Moving to Raleigh

BriteBlonde1 wrote:

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My goodness...you know NOTHING about NC. Charlotte is MORE expensive than the Triangle. Full of boring bankers and red neck NASCAR people The Raleigh area and the Chapel Hill area are fabulous! Go to Chapel Hill for intelligent neighbors and a hometown feel.

I think one of your bulbs is out, "BriteBlonde1"

I did a little checking. Not much of a difference. However to live in NC is more expensive than many areas due to their high fuel tax, high income tax, high home costs, high fees on drivers license, tags, etc.

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City you are moving from: Charlotte, NC
City you are moving to: Raleigh, NC
Enter your current income:$ 50,000

Equivalent income in the city you're moving to:$49,564.69.
You may take a 0.87% decrease and still maintain your standard of living. Product Charlotte NC Raleigh NC Difference
HOME PRICE $221,000.00 $223,814.00 $2,814.00
PAYMENT+ INTEREST $983.70 $1,016.57 $32.87
APT RENT $768.50 $573.00 $195.50
LIPITOR $121.55 $123.93 $2.38
ALL ELECTRICAL $110.43 $133.80 $23.37
TOTAL ENERGY $110.43 $133.80 $23.37
OPTOMETRIST $88.00 $80.75 $7.25
DOCTOR VISIT $83.80 $76.17 $7.63
DENTIST VISIT $76.10 $99.83 $23.73
WASHER REPAIR $54.50 $50.83 $3.67
VET SERVICES $40.24 $42.60 $2.36
BEAUTY SALON $27.38 $34.25 $6.87
WOMENS SLACKS $23.96 $20.49 $3.47
MENS SHIRT $22.39 $22.66 $0.27
PHONE $21.12 $29.99 $8.87
BOYS JEAN $14.77 $13.79 $0.98
NEWSPAPER $14.30 $13.17 $1.13
HAIR CUT $10.50 $13.17 $2.67
PIZZA $9.49 $9.25 $0.24
TIRE BALANCE $9.20 $8.50 $0.70
MOVIE $8.50 $7.65 $0.85
T BONE STEAK $8.49 $9.49 $1.00
BEER $7.80 $7.75 $0.05
DRY CLEANING $7.27 $8.29 $1.02
WINE $6.97 $6.82 $0.15
IBUPROFEN $5.56 $5.74 $0.18
POTATOES $4.52 $4.97 $0.45
BOWLING $4.40 $3.93 $0.47
CASCADE $4.31 $4.24 $0.07
CRISCO $3.54 $3.68 $0.14
FROZEN MEAL $3.54 $2.05 $1.49
SAUSAGE $3.13 $3.24 $0.11
GASOLINE $3.03 $2.48 $0.55
PARMESAN CHEESE $3.01 $2.92 $0.09
TENNIS BALLS $2.99 $2.08 $0.91
COFFEE $2.95 $3.01 $0.06
CEREAL $2.94 $3.07 $0.13
HALF GAL MILK $2.61 $2.67 $0.06
2-PC CHICKEN $2.49 $2.95 $0.46
HAMBURGER SANDWICH $2.43 $2.37 $0.06
ORANGE JUICE $2.39 $2.33 $0.06
POTATO CHIPS $2.25 $2.50 $0.25
TOOTHPASTE $2.17 $2.31 $0.14
GROUND BEEF $2.14 $3.14 $1.00
KLEENEX $1.81 $1.70 $0.11
PEACHES $1.64 $1.68 $0.04
LETTUCE $1.50 $1.37 $0.13
SUGAR $1.36 $1.51 $0.15
FROZEN CORN $1.23 $1.26 $0.03
COKE $1.19 $1.09 $0.10
BREAD $1.13 $1.16 $0.03
SHAMPOO $1.00 $1.08 $0.08
FRIED CHICKEN $0.97 $1.26 $0.29
DOZ EGGS $0.96 $1.22 $0.26
SWEET PEAS $0.77 $0.85 $0.08
MARGARINE $0.72 $0.66 $0.06
TUNA $0.71 $0.65 $0.06
BANANAS $0.55 $0.53 $0.02
Mortgage (%) 5.91% 6.09%-0.19

Thank for your recent request to relocate to North Carolina, but we have reached our quota of transplanted residents from New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Raleigh City Council wrote:

Thank for your recent request to relocate to North Carolina, but we have reached our quota of transplanted residents from New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

and Kalifornia.

Carpetbaggers $uck!

As I have said many times, anyone considering a move to the "Triangle" needs to do their homework and not go by the PR fluff on the City, County and Chamber of Commerce sites. I made that error and will regret it till I die.

John In North Carolina wrote:

As I have said many times, anyone considering a move to the "Triangle" needs to do their homework and not go by the PR fluff on the City, County and Chamber of Commerce sites. I made that error and will regret it till I die.

Understand and feel your pain. Can't wait to get out either.

MovingOut wrote:

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Understand and feel your pain. Can't wait to get out either.

I hope you "escape" soon. Good luck if you are searching for a job/home etc to make your great escape.

I would never want to leave. I love it here. Can't get any better.

To each his/her own, I guess.

Finally! Someone else (SP2SCV) who isn’t willing to get on the Cary (and Triangle) bashing bandwagon & spew half truth rants to support their position in illegal aliens, schools, traffic, crime, etc.

No the Triangle isn’t perfect, no major city or town is, but it does have enough good things that 4 years ago we started planning my USAF retirement to Cary, and will finally be moving late this October. BTW I wouldn’t describe myself as Yankee, Southerner, liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat, or any other term. I’m just a hard working guy who after 25 years of globetrotting has chosen Cary as a good place to grow roots and raise my young children. You’ll know me when you see me, I’ll be that smiling guy in the pick-up truck next to you as we wait our turn in the “terrible traffic”.

See you at Brigs for breakfast soon.

John in Okinawa

Yes it can get better. The "ILLEGAL ALIENS" and their "ANCHOR BABIES" can be gone.

John In North Carolina wrote:

Yes it can get better. The "ILLEGAL ALIENS" and their "ANCHOR BABIES" can be gone.

Sounds like comments from a racist. Please feel free to leave Cary and never come back. We don't need you.

John wrote:

Finally! Someone else (SP2SCV) who isn’t willing to get on the Cary (and Triangle) bashing bandwagon & spew half truth rants to support their position in illegal aliens, schools, traffic, crime, etc.
No the Triangle isn’t perfect, no major city or town is, but it does have enough good things that 4 years ago we started planning my USAF retirement to Cary, and will finally be moving late this October. BTW I wouldn’t describe myself as Yankee, Southerner, liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat, or any other term. I’m just a hard working guy who after 25 years of globetrotting has chosen Cary as a good place to grow roots and raise my young children. You’ll know me when you see me, I’ll be that smiling guy in the pick-up truck next to you as we wait our turn in the “terrible traffic”.
See you at Brigs for breakfast soon.
John in Okinawa

Hey John. Welcome!!!! You will love it.

Brigs is great. Long lines, as it is so popular.

John -- well good for you. Keep telling yourself that every two years when the Wake County Public School System will keep busing your kids farther and farther away from home; or, you find your kids on different "mandatory" year round tracks at the public schools. Of course, if you make enough money, you can always go private.

http://www.wakecares.com/

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/

http://www.soswake.com/

http://www.voiceforequity.blogspot.com/

You have been warned. And your right, it isn't half-bad, but I was here when it was much better. I have watched this area get stripped mined for development, and the only people getting rich are the realtors & developers. Guess who gets to pay for all the infrastructure -- start writing that check!

FYI, Brigs is actually much better for dinner. And if you don't mind lowering yourself to the level of the working folks, Circus has .99 cent Hot Dogs on Thursday.

http://www.immigrationcounters.com/

My post to SP2SCV in Moving to Cary:

Yes I have rage and hatred towards "ILLEGAL ALIENS". They are invaders who have no right here. They are affecting my life and every citizen and legal immigrant in this country.

I have never mentioned hispanic or any race as far as who is or is not an "ILLEGAL ALIEN". I only mentioned my former roommates to show they were of other races etc. I only mention "ILLEGAL ALIENS" and "ANCHOR BABIES". I have no problems other than the ones mentioned above do not deserve to be in this country at taxpayers expense. Here is some reading material for you.

1.$11 billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each
year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2.$2.2 billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such
as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://www.ci s..org/articles/2004/fiscalexe c.html

3.$2.5 billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.ci s..org/articles/2004/fiscalexe c.html

4.$12 billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school
education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English! Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/0 ...

5.$17 billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/0 ...

6.$3 Million dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/0 ...

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify
at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/0 ...

8.$90 billion dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at:
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt ...

9.$200 billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by
illegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/0 ...

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two
and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their
children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/1 ...

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from
Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and
marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Verify at:
Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute,'estimated that the total cost of mass
deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of
between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.' Verify at:
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/de ...

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to
their countries of origin. Verify at:
http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14.'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes
is Committed By Illegal Immigrants In The United States' Verify at:
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!!

Here are some more "Half Truths"

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp...

http://www.immigrationcounters.com/

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/jun/fe...

I outta here. I cannot stand to be in the same forum that allows racist, socialist, hate mongers who do nothing but spread lies.

Have fun in loserville sitting in your pile of anger. I am going to enjoy the hell out of life in fantastic Cary, NC. Heaven on Earth.

Glad you are not here.

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp...

So, Cary is going down hill?

Not sure about Cary, but I know the Raleigh area is a mecca for "ILLEGAL ALIENS" and their "ANCHOR BABIES". Some folks just refuse to see facts about the damage and destruction these invaders are causing. It will take its toll on all the cities if NC does not take action to rid itself of these invaders.

SP2SCV wrote:

I outta here. I cannot stand to be in the same forum that allows racist, socialist, hate mongers who do nothing but spread lies.
Have fun in loserville sitting in your pile of anger. I am going to enjoy the hell out of life in fantastic Cary, NC. Heaven on Earth.
Glad you are not here.
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

I missed something somewhere, for the life of me I do not understand what "race" your talking about here. I'm also confused on how a concern for the demographics of a given area could be "socialist", in fact I would think it would be anti socialist, maybe nationalist, but not socialist.