07-29-2016, 02:59 PM
ScottyB Wrote:i'd live there in a heartbeat if i could. good jerb market, great car culture, lakes/mountains to the north and west, good int'l airport. property is still sane money. its a little stale on culture compared to older towns but if you're coming from DC, its not that different.Yep all of this! And the weather is actually much better imo than northern VA. It stays warmer down here longer and we generally have milder winters. I've been out on the golf course several times on new years day. The bold/underlined point is true and is really the only legitimate "complaint" I've heard from anyone who didn't like living here. If you're looking for a historical city like Boston, this ain't it. But, CLT is super clean (they power wash the streets at night) and there are a lot of cool buroughs and places to explore (Whitewater Center, NoDa, the new/upcoming brew pub district, Lake Norman and Wylie, etc.). Fortune just named the city one of the best new cities for beer lovers, if you are into that sort of thing...local breweries are exploding. We're about 2 hours from Asheville and about 3.5 to Charleston, two of my other two favorite cities. Also one of the fastest growing cities in America so if you are ever looking to move you might want to do it soon. Real estate is still reasonable but it probably won't stay that way for long
and this kart track is just north of town:
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Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks

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