Are you thinking about moving to Raleigh, North Carolina? Well today
we're going to give you the pros and the cons of moving here.
Hi I'm Chris Morton, real estate agent with eXp Realty, want to give you today the pros and cons
of living in Raleigh, North Carolina. So let's start off first with the cons. Number 1 con... the
traffic. We have a lot of people coming to Raleigh and the surrounding area, and that means of course
traffic is getting more and more... horrible. Not as bad as Los Angeles or some of the major cities,
but still it's an issue. Number 2 con... it's hot.
So for a few months of the year we're going to have really really warm weather here
and humidity. So if you're coming from California, and you're not used to the humidity... we've got a
lot of it. It's the South. It's something you got to put up with. I've got a couple of clients from
Minnesota who came in a couple weeks ago, and it was like 72 degrees and they were like sweating,
they couldn't believe how warm it was in the Fall... I was chilled. So it was very very funny,
but it's something you're gonna get used to, it is very warm here, that is definitely a
con. The number 3 con... pollen. We actually have five seasons here. Spring, Summer, Winter,
Fall, and Pollen. For two weeks of the year everything is covered in yellow pine pollen.
Allergy season kicks up, a lot of people are going to have allergies during this time,
it is not even worth washing your car during this period of time because you go wash it,
an hour later your car's yellow again. You just know it's something you got to put up with.
The positive of the pollen season is you know that you're coming from out of the Winter into
the Spring. So there's that. The number 4 con. Cost of housing. I told you about all
the people coming into our area. Well that not only has ramifications for our traffic but it
also has for our housing. We have a shortage of housing as many places around the country have,
and of course that's going to drive up the cost of housing, making it more difficult for you to find
something, and unfortunately when you do find it, it's probably going to cost more than you
expected it to cost. The number 5 con... animals. We have animals here. We have lots of trees,
lots of forests, so therefore we have animals. One of the animals we have are deer. Those cute,
fluffy deer things. We have those here. They end up in your yard, eating your vegetables,
and your plants, and flowers, and things. They also end up on the roads. You have to be really
careful when you're driving that you don't hit one of them. The second animal... squirrels. We
have a ton of them they're everywhere especially in the parks. I got in a car accident by myself,
hit a pole, because a squirrel ran in front of my car. It's kind of crazy, but anyway, they're
not dangerous unless they're running in front of your car. The third animal to tell you about
is snakes. We have copperheads in the area, they are venomous, but they're not as venomous
as like rattlesnakes and snakes that may be where you're from. You just have to watch out for them,
know that they're around, if you're in like the woods or like on the greenway trail you will see
them there, but truth be told, I've only seen one copperhead in like the 35 years I've lived here,
so it's not like they're everywhere and they're like coming in your house or things like that,
it's not like that at all. So now let's get to the pros. Number 1 pro.... the people.
So Raleigh is a melting pot. I told you earlier that we have people coming in from everywhere and
it's really really cool. Diverse personalities, diverse cultures, and all of that sort of thing,
but we're still a Southern city. So you're going to get that Southern hospitality.
Be prepared for someone to open the door for you, or hold the door as you're going through into a
restaurant or whatever, be prepared for people to let you merge over and not be like mean aggressive
drivers. So it's really really nice and probably refreshing for a lot of people to come to an area
where people are really really nice. The number 2 pro to tell you about is our strong economy.
We have a diverse economy. We don't just have... like tourism, or banking, or anything like that.
Our economy is very diverse with a lot of different opportunities here to get a job
and we have been voted on many many lists one of the top growing areas in the whole country
which is really really cool. The number 3 pro I need to tell you about is our restaurant scene.
Again, with all those people coming in the area, it's causing not only a diverse culture,
but also a diverse restaurant scene. Just about any kind of food you can imagine
is here in Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill, The Triangle area. We've even spawned a celebrity chef
boom in our area. So Ashley Christensen is a local grown chef. She owns five restaurants in downtown
Raleigh. Really really cool, she won the James Beard award, which is basically like the academy
awards of of "chefdom." She won... she won last year in 2019 and her restaurants are really really
great, definitely recommend you go give them a try when you get here. Chef Tanabe at Vidrio in
downtown Raleigh... he is a famous chef from a television show, he made his way here, and also
want to tell you about another local chef Scott Crawford has a restaurant called Crawford and Son
downtown Raleigh. Really really cool, very very cool foo,d we just have a really great booming
restaurant scene, i can't wait for you to come here and give it a try you will be blown away.
The number 4 pro... central location. We're two hours to the coast, three hours to the mountains,
we are centrally located in the state, which means great opportunity for day trips, a great thing for
you to do on your weekends. And our fifth pro.... our natural beauty. When people come to the area
and are looking to buy a house and I'm helping them, the number one thing they always say is...
"wow you guys have a lot of trees here," and we do. It's very green, a very nice environment,
great place if you're an outdoors enthusiast that wants to get out and go hiking, or walking
on the trail. Again, we have four seasons here. Lots of places have not four seasons.
We've got all four seasons, Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall, and you get a taste of
every one of them. So there you have it, the top five pros and the top five cons of living
in Raleigh North Carolina. I really hope this has been helpful for you, if it has please hit
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