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As a born and raised North Carolinian of 52 years in Charlotte, I am so upset that our genteel hospitality and courteousness of the South is rapidly disappearing with not only the younger generation but I feel the influx of so many folks from all over the US and the world who obviously never learned to be considerate of others or are just brusque and rude! There’s no balance at all now and no time for them to adapt to our ways it seems.

I am 70 years old and a life long resident of North Carolina. I remember, as a child, how humble and kind people were. Granted, I was born, and have always lived, in a rural setting, and have never lived in a town, much less a city. Country folks are generally less aggressive than most of their city counterparts, but I’ve noticed in the past few years, even us “country bumpkins” are becoming more aggressive and rude. I think this is due, mainly, to all the people with “attitudes” who have invaded our state in the last few years! I say, if you’re thinking of moving here with an attitude, stay put! We don’t need any more ATTITUDE here!

I have lived in NC since 1995. I can confirm some of this. The power outages are not that bad at all. I live in Raleigh and I only had a few very minor ones (comes back within a couple of hours), except for a big ice storm in the late 1990s. I lost power for two days. In comparison to many other states, this is not a problem at all. I really love it here and will most definitely never move from Raleigh.

Compared to areas with wildfires and weekly race riots or weekend shootings in double digits bad weather is much less of a issue. Those that move here should leave what they fled behind. Don't bring that here please. Remember why you left and try to adapt. If you miss the afternoon drive by shootings we have a few areas that may make you feel like home.

I been in NC since October 2020 walking around town masked up felt like a ghost town living and working in the mountains. I use to live in Memphis TN literally the heart of the Mid South. So you could say I kinda expected Southern Hospitality, but when I moved over here it seemed like a different story sometimes walking can get you run over. Just like ma said you should look both ways before crossing the road twice if not thrice. Generally MOST drivers will stop for people including wildlife. I seen a few folx stop their car to wait for rabbits and raccoons to cross the street. I actually love it here, because of it being wayyy cooler and less humid aside from people being just as nice (for my personal experiences). I help run a Bed and Breakfast with my mom. And we love everything about it!

During an outage, if you can't get a generator, there are also different sized Plug'n'Play battery units of various wattage. It at least can run your devices so you can stay up to date with the outside world. I can use my 240 Jackery (with a small solar panel to charge it up when it's sunny outside) if we ever have an outage of any significance in the Flat Rock, NC area. My size Jackery won't do much for larger appliances, but I'm glad to have it handy. Bluetti is another recommended brand. And they are great for dry camping!

Good informative video, and your right on 8 points.

I'm moving from Missouri over to the coast in a few years and have been doing research. I really like this video! Thanks.

...and the rude people are usually NOT the locals.

Everything is acceptable unless being rude. I am moving to Raleigh by October and trying to get new experience in Raleigh. Thank you for your informative vedio.

I live in western NC at 3000 ft, so am not nearly as hot, and have nice snowy winters ❤️

I’ve been living in Marion nc since the 3rd grade im currently a sophomore at my local highschool and soon to be junior and one thing I can say is if you want to do something big in your life or in general be successful and make money don’t come near Marion nc. Sports, cops, schools are all seen as either not fair or corrupt and I have had first hand accounts of these situations happen to me and my family and loved ones

I'm relocating to Wilmington from Nebraska as we speak. Good video. These are a lot of things I considered before I decided to move.

The more immigration and moving people you get, the less your area will practice the old manners.

Spent 12 years in NC, don't totally miss it . Went back for a visit a few months ago. Boy has it changed and not for the better

With everything you said about Raleigh, that’s why I chose Winston-Salem instead!

Ask not what North Carolina can do for you but what you can do for North Carolina 😉. I myself plan on relocating to North Carolina from Georgia.

🎉 I moved it from the North.I'm very courteous.Open the door for older people.And I'm a senior citizen routine.2013 live in Eastern North Carolina outside the city and a rural area.Very nice people never look back

Planning on moving to Charlotte from Los Angeles. LA has the most rude ppl in the country! Thanks for the info.

I have lived in Boone,NC 2005 and absolutely love it.. Homeof Appalachian State University, Blue Ridge Parkway,Grandfather Mtn, Blowing Rock,Banner Elk, Ashe County

Lol I’ve been watching so many of your videos I feel like I know you now man. Fellow unc alum here. Keep it up

Great video. My father is from NC and I was raised there and visited all of my life. I decided in April to sale my home in the DC/MD area and come home to the beautiful green, southern hospitality state of NC. I was sick from April until now. I came back to MD after 3 ER visits in NC due to bronchitis, post nasal drip and serve sinus infections. I'm now diagnosed with adult onset asthma so you're right on about the allergies. I'm still so happy I came to NC to live. I love the lush greenery and the arces I have and my neighbor's home is not on top of mine like it was living in a metropolitan city. My dogs and I love it and wouldn't want to be back in DC or MD. I've only had experience with very kind people in NC my entire childhood into adulthood thankfully. I know rudeness is everywhere but I've never had a bad encounter in NC and hope it stays that way. DC was a daily dose of rude jerks on the road, in the stores, etc etc. I love the little Mayberry town I'm in. So peaceful and serene.

I live in the west of North Carolina. Expect snow and power outages. In winter either have a wood or gas fireplace

Thanks for your helpful advice! I love NC and plan to move to eventually retire. Hello from Connecticut. 😀

Helpful video. Thanks.

I’m from Atlanta area, so NC is like a weekend trip for me. It’s a great state😊

I’m a New Englander lol I can definitely handle all this! Also…All the rentals (even in the more popular cities like Raleigh) I’ve been looking at have been SO much cheaper than in New England! A 2 BD 1 BR apartment here is roughly $2,600…..no utilities included.

I live in NC now but visiting New Jersey. Trust me it is not rude down there haha.

So, with regard to the rudeness, are you saying that you shouldn't come to NC if you can't handle the other people that are coming to NC???

Moved here October 2020 from VA and love it here, me and my dog love to go walking at Military Park and Country Park and spend hour at the dog park. I do noticed people here run red light and agresive drivers .

Compared to Miami this looks like heaven on earth. Maybe you can do a video on the condo market in North Carolina that would be nice. Thanks !

Power outage worry nit bread milk. Toilet paper . When power outage going to be one. Take a bag of water out in freezer then keep it there be icebox.

Sounds very similar to Nova Scotia here in Canada. Mild winters,Hurricanes,Heavy storms, Generally mild winters. Bugs. Getting expensive to live in.

Can you do a vid on the lejeune area I’m moving there soon

Are you for real??? Please ask this gentleman where he recommends you live in this great country where all of his opinated negatives are better. The reasons you give for not wanting to live here are lame. The only place one could live without fear of anything is in a bubble.

i live in north carolina soooo im used to this but i HATE how it barely snows

I’m looking in western mountain areas. I’ve lived in north Florida since 1989. North Carolina can’t be that bad compared to Florida? Doesn’t it tend to stay a little cooler in the mountains even in summer? July and August in Florida are horrible! Thank you I enjoy your informative videos.

If you can't handle your kids then don't move to NC

Coming from a Floridia perspective, Florida cons are like this but times 10. The one difference in Florida is opinions, you tell you opinions to someone here and they will either respond two ways: 1. Brush you off 2. Scream at you (Mainly South Florida) the other parts of my state are a bit more friendly

I have live north Carolina close to wilmington for over 30 year's i love it

Ella Hendricks I grew up up there so I know all about North Carolina thank you

I have lived in NC my whole life i don't care what anyone says bad about it because i never wanna leave it Also where i live in NC its really close to south Carolina

I was born in nc the piedmont love it (Come to the piedmont) Catawba Burke Caldwell counties are great

as a floridian i might sound like a physco but i hate our hot weather and wish i was in north carolina to at least get some kind of winter im dying to leave florida

🥲 omg the weather there is awful. I live in south NM, and we also have some rain. But omg I hate the dust storm. Lol

I’m in Ohio but a southern girl at heart. My mom was born and raised down south, I spent my summers in Clarkrange Tennessee at our annual family reunions. I’d love to move to north or South Carolina- I miss the southern hospitality and I wouldn’t be a newcomer burdening with rudeness ❤ I also hate the long Ohio winters😢 I can’t wait to save enough money to move! I want to be in the country but close to shopping. A small town vibe. I’d love to be by the beach but somewhere maybe an hour or two from Carowinds and an hour from the ocean would be perfect ❤ I’m married with 3 kids, one on the way, with a bunch of cats and 2 dogs 😂❤ need somewhere family and animal friendly

NC born and raised, can't stand my city raleigh but man do I love the animals

I see to many coming to this state and I would love to leave drugs have gotten worse here and people used to be more friendly here not anymore small town southern love it was nice growing up but no more it's sad 😢

As a north Carolinian I can confirm this

I am From Granville County Oxford N.C and I loved it there but I didn't want to spend my life just in the place I grew up in so I moved when I was 19 and I always miss it

And don’t even get me started about snow birds who don’t realize we get snow and ice lol

Warned my sister about her driving. She's moving in 2 months from Florida. I told her to slow it down

I'm ready to move to North Carolina. There ain't nothing I haven't endured in The Bahamas over the last 40yrs that I can't up there in NC lol.

I don't know who this guy I was born and raised in North Carolina but I have lived in New York Bew Jersey for 32 years trying living here

NC does have some great things. I’ve lived in NC for 45 years. It has definitely gone down hill. The major cities are really bad in many spots. The small hometown feel is dying, and rudeness and divisiveness is growing at a rapid rate. NC is not close to as good as it was.

During Hurricane Florence my family did not lose power

OMG! Palmetto bugs are the worst!

I was born and raised here in Eastern North Carolina. Actually alot of people are moving here. Good tech jobs. Apple is coming here bringing more jobs. North Carolina is a great place to live no matter where you choose. We do get all kinds of weather. Beautiful beaches, mountains etc.

I miss the the mountain areas we had land up in dillsboro for 45years we did get aholes on the mountain with their 14dogs that never stopped barking so no animals came around anymore yahoo my grandma called them.. the storms I'm not worried about I live in Florida so storms randomly pop up out of nowhere I just want to live in the mountains away from people so I can grow my own food have my solar and wind power on my own water tired of living in Big City want to go back to the small town we had for so many years been as far away from big cities cuz I live in Miami so nowhere near big city far to the West in the mountains North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia somewhere away from human beings

Raleigh is for city boys I’m from (JOCO) NC🌾🚜

I'm from New York you know it's very expensive and l know know North Carolina is not expensive state, like New York, New Jersey Connecticut Florida and California.

Yes the bugs! Red fire ants will tear your ankles up!

Yeah

How hard is it to get a job there? what is the crime and drug rate is it dangerous to live there?

Batteries in electric can opener cereal

As far as drivers I think California has more aggressive drivers lately. Here I have come across some

Sounds like a mix of New York and Calif. No allergies for me. If you're from NY, you're used to the rudeness. NC still interests me. Minus the bugs. LOL

Any best rural towns?

So basically if I can live in SC then I can handle NC

Makes it seem like you are not encouraging people to come to your beautiful state. Good points to consider nonetheless.

I've had a very hard time getting anything done with any kind of ease as I'm trying to get a home of my own and programs that help with funding to low income people take a labyrinth of a maze to get from point A to point B. I've never had such a hard time getting things completed to live a normal life.

How long did you live in Raleigh? Too much traffic, will be overcrowded soon. Expensive Apartments.

I'm sure it can't be as bad as BOSTON! So I'm coming🙂

We're not all rude. Smaller areas are nicer and friendlier.

Im going back to VA ASAP cost of living is much more bearable and i can smoke weed as i please

I live here in Greensboro

BLESS YOUR HEART !!!

State Bug, the Fly. NC has a sense of humor. LOL.

North Carolinians keep their political opinions to themselves? To me, that sounds like heaven.

I’m coming from Maryland so not a big adjustment

The only truth about this video is that people here are rude and also they are really bad drivers uffff.

Compared to living in Southern California. The Carolinas seem like heaven.

The bugs there are HUGE and people with arachnophobia watch out, theres a ton of spiders!

Oh god your weather is not the damn problem with NC ! Its beautiful compared to the Midwest lol crazy man !

Our Nazi Governor has not released funds for Broadband and right now my internet sucks.

Yes, if you are moving from a big lib state leave your politics there. Don’t bring it here and ruin our state. There is a reason why you left.

Don't move to NC Try Nebraska if you want cheap & quiet.

It’s not the humidity that’s makes it feel sticky,🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ it’s the dew point ..😂😂😂

Down to '0 ' in winter when i was there in 2017! Hot humid summers+ ancient filthy swamps gives off a horrible stench like a giant cesspool you'll never forget the rest of your life! If your like many who like GIANT insects you'll feel right at home, like 4 inch broun hissing flying roaches that fly right to your face to try to bite you if you anger them < large + in charge i guess > not to mention THEM crawling onto your face late at night to try to get water from your eyes + corner of your mouth while your sleeping like theve been known to do! [ oh N.C. a wonderful place to live or visit, < i know, i've been there 🤭😖👎❗>] And then there's the biggest insects of all you'll have to deal with and be wary of, 🐛the sub-human type thats throughout the whole south❗💯🎯🖕🏻 Enjoy your visit, or your new residence whatever the case may be. 😂🧙‍♂️🐛🤠🤭

My daughter and her husband and child are moving to Charlotte and I’m very worried about her and my granddaughter. According to this North Carolina seems to be inhospitable.

I love thunderstorms!

But your hair looks great!

Loool ur state big is a fly?

Just bring a generator.

You forgot the the fact that people in Charlotte have forgot how to drive.

Don't get taken by the bugs!

Let's do a reverse migration and take over California, NY and NJ 🤣

I love how similar North Carolina is to Dominican Republic.

For sure in central NC and as I understand it, the entire state. Unless you are a doctor, lawyer, highly placed in big tech, drug research or a college professor the pay is so low it's insulting, and so will the treatment be you get as an employee. As a "right to work state" one has no protection from an abusive employer. Benefits simply don't exist. The unemployment payments are nearly the lowest in the COUNTRY and the duration of payments is at the bottom of the list also. North Carolina "Business Plan": A. Pay well under a living wage, abuse your workers and provide zero benefits. B. Live large on ALL the profits! In addition housing of any kind is skyrocketing! Prices something like up 20% in a year. Ya'll com'on down!