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07-12-2015 12:54 PM
07-12-2015 12:59 PM
A little more to the east ... The Blue Ridge Mountains are beautiful, too, and the foothills. I believe the winters are just a little milder over here. My SIL & BIL live in Franklin area and it seems they get a little more cooler temps and snow in winters.
07-12-2015 01:04 PM
07-12-2015 01:06 PM
07-12-2015 01:24 PM - edited 07-12-2015 01:39 PM
@debc wrote:You will never understand a single thing anyone says. My BF's husband is from there and it took me 2 years to understand his accent. LOL
Sorry to you southerners.
debc
Well just OUCH! The winkey doesn't help.
I'm a Southerner born and raised in NC.
I've traveled all over the world and anyone who speaks English understands me without problem.
07-12-2015 01:32 PM
@chiclet wrote:We live in Florida and it has nothing to offer us since we don't like heat and beaches. I love that Western north part of North Carolina so we are thinking of moving. Any suggestions, warnings etc? I just feel so overwhelmed thinking of a long distance move.
aubegirl
There was a fairly long thread about vacationing in NC on the forum recently. You might want to search for that.
Also, I suggest that you come stay several times to see how you adjust. I'm in the central part of the state. 2.5 hours from the mountains, or the beach. However, as mentioned, we've had a MAJOR influx of new residents in the past 10 to 15 years and costs are high. The Davidson area and Winston-Salem are both pretty areas with hilly landscape, and local university activity available near-by.
07-12-2015 01:39 PM - edited 07-12-2015 01:43 PM
Accents .... It may take a little time at first. We've been in NC for more than 10 years. I personally love the accents. Depending on the region North Carolinians grew up, some accents are thicker than others. My other BIL is from Charlotte area and I LOVE his accent. He speaks real slow and has that long southern draw. We love the area we settled in. So much better climate than where we came from up north.
@Drythe ... Hi Drythe, sounds like we live close to the same area.
07-12-2015 02:04 PM
I'm so sorry you are unhappy in Florida. I spent much of my childhood there and then dragged DH to Florida on vacation at every possible opportunity so we were very prepared to make the move. If I was to find I was not happy I would sit down and make a list up of reasons we were unhappy so that when we made a decision to move somewhere else we could be sure we weren't going to run into the same problems again. For instance you say you don't like the heat - what is the temperature in the summers where you are looking to move? What is the humidity like there in the summer? We live in Florida about 8 to 9 months of the year but we enjoy travelling during the hottest part of the summers.This year we are in the area of SW New York along the Lake Erie shore for an extended stay.
Anyway, best of luck with your move.
07-12-2015 02:14 PM
I just looked up Ashville webpage - they say in the summer it is rare for it to go above 80 , even in July which is the hottest month. To me that means it is probably pretty cool there much of the time. They also said that in the winter the surrounding mountains get a lot of snow but the city of ashville will get rain - I interpreted that to mean they would get a lot of ice storms, which can be very treacherous.
If I were interested in this area I would not make any rash decisions.
07-12-2015 04:53 PM
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