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Anyone, that thinks this area is boring should try living in a place like Vermont. Beautiful place, but nothing to do if you don't ski, limited restaurants, entertainment, sports are very limited as well.
The Weekend, closed street live music and beer scene is good. But if you come from the Pacific Coast, Oregon and Washington Coast, it would be somewhat boring to you. I like that in Raleigh everyone from the world is present in music and festivals. Oregon and Washington can be politely and by personal choice segregated.
Well-informed on the real estate in NC. Thanks for your sharing your work. However, the thing about pine trees is once mature can have a tap root up to 75 feet. They also have shallow lateral roots. Maintenance is a pleasure when you recognize the tree's spirit and appreciate it's beauty.
I love watching your videos-they're awesome! I really hope to see you back on RU-vid soon! And honestly, I can totally see us having a blast recording a podcast together! Let’s make it happen!
Ahhh, I really like how you both are in this video, sharing your insights together! It makes the info feel so relatable. Plus, hearing your perspectives adds so much value-keep it coming!
Awesome content! I really love how it was put together and written-great job! Super helpful for your audience, too. And I think it’s really cool that you’re talking about the comparison between Zillow and Redfin. That’s such a hot topic right now! Keep it up!
THIS WAS GREAT! debating where i want to move next and NC and these two cities were on the list. i'm going to go out and do a recon visit to make up my mind but this was a great intro! thank u!
Glad you enjoyed it!! Give me a call before you visit Raleigh and I can put together a quick tour for you to make your visit more productive. Feel free to schedule something on my calendar if you like www.harmonyrealtytriangle.com/contact-harmony/
I am in Arizona and I love when you put The pot of food in the car I actually put a TV dinner in my car one day on the dashboard and it cooked and it was actually sizzling It was maybe 120° that day 😂😂 I am trying to debate Texas or North Carolina Thanks for making this video. This helped a lot .
😂😂that’s one way to cook dinner!! Glad you enjoyed the video! Let me know if I can help you talk through anything about your move. Feel free to schedule something on my calendar if I can help: www.harmonyrealtytriangle.com/contact-harmony/
The Triangle refers to the 3 cities that make up a triangle on the map: Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. But it also includes the suburbs of those cities: Cary, Apex, etc. Here are a list of Triangle cities along with city guides that give more information about each one: www.harmonyrealtytriangle.com/city-guides/
I’m not a hot grandma but back in the 70’s I was a young disco queen in NYC. 😁 I’m recently retired and looking for a four seasonal quiet place to live out my next chapter of my life. I was really hoping to make it Raleigh.🤔
@@EllenPitts I live in Youngsville and me and many of my neighbors have had long delays seeing dermatologists, urologists, neurologists among other specialists. Admittedly, it's not too long of a wait to see a physicians assistant in the area.
@furballbear yeah specialists might take a little longer, that’s true. But once you get into the rotation and are an active patient the wait times seem to be more normal. My husband recently waited 3 weeks to see his kidney doctor, which I don’t think is terrible.
My sister has been bitten TWICE by a copperhead right in her own charlotte north carolina backyard. She lives a few minutes drive down the road from the nearby Myers Park. Deadly Copperhead vipers are an EVERYWHERE INFESTATION in charlotte. They blend in with the fall foilage.
You definitely have to keep the vegetation well trimmed so you don’t miss them!! People come here thinking they want a wooded back yard. And it does provide a nice buffer. But I’ll take a nicely mowed lawn where I can see creepy crawlies!!
A lot of the comments about walkability are simply not true. Anyone living in the following neighborhoods can walk to most essential needs and also entertainment....Mini City, Midtown, North Ridge, Avent Ferry, Five Points. Thanks
Raleigh is better for this Floridian turned Carolinian. Raleigh has friendlier people, more quaint suburbs, and more opportunity for big fish in the small pond.
North Carolinians are very friendly! Transplants often, but not always, bring their old home attitudes with them. They didn't like it there but, want us to be more like it, huh?! Same for illegals from other countries. If you like Sharia laws stay where you are, don't expect us to conform to the standards you are escaping.
I live in NC you do not ever need to pump a septic system if you take care of it. Rid x every so often. Mostly watch how much bleach you flush, it will kill one. You can then put rid x, natural enzymes in it to bring it back to life.
I'm only in my 50's so this doesn't really apply to me, but this video is super important to many seniors so I'm glad you made the video. I had no idea algorithins were even telling people where they should retire. Story time and checkers? LOL I don't know who would like that at all, besides a four year old. My Mom has dementia and she laughed when I asked her would she like that.
I like that Cary is getting more urban walkable and bikeable, holly springs is too far out and unplanned when I have gone there. The good thing is there is someplace for every kind of living around here still. I feel like Cary's growth has made it feel more close and homey and friendly in the 30 or so years I have lived here.
Remember CARY stands for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees. That's because in the late 1980s, when people first started coming here from the Northeast, they complained about everything not being like NY, NJ etc. Cary was a sleepy country town and they took it over that was pretty irritating.
These people stay in their own lil corner of raleigh and don't venture out of their comfort zone, you can tell by how they easily they brush off the biggest issues
Thank you for the helpful video Ellen! I'm originally from Guilford, CT and have lived in Cary since 1996. I agree with the top five drawbacks to the area that you identified. My primary complaint is the ongoing growth which has reached a point where it's not as enjoyable to drive around town & bit more congested than I'd prefer during the morning & afternoon peak. You're well spoken, articulate, knowledgeable and an excellent presenter. I'm a member of the Cary Greenway Committee but am admitedly a bit disappointed in the pending $530m 2024 Town of Cary Parks & Recreation Bond measure. I'd rather see more of the money invested in expanding connectivity through-out the Triangle greenway network and parks as opposed to the two Community Centers the town plans to invest $450m in (provided that the bond ultimately passes in November). On the bright side we're fortunate to have over 95 miles of paved greenways & trails in Cary, 105 miles, in Raleigh & at least 20 miles in Morrisville, along with several trails in and around Durham as well. I'm recently retired and have been steadily remodeling my home in recent years as its seems like a prudent investment given the ongoing increase in home values in the area. There are definitely worse places to live than the Triangle but I still miss New England at times (mostly during the Summer & Fall). Maybe consider purchasing a bike so you can get out & enjoy riding the greenway trails more? I normally cycle about 5k miles a year. :-) Cycling provides a different perspective on the trails, wildlife, & our surroundings & I often find myself discovering places and nuances to the area that I would have otherwise been unware of.
I don’t have a bike but yes it’s definitely been on my radar!! I’m honestly not super comfortable with biking along busy roads. People drive so crazy. I would be fine riding on the greenway but what’s stopped me is having to load the bike up to get to a greenway. I think if I lived on the greenway I would definitely have a bike!
@@EllenPitts Agree, I used to participate in a lot of group road rides with the various cycling clubs in the area. I've transitioned to primarily riding on the greenway trails & in Umstead Park these days as the road traffic has swelled significantly in recent years so your safety concerns are well founded. I live in close proximity to the Black Creek Greenway in the older section of the Silverton subdivision called Springbrooke. It's mostly starter homes some of which have been remodeled & upgraded while others have not. It sounded like you & your husband may live closer to Lochmere. There are a significant number of private neighborhood trails through-out Lochmere & South Cary. But there isn't as much town sponsored greenway infrastructure when compared to North Cary & West Cary. In West Cary the developers were required to construct street side trails & provide access to the nearby greenways like the American Tobacco Trail which obviously helped expand the burgeoning Cary greenway system. Maybe consider either an e-bike or an all-around carbon gravel bike with wider tires starting out. U-Haul installs two types of car hitches (the lighter weight model they offer is a bike hitch) as oppsed to a full blown hitch for towing trailers & boats etc. Have a bike hitch installed on your vehicle and then purchase a quality bike rack that mounts onto the hitch from a manufacturer like Kuat. That'll make it much easier to safely transport your bikes to & from the greenway parking lots & trailheads.
They are packing too many people and projects into too small spaces. Traffic patterns often make no sense. Walking is dangerous. Yellow caution lights for left turns leave it up to the driver to guess and dodge oncoming traffic. Yes, for a capital city, it's sad that most businesses are rolled up by 9 PM.
