What Locals REALLY Think About Living in Raleigh
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
- I've said a lot of great things about living in Raleigh, but in today's video I am talking to Raleigh locals to get THEIR perspective on what they really think about living in Raleigh. Don't want to miss this one!
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I visited Raleigh for the first time back in 2019 and loved it. One of my brothers moved there for college and decided to stay after graduating. Raleigh/NC is at the top of my list of potential places to move. I currently live in Philly (raised here) and want a more suburban/less stressful environment.
Let me know if there is any way I can help when you’re ready! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
Raleigh NC tries it's best to look trendy and liberal saying all are welcome but it is a extremely racist and hateful city. There is nothing good here. Nothing but ignorant two faced people..
@@jpmking9635 I bet it’s better than Mississippi.
@@psalms9182 not a chance. You can bet that
Absolutely love this video! I am moving to Clayton at the end of this year so Raleigh is just a 20-30 min to the wonderful attractions. Similar to the main in the video I am moving from Maryland. So excited. Thanks for the video!
So glad it was helpful! Let me know if you need help when you get here!
What attractions lol
Thanks for the info, my wife and I are planning to move one the area next year.
Let me know if I can help in any way!
Wow, been in NC for 21 years, never seen a black widow, so glad!
Wow! That’s amazing. I have seen quite a few!
Great video. The restaurants and music are wonderful. You are close enough to get a beach day in about 2.5 hours. Also, a weekend trip to the mountains. Traffic is problematic. Explain the inner/outer 40.
I’m looking forward to moving to Fuquay in the Spring. Coming from Maryland where I have lived 21 years.
Let me know if there is any way I can help! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
I used to live in Raleigh it's a lovely town, if I ever move back to the USA I will move around that area
Also just got here from Bawdimore…family environment and school choices were a huge factor
I hope you love it!!
I don’t likea the snakes 🐍! But I do like your videos, so, so well done. Your golf skills are amazing as well 😂.
😂😂 I had some vague flashbacks of getting a golf lesson when I was about 5. That is literally the first time I have held a club since then. I was so embarrassed it almost didn’t make it into the video 😂
I love Raleigh and everything about it, the food, people, parks, festivals, markets. The only thing I don't like is there are no late night food choices. Sometimes I want to eat after 10pm but not in a restaurant. I wish there were more quick take out spots and soulfood restaurants.
This is very reassuring. Initially I was thinking of Michigan for the low home prices and I can appreciate cold weather. However, after more research I don't want to be stuck in a less diverse, less educated, potentially racist, super snowy town with high property taxes. Raleigh really seems to tick all of the boxes for my family. I promise I won't bring any rude ways down there, won't honk or any of that lol ~Love from San Francisco~
Glad it was helpful! Let me know if there is anything else I can help with!
You are probably not a Gardner , but is it possible to make avid about what can you grow in NC VS. Cali I looked up the planting zones of course but still there are so many options for example some say you can plant figs and citrus some say no you really can’t with out green house .😳
Thank you , your videos are awesome and you remind me of Monica on the show friends and Demi Moore you are both in one I hope it’s a compliment because you are funny and awesome.
I actually DO garden but unfortunately don't know anything about gardening in California. So I couldn't do a video comparing them. I will say 100% definitely that figs grow extremely well here... You can do absolutely nothing to them and they will produce fruit every single year. But for citrus, I think it gets too cold here. I know a few people who have Meyer lemons in pots. They may do okay if the location is protected. And you can always bring it inside if we get a very cold snap, which we do at times. I have always had a dream of having a glass conservatory full of citrus trees. :) And Monica....hahaha. I probably act a little bit like her as well. :-)
@@EllenPitts thank you Ellen , you are guilty of great energy, I hope our move will be e everything I hope for , we are escaping the fires in Cali , I love it here but the Constant fear of fire it really gets to you . We are visiting NC the end of the month to look at homes, and check it out . By the way I didn’t just watch your videos I studied them and that’s why I decided to check out NC.
Thanks again .
@@Red-jl5dq I'm so glad they were helpful to you! Let me know if you need real estate help when you're here! epitts@harmonyrealtync.com
I've lived here for 55 years and I love it. Best thing about Raleigh ... Krispy Kreme on the corner of Peace St & N. Person St when the "HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW" sign is lit up.
There's not much not to like about Raleigh, but the biggest problem I see is the lack of sidewalks connecting the central core residential neighborhoods to the neighborhoods slightly farther out. Try walking from Oakwood to the new "Midtown" shopping district on Wake Forest Rd ... or anywhere north out along Capitol Blvd.
Raleigh has a great system of Green-ways, but there are significant gaps getting to them due to the lack of sidewalks along some major thoroughfares. The city could be a much more walkable place than it already is.
Yeah walkability isn't the best in Raleigh for sure. I think Cary has done a much better job of really connecting everything than Raleigh. There aren't many places where you can't pick up either a sidewalk or greenway and get to your destination in Cary.
i won’t lie, the black widow part of this video may have deterred me from moving to raleigh LOL (laughing but very serious).
I hear you! LOL! It used to freak me out as well, but I honestly never see them anymore. They really are shy and like to hide underneath things and in holes.
Your videos are very helpful! Question…do you thing the triangle are would be a good fit for people who lean liberal/leftist? I’m hesitant to move there and find out the hard way that it’s not
I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos! So, to answer your question, I think it really depends. This is a very "purple" area. There isn't really anywhere here that you will live, where you won't be likely to have conservatives as neighbors. But you will also have liberals as neighbors. So if that is acceptable to you, then you will be fine. There is no shortage of liberals in Raleigh. But if you really want to live in a place that is like 90% liberal, this is probably not the place for you.
Also, having said all that, the further away from the city you get, the bigger the percentage of conservatives. So if you do move, I would say try to live in Raleigh proper.... or even better, Durham. Here is a video I did about that. czcams.com/video/fEbCHRXlG6U/video.html
I think the biggest thing about this area is that we all get along well. You don't see a lot of political fighting like you do in other places. The culture of the south is to be accepting of others, and here that means accepting even of people with different politics.
Nice haircut. 👍
Thank you!! 💕
One question I have about the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area is ... Does the city have a major theme park like Charlotte's Carowinds or Atlanta's Six Flags or Kings Dominion in Virginia? If not will Raleigh get a theme park in the future?
That’s a great question! We do not have a theme park here. There was someone trying to create a small theme park a few years ago but couldn’t get the investor funds for it. I’ll bet it would be easier now as much as Raleigh has gotten on the map for tech companies.
One thing we do have in the raleigh area (about an hour east) is one of the best zoos in the country…probably the world. It’s a natural habitat zoo… no cages and huge habitats for the animals. They are so big that it feels like they’re in the wild. A must do for sure!!
About coyotes and other animals, we are invading their habitats and not the other way around. They were here before us so we should be nice to wild life
Also you shouldnt have wild animals as pets, we all saw Tiger King and know how it ended
@@KarlaIvethXD all very true!! LOL!
I thought these were real locals, I bet ain’t one of these people actually from Raleigh even NC. That would be a great idea if you can find some people from here from here and see what they think. Nice video tho
I have a decent number of friend who are from here but it’s definitely hard to find! What kinds of questions would you want me ask “native” North Carolinians if I were to interview them?
@@EllenPitts do they feel like they belong here now? Is there such a thing as too much growth? What is one thing they want transplants to know? What is something they appreciate about people moving here? What is something they don’t appreciate about folks moving here?
Wish I had better questions but these are things I would like to know myself lol
Thank you for responding to me!
@@dannywearsthecrown567 absolutely! I think that was conveyed fairly well in the clips. Also, I should mention that the two guys on the scooters that mentioned Drive Shack are locals who grew up here.
@@EllenPitts very cool Ms Ellen! Thank you for informing me on that.
I live in the suburbs of nyc, looking to move my family to Raleigh for a safer, peaceful and more civilized place to live. Crime in NY is out of control on top of how expensive it is.
If you need help with your move, feel free to send me an email and we can schedule a time to talk! ellen.pitts@hunterrowe.com
How cold does it get between December- March? I really detest the cold.
I’m from south Florida and the cold doesn’t bother me at all. It did when I first got here but I got used to it. It’s usually in the 50s throughout the winter. We do have cold snaps where it gets colder….30s, 40s but we don’t get that every year and when we do it doesn’t last that long.
There are even North Raleigh spitting cobra tshirts!
I might have to get one of those!! LOL!
I moved to Raleigh in Auguest of 1977 from the Wyoming Valley of Pa. I came looking for work . I worked at the Harris Nuclear power plant when it was under construction. My kids were born here 3 of my 4 grandchildren were born here.
I would not go to downtown Raleigh now, if you put a gun to my head. I live out by the Harris Nuclear power plant. It way too crowded and over priced in Raleigh. Try Harriet County away from Campbell University or nearer to Ft. Bragg. still some what rural.
Downtown Raleigh is remarkably nice!! I know not everyone likes cities and that is fine. I personally also prefer to spend my time out in the country. But some people really thrive on the city life! I enjoy visiting on occasion. :-)
The old Moore square was better, not run down!
i just spent a week vacationing in raleigh, its very green and the restaurant selections are endless, i was hoping that it would have more a southern charm type of vibe, but its more like a northern city, i think the universities have something to do with that, wearing a mask was annoying, i wasn't expecting that...
My family moved to Raleigh from Wake Forest right after the Revolutionary War. The place was nice until the RTP boondoggle started in the 70s and 80s. Create jobs for anyone who will move there but not any natives. Plus it is a never-ending road project. Every year they move the outer belt line one inch to the right or left, at great expense. I am done with the place.
They cut corners on the roads and have to repave them with a thin layer over and over again. Same thing with the growth. It's all fake. They had to give Apple and $845 million tax break to move here. I'm sure all the large corporations in RTP are taking advantage of the corrupt government. credit suisse got busted funding terrorism in Iraq. They mayor had a job with home builder making bank with her connections. It's a joke for naive yuppy people who won't question the massive child sex trafficking
Don’t let em run you off… I’m from North Carolina and to see how much has changed and how people talk about it like it’s the hot promiscuous woman makes me feel…….. uhhhhhh
@@dannywearsthecrown567 won't see hot women in Raleigh NC....there is probably 10 to one male to female ratio in this city. I hate this place and wish it would be nuked. I don't even like leaving my house because of all the peter puffers in this city
My Raleigh experience was interesting. My husbands daughter lives there, so we went to visit several times. It seemed a little haughty tawty to me... had to go to the country club, etc. just seemed a little stuffy to me. That’s not true for everyone, I’m sure. I’m just not a city person. So, my opinion shouldn’t count really.
pretty much every restaurant i have ever been to in Raleigh NC is filled with loud and obnoxious people. I dont eat out in this city because of all the annoying people. I recently went to Wrightsville Beach with this chick and she wanted to go to a Chilies in Wilmington. After sitting in there for about 10 or 15 minutes i asked her if she noticed how much quitter it was despite lots of people being there and she said the same thing as me.
Even at the nicer restaurants its filled with loud and obnoxious people. I went to the Capital Grille at North Hills and the table next to me had a $430 bill and the place was just as loud an out of hand college keg party.
I know what ya mean.
Truly , I do.
I just don’t get it. I don’t live there, couldn’t imagine living there.
They all have to be social. Utterflies and who’s who. I don’t get it. Not enjoyable to me. Hope they stay in their breeding ground and don’t come to my neck of the woods in n.c. And mess it up. Sadly, they are.
I'll take Pilot over Raleigh, Anyday.
Move somewhere else... Cost of living is way too high in Raleigh. South Carolina or Tennessee !
They’ll be next, at least SC
Try Alexandria Virginia 🤔 where a nice home in Raleigh about 350 k will run you double or more incost and the asinine rip off real estate of 7 or 8 thousand dollars 💵 property tax will leave you broke practically...
Moving there next month, from Boston area. I heard prices have been going up a lot but it's way cheaper than up here 😂 A lot of tech & biomedical companies opening up branches in Raleigh, it will certainly get more expensive over time. Will purchase a house sooner than later and expecting to get a decent return once selling/renting it.
@@Spartacus11 you'll regret moving to Raleigh area. I live there. I'm just being honest to help you.
@@ncinteriorsplus3520 Highly doubt it, been there and I like what it has to offer. Unfortunate for you that you don’t enjoy it.