of a hit job. I live in the Dismal Swamp on the Intercoastal Waterway, and the mosquitos here are no worse here than they were in Ohio, and the cost of living here is less than in Virginia.
Im DESPRATELY hoping to move to NC so bad, from Florida. This state is like the balance of so many things, it definetly has its own glaring issues (but every state does, we have to pick or poison i guess) and the issues the state has are like lesser versions of Florida's issues.
Traffic??? Our family's a bunch of New Yorkers and about ten years ago several of them moved to Huntersville. I go visit once a year. I describe the area as "All the traffic and attitude of Long Island without any of the beaches or trains".
Yes there are negatives to a lot of people moving here, but overall it is a good thing. Try living in a state without job opportunities or development. It’s depressing
I hate to burst your bubble but NC will not allow or help you develop into getting more educated. I'm having issues right trying to find a preceptor to train me for two weeks. They are making up all types of excuses in not wanting to train after I paid for an assisted living administrator course which was 750.00. I'm having trouble with my instructor not wanting to train me and she is a assisted living administrator she tries to charge her students extra money and not supposed to sounds like a scam.
@@darlenemurray5873that is sad but thanks for sharing
From New York to Charlotte 1 year and going back for literally every one of these reasons. Byeeee NC have a good one!
Good Riddance
Planning on moving to NC soon, this video helps give us an idea of what to expect.
Stay away. We are full
Easy, just make sure you follow the guidelines of home care for your house. The snakes and bugs are highly territorial. Please keep your grass cut and no standing water in your yard. Enjoy the fish fry and barbecue dinner.
@@markfromtinder9616 Not in comparison to Denver. I'll take the 19% cheaper average costs so I can afford to have a family.
@@DaTechMaster nc is full. It's one city vs an entire state.....North Carolina is full. Plus you fuckers are gonna vote the same damned way. We don't want your way of life.
Everytime yall come here you complain how it isn't like where you came from, it's that's all your gonna do THEN GO BACK
@@DaTechMasterwhich one do you like better, Denver or NC? I’m thinking of moving from Denver co to NC.
The slow talk is..... spot on in...NC!
Just moved from the Carolinas back to Florida. Winters are horrible! Was uprooted as a kid up there and couldn’t wait to get back down here!
lol we are moving from Florida to nc. This place has become unbearable. Traffic, horrible attitudes, car/ home /medical insurance and taxes have doubled. Beaches have become dirty and overcrowded. It’s not like it used to be.
Florida is crazier than North Carolina
Nah, it just actually has 4 seasons unlike FL. i'll take that winter over Northern winter or Florida summer
Winters are horrible in North Carolina? Tell that to people in New England or states like Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota etc lol they hardly get any snow and temps hardly go over freezing in most of NC in the winter. You haven’t experienced bad winters in the US and it shows buddy!
@@secretlyclever4062 It's relative, of course. Raleigh averages SIX INCHES of snow a year, plus sleet, ice storms, and months of bare foliage. Compared to lush FL, that is intolerable for many. Be glad so many people don't find this a "mild winter" at all.
It's slow down here because it's too hot to move fast! Keep those molecules from agitating and making unnecessary heat
We are from Michigan but have lived in NC since 2017. Cost of living is similar. Mosquitoes are way worse in Michigan. Will be moving back to Michigan next year to be near family. Love a lot of things here except the summer heat. Fall is my favorite time of year here. We love the mountains. They are fabulous!! Will miss them so much! Miss Lake Michigan though and the Great Lakes!
Thanks for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Asheville is crowded, expensive overdeveloped and high crime. I just moved. All of NC has become crowded.
Did you move to Asheville or away.
I rather live in NC than Florida! Planning on moving to Raleigh NC next year. I'm original from Florida it's ridiculous expensive over crowded.
@@tamikalee8959 I think you’ll like NC! If you’re someone that likes the beach it’s not far and Raleigh’s location gives you all 4-seasons. I would say Raleigh’s central location is really what I like the most.
NC crowded 😂
North Carolina is definitely crowded 🤣. Raleigh has one of the fastest growing economies in the United States
I moved to charlotte. I had more mosquitios in iowa. I have not seen many snakes. I have not seen roaches. Not too hot in summer in charlotte. Night cools off. Not as humid as florida. Alergies in iowa more with ragweed.
I had a 3 day interview a few minutes north of Durham, YUCK! Not for me, homeless everywhere, feet sticking out from bushes at the Wal Mart, begging everywhere, talked to locals and they said that all the benefits they give homeless people are attracting more and more homeless people on a daily basis. There are nice homes over $450k, but MOST of the people there can't afford that so there were trailers and run down homes everywhere! The only thing I loved about the area was the food, the restaurants I went to were AMAZING!
I've lived in NC for 11 years. Never encountered a giant roach, poisonous snake, a killer mosquito. I'm retired and I love it that my retirements income is NOT taxed in North Carolina.
I’ve heard NC called the NY of the south because of the taxes being high
Honestly they’re not bad…
The state tax rate is 4.75% w/ a max local rate of 2.75%. That translates to a 7.25% sales tax in Raleigh. Property taxes are about 1% of assessed value. We have a gas tax that’s not as compatible as some of our neighbors and NC does make you pay tax on your car, boat, trailer, etc every year based on the assessed value which kinda stinks. Lastly our income tax is a flat 4.99%.
And crime
What planet do you live on where NC has high taxes
The income tax rate jumps if you don't have the right deductions . Low wages & high taxes are always the worst nightmare.
The state is horrible on raping you in taxes...
Been in Raleigh area for 11 years , worst drivers. No turn signals , people constantly cut you off no basic road edict. Almost as bad as Massachusetts. Flat and no views in the triangle. Plan on leaving in the next 3 years.
If your worried about high prices, poor roads, extreme heat most of the year, Snakes, Gators, mosquitoes, horrid traffic, an inability to get home insurance due to our hurricanes and flooding, and hopeful for good old southern values, it's too late. The liberal northerners have all but ruined it. We're looking at heading north!
As a native.... Everything here has gotten so expensive for no reason... Your property taxes will keep rising... We also have horrid humidity.... So yes pick another state we are full! 😂
Most of the people living in the larger cities are non native immigrants from the North and Midwest. As a native from Gastonia, I avoid these places to avoid high real estate prices, crime and traffic... the others can have it to themselves! I moved to rural upstate South Carolina where land and taxes are cheaper. One of my brothers still lives in NC near Raleigh, the other moved to West Virginia.
Man i have not seen so much hate for no reason crazy
Cary was a nice little town in the 1970s. In 50 years the population went from 7500 to 185,000.
Hello Sir - I am your new subscriber. Appreciate your time & efforts explaining those 10 reasons. But I have already decided to move to NC from Minnesota and made arrangements. Not sure how I will feel after moving in. I am also planning to buy a home 🏡 there.
I think you’ll really like it. Which part of the state are you moving to?
I think you’ll really like it. Which part of the state are you moving to?
Wouldn’t do it and if you do you better have money
Good Luck . I Now can't afford to buy a home there since the SNOBS from the NE ,and FLORI-DAHH has moved up there Jacking up prices , Beware , the Locals don't like YANKEES .
Yes, a lot of bugs and critters get a couple cats and a couple dogs.You won't see him anymore.I have a little county north carolina new terre borehouse two thousand eight never looked back
Too many people already. Which equals more traffic and higher taxes lower quality of life !!
Traffic here is no joke for sure!
Tales are super high for man that are single with no Kids
@@Mr.Krovic maybe you shouldn't have had them.
@@W81Researcher i dont have Kids and i already move from USA with my companies
@@Mr.Krovic then why would you have an issue with that?
Not only are there snakes and bugs but they are also vultures Hawks eagles coyotes owls muskrats foxes Gators on the coast but the most dangerous animal there is the people. But if you associate with the right people you can make it in North Carolina but if you associate with the wrong people you're building yourself a world of trouble. I lived in Durham as well as Charlotte in Raleigh and I've been all over North Carolina
Where else can you still move in the country with those prices? Even NC us getting ridiculously expensive.
Prices have pulled back here in Raleigh a bit as higher rates have lessened the demand. I think Raleigh will see modest appreciation in the next couple years, but that all depends on how far the FED has to increase the FED funds rate to cool off inflation.
Most of the states or regional areas with the fastest growth rates are going to get crushed so there will be some good deals out there imo!
@@ThatsRaleigh But isn't Raleigh and NC part of those regions with super high growth rates and would therefore get crushed? Obviously the flushed the market with money and bought mortgage backed securities etc. But the supply remains low and therefore it seems that there are enough people who have the money to pay for these houses. It's obviously a frustrating time to be a buyer and I'm not sure if I should just wait another year. But buyers could even get more priced out.
@@luperamos7307 yes, I totally understand! Without trying to favorite Raleigh or anything I would tell you that when you read stats on Raleigh it generally refers to the Raleigh metro area which includes the Raleigh suburbs. Some of theses areas saw more price growth than Raleigh because they still have land to develop, but are much smaller than Raleigh. All of the suburbs came about as a result of the success of the research triangle park (RTP), which is the engine that drives both the Raleigh-Cary Metro and the Durham-Capel Hill Metro and is positioned in between them.
I’m telling you this because this is what brings people here and leads to a population increase and salaries. So there is a real catalyst in place and our housing inventory was at historic lows when rates increased and we are still at very low levels. So we just don’t have tons of new construction sitting idle and I think builders will be cautious not to add excess inventory until they know what the FED is going to do w/ Rates to control inflation.
Right now your monthly payment will be higher, but your risk is minimal compared to before when you were competing with 20-30 other buyers for a property. Hope this helps!
@@ThatsRaleigh Thanks for the detailed reply. Overall risk seems to be much lower there bc of the RTP. I'm in L.A. and am completely priced out. Even Raleigh isn't that cheap for me, but I like that universities, schools, etc are nearby. In which areas would you foresee massive drops in the US if you don't mind me asking? I have lived away from California before, but ended up moving back.
@@luperamos7307 there will probably be lots of opportunities, but I think the odds are really good in Florida if you want to be on the coast.
It's not a terrible thing- the more of there you bring here, the more here becomes there.
Also Realtors are up there with pimps and drug dealers- they don't care who they sell to or how they destroy a community, as long as they get paid.
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I strongly agree, here is about them making money they don't care about the good people who move here trying to live a good life. NC does not support people from other states, they may support their own.
Thats every state realtors act that way lol
@tommytomtomt I mean, they are gonna be first on the list for a lot of people come the collapse. Pretty sure the local drug dealer gets a reprieve thanks to them.
To many people have moved here. And turned it into exactly what they just left. Absolutely destroyed a once great place to live.
Ok buddy
OK I live in Arizona and a dry climate allergies are bad here don’t move here. Cost-of-living is very very expensive. I had to go to a ENT doctor I’m on prescriptions plus no spray and I have an ointment to put in my nose. This is 12 months out of the year so I’m trying to move to North Carolina to get away from Arizona because of the cost of living allergies is very very dry so dry sometimes I have nosebleeds so I visit Clayton county justice, pastier and wake county. I definitely want to move to North Carolina maybe I’m going to go up toward North or Buford is .
What jobs? This State has a problem with hiring people over 65. It's not cheap and the meat is horrible. I lived in this state for 4 years. I have not met friendly people. I say, Hello, I get no response.
I'm from Florida, my girlfriend is from Texas, we are planning on moving out of North Carolina due to the blue politics, price of living and taxes.... guess you guys need those pickers paid under the table. Slavery still exists here.
Don't Forget to mention the Homeowner insurance is One of the highest outside of Florida. And will quickly put you into bankruptcy.
Well, you made it clear to me, if not to everyone else who listens to your message, that you are trying to dissuade people from moving to North Carolina or to leave it you can have your life back the way you used to have it before foreigners , or should I say northerners came to live in your comfortable culture! Where is your southern hospitality?
I lived in nc and I respect the culture there. I’m a northerner with family originally rooted in the south. These northern states are a hot mess😩
Yes, the snakes and bugs. My top reason. The heat was another reason…. I was born raised in Kinston, NC…1964… “the best barbecue”
Check out 7 devils, a nice little town 👹, if you dont like it there, try 🧙♂️ hickson, traffic isn't too bad and the people are quite friendly. 🥳🤠🥴🤪
Excellent Video , and how true you are , I love NC and escape the Hot ,Humid , heat from FLORI-DAH as I been here for 71 years , back before covid we were looking at buying a 2nd home in Waynesville or Hendersonville , since we go up there twice a year , I now can't believe what they want for homes , a 2 bedroom /2 bath home at 1500 sq ft they want $ 450 ,000 dollars ,Engles grocery store is now so expensive as we look for a Wal mart to shop. So many Floridiots have moved to the nice mountain towns and alot of the NEiner SNOBS . The local people do not like Half backs from FLA or NY, NJ , MASS , RI , NH and now CALIFORNIA , which is driving the prices Sky High , Same here in FLOR-Dah , now that houising is so expensive the younger people can't afford a home .
I do regret moving in NC because the job market in the medical field is getting real bad. The facilities mistreat some people from different states. The people here do not welcome outsiders from Louisiana. I'm from the South just like these people are. But they don't care they just bully, mistreat, talk bad to you, no respect at all when working at medical facilities. The schedulers booted me out and not accepting none of my shifts. I work through a medical agencies and I pick up shifts at facilities but they reject them and give them to their favorites. I need to live and eat too. Again they don't care about outsiders. I don't like the bugs at all but I can deal with them. But paying such high cost for Orkin. That's an extra cost coming out my pocket? They can fire you for any reason is another problem and literally take your job from you. They said the people here has hospitality in their blood. That's not true at all!! They do not treat certain outsiders real bad and who wants to be around people who mistreats them for nothing. I have also respect and treated people with the upmost respect that's the way my parents raised me. If I knew this was going to occur towards me. I would have moved towards the Midwest or North where the people in Baltimore Maryland New Jersey will treat you better. Trust me I have experienced dealing with those people. I need to finish my bachelor's degree in psychology and when I graduate from college I'm moving away from NC and never turning back. Being a mixed race woman living here really sucks!!
Being old and white sucks also, they treat them really bad here.
So,
If I may ask....
Would I, being an African American, be mistreated if I lived or moved there?
@@tnt4648 I don't know how they will treat you as an African American if you come here. I'm just explaining my negative experiences that I have to endure until I finish my bachelor's degree in psychology then I will be moving.
Everything about hospital's/Healthcare/doctors sucks in NC even the people who don't work in that field can see it lol.
That's the craziest thing I ever heard. Not sure where she's located but she would never be treated that way n the smaller cities or towns. We are very respectful and treat everyone the same and being bi racial absolutely has nothing to do with it. That's ridiculous. We could care less what color your skin is. Not racist here at all. I live n a smaller town though. And yes we are conservative which is a good thing.If your liberal you can stay where you are. That's the one thing we do not want. Liberal cry babies
The American dream is now to retire somewhere out of the United States.
Shit that's all you got! Sounds like heaven 😂
Watch out for the 301 corridor
Thanks a lot for the hints!! I was undeceive between NC. And Ohio, so I think I go to Ohio then!!😜😜thank you for your 🎥!!!
Oh know! There will be a big difference between Ohio and NC. If you’re not a beach person that’s probably ok. I would say having easy access to many east coast destinations would be the big difference… along with the summer heat!
OHIO???😂😂😂😂😂
I'm from central Florida that's funny
*yawns in florida*
New York is a state not a city very diversified we live in the Adirondacks and we are libs surrounded by a sea of Red the city gives New Yorkers a bad name but we are not all know it alls give us a chance we can be friends.
Question. On a lot of "moving to NC" videos, I look in the comments and unfailingly see comments basically demanding that no one else move to NC. Is that truly the attitude of local North Carolinians? I just want to move my children AWAY from the awful place we live in now, and TO somewhere they will thrive (besides, we have family in NC). We want to live in a more rural area, not in the cities. Will we be discriminated against just for being from out-of-state? Honest question.
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No, you will be just fine moving here. I moved here in 1998 with my 2 small children from CA. and 25 years later we are all still here. I was a native Californian that grew up in a very small town. It too changed over the years and no Californian was "unwelcoming" as a result. This is life and all things eventually change. Forget all the gloom and doom posts about living here. It's a wonderful place to raise a family and most beautiful to boot. I don't even notice the bugs or humidity anymore. I love the slower pace and friendly hospitality we all grant one another as a way of living here. Best decision I ever made.
It completely depends on where you move and how many people have moved there in the past 10 years. My small town for instance so many people have moved here that when I get sick and call the doctor in July they tell me march is the earliest app. The locals here are super close to hating people that move here. I stopped to get gas yesterday on my way to an appointment I had to keep and I waited in line to pay for 1 hour because there were so many retirees buying lottery tickets. My town wasn't designed for so many people and is completely overwhelmed in every way. Its hard to not get bitter when the people (who are mostly northerners) that have moved here don't care that they are making your life harder. They don't care about your culture and are actively trying to take over and change everything about your home to the way their's was. I know not everyone who moves here is like this but enough of them are that it changes things.This is not everywhere though you could absolutely move here and be happy just if its a small town check to see how many have moved before you lol.
We're moving back north we are experiencing the same of not being wanted and this just being here 10 months.
Yep
Thank you for that video. I'm highly disappointed living here. You might want to do a new video to include crime and inability to employ carpenters and/or the exorbitant amount of money needed to rebuild, make changes or add additions to your house once you get here. The hourly wage is ridiculous and the workers are often "no-show" and expect deposits and run with your money. There are no consequences do make sure you have a bonafide contact signed with ET of completion. The Mexicans with no licenses and are learning to build as they go on YOUR house want too much money. If you go with a set price, they put you off while they go with on other homes. Best to pay for the materials yourself, as you go along, and just ask for a total figure price. However expect the bill to be 3-4 times as much out is worth compared to the time it takes multiple by the hourly wage. They do not line up. Bottom line: unless you are pretty handy you will be getting ripped off one way or the other. There is not enough competition here in New Bern. A lot of retirees coming here living on fixed income. Contractors in Carpenters think you have money if you are retired. Nothing could be further than the truth from that! Yes I'm from the north, and the pace here is like a turtle which is excruciating. I have painted, wallpapered, put up backsplash and replaced tiles in my kitchen. Although I've done a really good job I'm so frustrated because I do need help. You just can't get people to come because their small jobs and you can't get them at a decent price. Nice people yes but not really. They smile as they rip you off and they laugh all the way to the bank. So no thank you. The weather is nice but I can't wait to move up north again. In fact I may give up owning a house has become a renter again. However this time I can rent out my house which hole pay for my apartment and then some, all the while increasing the value of the home. Southern hospitality is a dying image. Before coronavirus, buying a house in North Carolina was a good financial move. Not now though. Retirees are better off in Florida. I'll take the ocean any day over the lakes in the rivers that are filled with bugs. The only thing I like in North Carolina so far is Wilmington and the outer Banks. If you want to live like a turtle, come on down. Unless you have a boat to get out of the heat and the bugs, it's no picnic here.
Florida is having MASSIVE issues with home owners insurance and insurance in general. Over 17 insurance companies have left and others are going insolvent. Insurance is a nightmare. If you think FL is better, you haven’t thought of Florida.
I WANNA LEAVE JUST AFTER MOVING HERE JUST 7 MONTHS AGO! Toomanny bugs to hot and to expensive to live here not to mention they tax your pensions if everyone keeps moving her it will get worse ! The true southerners are pretty much gone or have died off.
@reginaldfigueroa4570 Yeah it was way different 20 years ago we still had heat and bugs but the more people who move here the worse everything gets.
I'd take NC over crazy Florida any day! I live in Alaska and I've spent plenty of time at both places. NC always feels like home. Florida is a sweatbox with meth addicts and stupid backwards people
Wait...people are leaving NC? All I see are people moving into NC.
You think that's bad you should live in Florida 🙄
I went to Florida 2-3 times for vacations and both times I just hated it.
Lost me at snakes and alligators 😂
Rattlesnake , coral, snakes watermoccasins
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NC isn't NC anymore, Too many transplants and they're bringing all their northeast political views with them,It's starting to get overcrowded, overpriced,Even NC natives are leaving because of outside influences moving here.
Good
What about Charlotte
Boring! Moved out of there to Charleston! Best move of my life. No water there to get on. Lake Norman is a joke
if you're from FL, all this is amusing. 😂
Left NC after 21 years. This state does nothing for the people. Hight corporate and individual taxes. Good luck.
NOT poisonous snakes - they can be venomous.
Too many floods hurricane season high humidity lots of mosquitoes same with florida snake, gators, big foots, werewolves
To the people that want to move to NC in the RDU area or surrounding areas. Don’t move here we are full pick another state
Oh. Okay. I’ll do what you ask. 😂
North Carolina is a Right to Work state if your pro Union you probably shouldn't move there
?? I heard NC is gaining in population not lising people???
please all import residents leave at once and forever, it's hot, muggy, thuggy and buggy
If you move to N.C., remember, We don't care how you did something back home, if you want to live that way, then go back there.
You’re all slow and stupid here … it’s brutal
They just want a handout. They don't care if homosexuals make it a law to attack Christians as long they are financially secure.
I feel the same. My area in WA has been inundated with CA people.
My husband and I are planning to move there from MN. We love southern charm! We are hard core conservatives! That's one of the reasons for leaving the north/MN. And, it's just getting worse and worse with the lack of morals, our taxes getting higher and higher (one of the highest taxed states) to pay for all the far left, immoral people coming to MN to be taken care of by our welfare system, while they complain about everything. And, the foreigners that are moving to the entire country are trying to bring their ways here... and that IS destroying our country. It's like, if that way doesn't work where they came from (a specific religious group-not saying who...), then why do they think it's going to work here?! So, I get what you're saying about not wanting people to bring their ways... but, we've got to get out of the north!
OH NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We just bought a cottage in Ocracoke. Boohoo Boohoo.
Cockroaches is southern slang for Yankees.
Haha I’m a southerner who had never heard that but I just naturally started thinking of northerners as cockroaches in my own mind. 😂
PRONOUNCE "CAROLINA"
These snakes are venomous NOT poisonous.
Is that a jailhouse shirt ?
central prison!
Arkansas is a great option if North Carolina isnt the place
👏 👏 👏 👏 Bye, bye 👋
I lived and grew up in NC for over 30 years. I moved there and back 3 times as an adult. I have to say this, many of these videos refer to NC as being very conservative. They are sugar coating it. In NC the word backward applies. Prior to the civil war, NC was known as the "Rip Van Winkle" state. Reason: they are always 20 years behind everybody else. That's a historical fact. The place hasn't changed. In the cities there are a lot of folks from other parts of the world. These areas would seem very normal to most folks. But once you cross the city limits into the country side, Watch Out! You will start to here people use the "N" word when referring to black people. You will be ask loaded questions after you first meet someone like, "so what church do you go to?" As if it was any of their business. But that's NC, other people will make your life their business. If you don't measure up to their values, you will be outcast. These are some shallow people. Be ready for it.
Humidity, northerners, horrible allergies that last for more than a month in the spring and then again in the fall, it’s almost as humid as parts of Florida in the middle of NC and there’s no ocean or mountains it’s like being stuck. Bugs are bad. This state sucks
I definitely agree, I moved here in 2017 thinking I would be able to live a good life but that dream had shattered real quick when the allergies start to kick in my system and I still have allergies as we speak. I never ever had start coughing and sneezing until I moved in NC And you are so so right the bugs are too much to handle. You have to call the Orkin people and spend your money because the landlord does not spray houses only apartments for bugs. Now that too sucks. This State does not support you anyway. Yes they talk about other states being so hot and humidity when NC is very hot with humidity also. Okay?
@@darlenemurray5873 being super humid t and hot in the middle of the state is the worst. My wife and I would move to Asheville but then the drugs and crime are horrible, east coast is underdeveloped. Time to move to Florida, AZ or Utah.
@@Leggoeljefeblu Good move I want to move to AZ or Utah I heard some good things about AZ they help outsiders start their businesses and people are much nicer. In NC it's crime in many locations unfortunately it's real bad in Asheville. You and your wife is making great choices to move to AZ or Utah
@Lilman Yellow where did you move from? NC flies under the radar but so many ppl are moving here from nyc jersey and Cali. I need to get out of here
Too many Yankees. As a Yankee whose father's side came from Rutherford county. I spent a lot of time there decades ago. Now I work remotely on contract for a company in NC. 75% of the people I work with there do not have a southern accent. Oh and once you see your first Rhino Beetle you'll be moving. I would spend a week every year of my childhood at my grandparents in NC. They didn't have A/C. I visited during the Summer. It didn't seem to bother me then. At 60 now? Yeah, it would bother me. All in all, too many Yankees. They've ruined the state.
Please stay out of North Carolina, you wouldn't like it. Try Delaware or Quebec.
Move away! Stay away! Our infrastructure can’t support you
You move away then.