We're going to give you the real pros and cons of moving to Raleigh, North Carolina.
Hello everyone. This is Chris Morton real estate broker with EXP Realty in Raleigh,
North Carolina, and one of the biggest cons of moving to Raleigh, it's really lost its
small town feel. Raleigh is a mid-size city and growing larger and larger all the time.
That definitely has its advantages but one of the biggest disadvantages is that we've really
lost that small town America feel. And that goes for most of the cities and towns around Raleigh.
For example, Wake Forest and Apex used to have that small town slow pace of life
and it's dramatically changed. They've both dramatically changed over the past couple years.
Now there's a lot of hustle and bustle. Lot of people are moving to both Wake Forest and Apex.
And so they've definitely, unfortunately also lost that feel. But the good news is there are
still some towns surrounding the Raleigh area where you can go get that rural, easy living
kind of pace of life. You may just have to drive a little ways to get it, but it still does exist.
If you'd like some suggestions on some of these small towns, feel free to email us.
The flip side of this con is the loss of the small town feel as we're getting a big city feel
and for a lot of people, that is a positive. So it's another way to look at it.
The second con to tell you about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina, are the lack of
area restaurants. So this may surprise some of you who are subscribers to our channel,
that we are putting this as a con because we are constantly raving about the Raleigh area
food scene. And yes, Raleigh does have some really amazing restaurants. Unfortunately,
you just have to kind of know where to find them. Raleigh just isn't big enough to have the same
variety of restaurants that a lot of you from bigger cities are coming from. So if you're a
big foodie, like we are, you sometimes can get a little frustrated. You have to pretty much be an
amateur detective to uncover all of the hidden gems of the Raleigh area. If you want suggestions
for certain kind of food, please drop it in the comments below. We'll be happy to help any way
we can. You can also check out Yelp or some of the Raleigh area food blogs for some advice.
Con number three about moving to the Raleigh North Carolina area, the weather. So weather
is fairly unpredictable around here. We can get as low as single digits in the winter and as high as
plus one-hundred degrees in the summer. If you are a winter weather lover, you're going to hate the
summers here. If you're a summer weather lover, you're gonna hate the winters here. We also
consistently have inconsistent weather patterns. Everything could be nice and sunny and bright
in the winter. And all of a sudden a snowstorm could pop up. Luckily you're only gonna get two,
three or four inches of snow. Not like twenty inches, like some parts of the country in the
summer. Don't be surprised if a thunderstorm pops up and occasionally we might get a
hurricane come through this area. Although generally they're isolated to the coast of North
Carolina. We do sometimes have them here in the interior part of the state every now and again.
A tornado warning will pop up, but that's usually in the spring or the summertime. So be prepared
if you're not very happy with hot weather and you like cold weather, we may not be the
right place for you. If you really love tropical climates, our winters may not suit you either.
The number four con, we can be a little boring. If you are excited about and looking forward to a go,
go, go twenty-four hours a day, open everything lifestyle, like you might find in downtown New
York City, Raleigh and the surrounding area is probably not for you. Most restaurants
close at ten or eleven o'clock at night. It's a little boring, not a whole heck of a lot to do
here. As far as excitement, we don't have great amusement parks like they have down in Orlando
or tons of different kinds of things to do like in New York City. It's just something
that you should be prepared for. If you plan to move here and you look for that sort of thing,
but don't get me wrong, there are a ton of really, really great things going on in the area.
It's just that we tend to be a little on the boring, easygoing side around here.
Con number five about moving to the Raleigh North Carolina area,
our housing situation. So if you've watched any of our videos in the past, you probably are aware
housing prices have gone up and up and up recently. In fact, in 2020, the median home
price in the Raleigh area was $283,000. It's now jumped to $431,000 today. And our new construction
situation is not much better. Beyond the fact that the builders can't build homes fast enough, the
lots for new construction have gotten smaller and smaller. And unfortunately, a lot of the builders
are building cookie cutter homes and by cookie cutter, I mean maybe in that neighborhood, they're
building six or seven plans. And if you look hard enough, you're going to see your exact home
built down the street. That's not to say that all builders are building cookie-cutter and all lots
are teeny tiny, but just know that you need to do your research to find the right home for you.
But not all about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina is a big, giant negative. There are lots
of positive things about the area too, starting with pro number one, the job situation. If you've
done any research at all on the Raleigh area, you know, we are landing at the very, very top, of all
of the best places to get a job list that comes out from all of the periodicals, all throughout
the year. We are very fortunate that the area is very, very, strong in technology, medical
university jobs, as well as state government jobs. The state capital is Raleigh. So Raleigh has a lot
of jobs in a lot of different industries, which bodes really, really, well for our local economy.
Pro number two, about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina,
the location Raleigh is centrally located in the state of North Carolina. You can be
to the beach in about two hours, to the mountains in about three hours, to Charleston,
South Carolina in about four hours, to Washington DC in about four and a half hours and to Florida
in about seven hours. It’s a great location for driving. We also have the airport here,
international airport that can get you to all kinds of different areas that you may not want to
drive to. But as far as driving goes and generally taking day trips, you can't beat Raleigh.
Pro number three about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina. It's very easy to fit in again, because
we are such a bustling area for jobs. We're getting people coming from all over the country
and all over the world for that matter. So if you are looking for people from your hometown
or that maybe have likes and interests that you have, it should be pretty easy to find
someone very similar because they've probably moved from where you're from.
Pro number four about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina: we're a dozen cities in one. We've
talked about this a little bit earlier in this video that there's a changing dynamic, that
there's lots of different stuff going on, rural parts of the area, suburban parts of the area,
bustling city parts of the area. And we're all sort of this one big conglomerate metropolitan
area that includes towns. You've probably heard of Raleigh, Durham, North Carolina is thirty, forty
minutes away, Chapel Hill as well. Those are the big three. We've got Apex, Cary, Holly Springs,
Wake Forest and on and on and on. So what's really cool about that is it's all one big,
giant area attached by roads. You can literally be in one city and before you know it you're in
the next city, which makes it great and easy to get around and to have that community feel that
we all have for the big, greater metropolitans and triangle area. But the flip of that,
and the positive of that is, each of those towns and cities really have their own personality.
It makes a great opportunity if you first move here, that you can take the weekends to go explore
different cities, different towns, to get a feel for what you like and know that if you live in
one town, but you really, really like breakfast in another town, you're probably only about thirty to
forty-five minutes away from it. So it's really an easy drive on a Saturday morning, Sunday morning,
to go from your home to your favorite breakfast place to grab a great meal.
Pro number five about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina,
country life versus city life. We've touched on it again a little bit in this video, but
Raleigh has something for everyone. If you want that big city vibe,
you can definitely check out downtown Durham, or downtown Raleigh. If you want the country feel,
there's no better place to check out than Zebulon, Youngsville, parts of Wake Forest, Fuquay- Varina,
and really even parts of Raleigh. And in some of the bigger cities, the counties, the easygoing
lifestyle is something you definitely can find in the area. Just like you definitely can find a big
city lifestyle and getting bigger all the time. So those are some of the pros and cons of Raleigh
North Carolina. If you are thinking about a move into or out of Raleigh, my team, and I would love
to be your real estate agents of choice. You can email us at hello@mortonbradbury.com, or you can
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