Wilmington North Carolina | Pros and Cons of Life in Wilmington 

All the beautiful greenery there. Also, the marshlands attract animals not normally seen in other parts

No one ever mentions the bad water. Don't drink the tap water. ILM born & bred.

I grew up in Wilmington and still have property in the area but have lived in Michigan for about 40 years. I get back there about a dozen times a year. As you noted it has slowly lost it's small town feeling. I've always attributed that to the influx of people from around the country moving there because of the wonderful place it was but then wanting to change it to more like what it was where they came from. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great place to live.

Invest in a good electric bike if you move to Wilmington, because to have to pay to park everywhere and the beach isn't cheap.

Looks pretty good compared to South Florida and a lot less hurricanes.

If Wilmington is smart they will declare the current Wilmington as historic Wilimington and let them build new...build their midrises and high rises and condos...outside of Wilmington on the undeveloped parts so as change as little as possible of what people love about this original coastal town. As far as losing the character because of growth, I have no solution but alot of the growth is from open borders mass immigration which has been going on since 1965 and now its going parabolic. Call me all the names you want but I was in cities like Austin, Pheonix, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami when they were less than half the size they are today...and they were wonderful places to live...each big yet had a smalltown feel and personality. Go back even further to after WW2 when places like LA, San Francisco, Denver were growing rapidly. They were wonderful places to live too until they got too big. Call me whatever you like but the US was a better country when we had 200 million people than we are today at 350 million people...and I would wager (if you asked people around the world) that they would say their countries were better when they had less people. Its not that I am against people or growth. Slow growth preserves the people, character, culture, way-of-life. Rapid growth that turns cities into huge metropolis's...its good for the few who get rich...but its horrible for everyone else.

The humidity is 983% in Wilmington today. 😂

The housing issue I've noticed is not exclusive to NC. It'sall over the US and it's mainly companies and foreign investors buying housing and jacking up prices. No one else can afford these homes.

I just visited Wilmington again this week and enjoyed the beach at Ft. Fisher. Wrightsville beach is $30 a day or $6 an hour to park. Why would I want to live close to the beach, if I have to pay everyday to use it? Ft. Fisher is free parking, but it's mixed with Cape Fear River water and isn't the clear pristine look of Wrightsville Beach.

Informative video. Thank you 👍🏻

a lot of people have moved here, ruined the culture..brought their bad habits and poor attitudes..but a lot of people are also really nice and appreciate my home town, and add to it. traffic is horrendous..rude yankee drivers galore.

Jan, I checked this place on Google Street View. The 2nd street is cute and green. The only drawback is the ugly wires on wood electric poles. However, this is a common problem everywhere 🥲. Thanks for the great video.

We are considering a 5 year plan to move from CT. We have a window of opportunity at that point where my family would all be willing and able to relocate. My husband is self employed as a consultant in the medical device industry. My oldest is in the same field and my youngest will be a chiropractor. Parents are retired. CT is out of control expensive and dreary 5-6 months out of the year. We are all just tired of it. Quality of life matters. So we are trying to locate a place where we can settle multiple generations of our family where we can have better quality of living, more affordable housing, lower crime & good schools.

Looking for a tiny home lot for a home of 1 me on a safety area please 🙏 let me know

It's hot here from May until October.. July to September is hells front porch hot. The hospital is packed 24-7, violence has gone through the roof. This guy is brushing over a lot of the negatives.The small town vibe has been gone for a long time.

Ive lived here my whole life, and im finally at the prime time to purchase a home and its like impossible

YANKS stay home

Great video, thank you! Curious about the school system?

Why does Wilmington air smell bad? Recidents say the smell comes and goes? Why is the river along the riverwalk pitch black? Until the town does something about the air quality and water quality, I don't want to move there.

Cons of living in Massachusetts. Can’t afford anything

I'm about to move to Wilmington. So, thank you for your insight. I believe that wherever one goes one will find pros and cons. 🤗🤗

Is it a good idea to put a tiny house in Wilmington

North Carolina is getting super expensive. The entire State. Where are all the good Doctors?

Carolina beach has big rocks on the beach

Wasn't the Grimm series recorded from there also? It has the same vibes from that serie😂

Beautiful streets and homes. What streets are you walking on? We would like to check it out once we move into the new house.

Sold, we’re moving there from Arizona ASAP!

Well - show and advertizing our home town only will bring attention to us - Out of towner from other area have more money and bring all the crime and junk that goes alone with more people to our town - not good at all - at all - gosh -

Great video - love the streets and style of filming!

USED to be a great place-now it is overrun with addicts. Homeless and illegals. It is the center of human trafficking between NY and florida( media doesnt report it due to tourism) Beaches? Forget it-its all locked down by hedge fund McMansion for rental investors. 100k+ tourists and college kids trying to get on a beach with 10k (at most) $10 / hour parking spots. Traffic is insane- since all the high density building with zero infrastructure investment. Every available piece of land is being and has been stripped of greenery and built with high density rat boxes. In the 90s-it was magazine articles (similar to this video) that proclaimed this place paradise-so everyone ran from what they voted for up north and on the west coast-and moved here only to vote for the same things. Pollution-no fishing left...all there is is brewery's and apartments.

Oh..this guy is just another real estate agent-now the lies make sense.

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Im trying to come back home. I'm a Nurse in Georgia and I have an issue with Mama at TD Bank on South College. They said they paid me though she responded and they said she was rude.

It’s a nice area, but it’s way overdeveloped. The powers that be, have no issue with irresponsible development. The infrastructure is so far behind what is needed.