What do you think about when you think about Raleigh, North Carolina?
A small Southern town full of Southern people riding around in our pickup trucks,
eating barbecue, and listening to country music? Well, we're going to
give you the real facts today on what life is like living in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Are you thinking of moving to Raleigh, North Carolina? Well you've come to the right place.
My name is Chris Morton. I'm a real estate agent here in the area with eXp Realty,
have been living in the Raleigh area since 1986 and I know the real deal about what's going on
here in our area, and with that we're going to share with you 7 things you need to know before
moving to Raleigh, North Carolina. So the number one thing you need to know about are fun things
to do here in the area. So the misnomer about Raleigh is... small town therefore we don't
have a whole lot going on. That is absolutely not the case. We're actually a large town,
and with that we have lots of cool diverse things to do. For example... Broadway shows.
If you're into Broadway shows, Raleigh has got a ton of stuff coming through all the time
we are one of the major spots along the tour for the traveling Broadway shows like Hamilton,
Wicked, those sort of things. We've got two different performing arts centers one in Raleigh,
and one in Durham, that host these shows all the time, they're always sold out, very
very popular events so definitely something you want to consider if you're into Broadway shows.
We also have plenty of art museums in the area... Contemporary Art Museum,
Natural History Museum, all of that sort of thing all around the Raleigh area, mostly in downtown.
If you're into sports, we have three major universities here NC State University,
Duke University, and UNC Chapel Hill, that are huge meccas for basketball and football lovers
as well if you're into hockey we have a professional NHL hockey team the Carolina
Hurricane's, so definitely something to get into there. We also have a very cool thing
that happens once a year in late September to early October. The North Carolina State Fair
that happens in Raleigh brings people in from all over North Carolina, all over the region,
it's just what you think it is... carnivals, fun, lots of very fattening foods, very very
cool thing that everyone looks forward to all year long around here so we got that. The other thing
we have going on that happens every single day of the week, but is really popular on weekends,
is the State Farmer's Market. It happens also in downtown Raleigh, where you can go and buy fruits
and vegetables fresh off the garden from farmers in the area and you even get to talk to them which
is really really cool! Find out what's going on in their world. Raleigh is also a great place
if you're an outdoor enthusiast. We have over 100 miles of trails that we call the Raleigh greenway
and it's great for hikers, bikers, runners, or just people who want to get out and get some
fresh air. It runs from one end of the county all the way to the other. It's very very cool,
definitely something that you definitely need to be a part of and go check out when you come
visit us here. We also have tons of lakes, with kayaking and swimming and boating activities
as well as numerous parks which allow you to go out and hang out with nature and have a nice
picnic... that sort of thing. Number Two thing you need to know about our area is our great location,
and this kind of goes along with fun things to do. Because of our central location in the middle
of the state, you can jump off to go to a ton of different things in different places. For example,
we're only 2 hours from the coast, and there's tons of beaches on the North Carolina coast.
We're 3 hours from the mountains... some of the prettiest mountains you could ever imagine in the
country are in North Carolina, and incidentally, 2 hours into your drive to the mountains
is the Yadkin Valley wine country where in North Carolina we're making some amazing wine.
In fact we're going to do a future video on some of our favorite wineries in North Carolina that
will knock your socks off I promise you. Four and a half hours to the North we have Washington DC,
five and a half hours South from here is Charleston, South Carolina,
and nine hours from here is Walt Disney World. Beyond that, we have our own international
airport, RDU International, that will take you direct flights to London, Paris, The Caribbean,
Mexico, and then of course you can jump off to all kinds of places by going to additional airports
all over the country. The number 3 thing you need to know about our area is our restaurant scene.
Yes, we have amazing barbecue here, but we're not just limited to Southern food. Because of our
population, because of people that are coming into the area for work, we have a very diverse scene
of food for foodies and people who just want to try new things. There's great Indian restaurants,
Italian, tapas, all kinds of restaurants you can imagine, and of course the Southern stuff,
and because of our thriving restaurant scene, we are home to some award-winning chefs,
and some celebrity chefs have made their way and put down roots here in our area as well.
So we're getting more and more different food options, more and more different restaurant
options, great great place to be, as well as the surrounding cities... Wake Forest, Cary, Durham
has a thriving restaurant scene, Chapel Hill, on and on and on, there's plenty of different
opportunities for you to come try out different foods, and find your favorite thing. The number
4 thing you need to know about our area is our diverse economy, and our great employment outlook.
So we have, as I mentioned, three universities here in the area, three major universities
as well as the Research Triangle Park, which is a technology center, a technology hub,
and those four things are bringing in a ton of different people from all over everywhere for the
jobs that are needed so it's causing our economy to grow causing things to get better and better.
So unlike some areas, where they are dependent only on tourism, or only dependent on banking, or
whatever, we have tons of different things going on here so our economy is less likely,
and has shown in the past to be less likely to be damaged by the downturns that happen in the
national economy. So very very cool place to live because you can get a job here very very easily,
and a high paying job for that matter. The number 5 thing you need to know about our
area is the people, and yes, we are a Southern city, so therefore there are going to be some
very nice Southern, polite people here, but as I mentioned a few minutes ago,
we are a very diverse population because of the universities, because of research triangle park,
and because people are coming in from everywhere, you're going to be experiencing a
very very wide melting pot culture here in the Raleigh and Triangle area. You might have
lunch with someone that's grown up here, and the next table over someone from India, or from
France, you never know. So it's very very cool, and with all that we have the different art scene,
restaurants, everything goes hand in hand with the people. So we are not just a group
of Southern people here, we are from everywhere. The number 6 thing you need to know about our area
is our weather and climate. Yes, we do have Summer... it is warm here, but we also have
all four seasons. We have Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Some areas just have hot,
and very very hot. We don't have that here. You can have a few days of snow and ice,
but most of the time you're going to have very very temperate weather. You're going to have a
few days of super hot weather, but most of it's going to be pretty nice. We have mosquitoes,
you got to watch out for them. Most people have screened in porches... there's a tip right there
if you're thinking about buying in the area, get a screened-in porch. But by and large, our weather
is really really nice and temperate all year long, not going to be something you need to worry about.
Now you may have heard about our hurricanes, and yes we do have hurricanes in North Carolina,
but they generally hit the coast and we get a nice soaking of rain, but we don't usually have the
storms come all the way inland, it's only happened once or twice in my lifetime that I can remember,
that has done any damage, but it's not like leveled, and caused major catastrophic damage in
the middle of the state, so we have good weather. Number 7 thing you need to know about Raleigh,
is the cost of living, and while we are not as expensive as some of the areas you guys
may be coming from, our prices are still going up because our population is growing all the time,
and one of the main things that causes cost of living to go up is, of course, housing, and our
builders cannot keep up currently in end of 2020, can't keep up with the demand that's going on in
our market with everybody coming in, so prices are unfortunately going up. Our median home
price right now, again the end of 2020 when we're filming this, is $315,000, which sounds great,
but unfortunately that is 9% year-over-year growth from last year, so we are seeing some growth going
on in that number. You're not able to get quite as much home for your money now as you could a year,
two, three years ago unfortunately. So there you have it. The 7 things you need to know
before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina. If you have any other questions or you want to
make the move yourself to Raleigh, you can send us an email at info@themortongroup.com
or comment below. We'll answer any of your questions. Thank you much for watching,
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will put out more content about the area for you. Thanks for watching, see you soon, bye!