North Carolina Isn't What You Think It Is Anymore
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2022
- Is North Carolina as amazing as it sounds? Perhaps.
So the last time we talked about North Carolina, we learned a lot. We went through the state region by region and figured out who lives where and what it’s like in different parts of this state. We learned that the worst places to live in the state are all in the middle or southern parts of the state where it’s really poverty stricken and the crime is high. Other bad areas are Fayetteville, High Point and large neighborhoods in Winston Salem and Greensboro.
We also talked about where some of the best places are to live here. The Raleigh metro area has some of the best communities in the nation these days. Lots of the Charlotte metro area is also very nice and growing fast. Many of the coastal communities here are really nice and quiet, as well.
We went over the great mountain towns and how much of this state is still made up of a lotta rednecks, though the redneck culture here is slowly being diluted. It’s a great state. I think it’s the BEST state.
But there’s a lot more to North Carolina than that. We didn’t talk about some North Carolina history, interesting facts and the issues that people in North Carolina face today.
So that’s what we’re gonna do in this video. Kind of pick up where we left off in a more lighthearted way. We’re going to look at all of that stuff and even meet some people who LIVE in North Carolina who are gonna tell us what its like in their state and where you could move if you relocate here. It’s time for Cornerhouse Tales: North Carolina. The Best State??
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The best video on this topic!
The problem is that once word gets out that a place is really good tons of people move there and ruin what was so good about that place. That's what happened to Florida many years ago and now NC is suffering the same fate.
You interviewed yourself about NC, lmao 😄👍
That's a fact now I'm thinking of leaving cause all these mfs wanna flood it and bring they problems and attitudes with them
Austin is already ruined
It’s happened to basically all the good places. Now we wait a few years for all these overpopulated areas to get excited about Iowa or Kansas… lol
No people from Florida and half backs from the north are currently causing an increase in prices and population growth.
I don't intend to change anything. I just want to retire in a peaceful place. To live out the rest of my life in peace. That's all. California is such a miserable state. No manners, disrespectful people and a state that is run by idiots.
I lived in a bedroom community just north of Charlotte, NC, for 18 years. When we moved there in the late 80's, it was a lovely little town with farms and fields surrounding it. Our town had 4 police officers. We chose to move 18 years later when the sleepy little farm town became full of well-to-do, bratty rich people, the roads became clogged with road raging hot heads, and car jacking became an issue. The town of 2,000 grew to over 35,000 in the years we lived there! It lost its identity and personality and became merely another community built around an exit on I77. The crime grew along with the traffic and the entitled moved in to make life no longer resemble why we moved there. Too bad because it was nice in the beginning. I love your videos, Nick; they make me feel like I am not missing much elsewhere.
That's happening rapidly in Charleston, SC, too.... We hate it now.
Yep. Too many transplants. I moved to MT last year. Way more laid back and quiet here
I had to go where it was cold to try to avoid this issue. I did the warm climate route from FL to SC, checked out NC or looked into it. None of it was my cup of tea to be honest. Too many transplants, and the locals got mean as well.
@@MeltinJohn local are tired of the transplants!!!!!! You get what you give.
I CONCUR. PEOPLE MOVING HERE SHOULD RESPECT THE LOCALS ALREADY LIVING HERE. 🇺🇸✌️
Here's my entire North Carolina playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLq-_cmf3H6ypqFmmckN4kY1VMZDi23IsR
And if you need help finding a place to move, I do consulting. I can help you pick where to move and get you a real estate agent, too. Email me! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail.com
I lived in Asheville when I was a kid-it was fantastic....I always thought I would retire there...but the trust fund babies messed it up😧
Same thing happened to Portland Oregon. Now, it's full of woke, man-hating feminists and anti-white messages everywhere.
Amen! I grew up in Asheville too but it's nowhere near as good as it once was. My mother is still there and can't even go shopping because of the homeless camps near the mall. Disgusting!
I CONCUR, TRUST FUND BABIES AND HOMELESS HERE IN WILMINGTON, N.C. THE REAL ESTATE IS GOING OUT THE ROOF, NO PUN INTENDED. 🇺🇸👍🏻
I live close to Asheville....I work over there some .....I loved it in the early 70s and 80's......it's in my opinion one of the worst cities in the country now
Trust Fund Babies......lo siento❣
I was adopted.
My biological mother lives in Franklin.
Next year, 2023 I’ll be thru hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.
Since Franklin is an Appalachian Trail town I’m going to meet her for the first time.
👍💛🍀
I'm really happy for you, meeting your biological Mother, that is Awesome.
Please keep in touch, having a son that I placed up for adoption almost 20 years ago, this warms my heart.. ♡ much 💜 love and good vibes dear!
and he is still here in the mtns, and can find me pretty quickly when he is ready. Now I just wait until he is ready.
@@BarbieSasquatch I understand completely.
It’s a mental process one has to work through in order to meet someone who gave birth to you but for whatever reason had to give you up.
I wish you nothing but love and great vibes in life and in connecting with him.🔥♥️👍
"Quickly becoming a movie making hub"
North Carolina has been a leader in film production for decades Sir
True, we even have major studios in Wilmington. I lived there for a few years & loved every minute of it. Major movie stars would come into my workplace lots of times.
Yep. They filmed a massive film at my high school a few years after I graduated. And it's just a random school not in a huge city or anything.
What up Nick? NC is definitely a very beautiful state from the mountains to the beaches!!!
... so much for the title ??
Dig deeper.
The Old North State. The Tarheel State. First in Flight. The Graveyard of the Atlantic. We've got the Smokies to the west (Appalachian Mts), and the Crystal Coast to the east. I grew up in NC, then lived all over, New York, Louisiana, California, others... ..but I always had "Carolina in My Mind." So I loaded up the truck, and headed back to my Carolina Home.
I love North Carolina. I live in North Raleigh but just built a house in the burbs. I close on it tomorrow morning 🙌🏽
Yay!! Congrats!!
Congrats!! I hope it worked out for you
Congratulations!!
Congratulations
🎉👏🏾👏🏾
As a Californian. I see what everybody from these flyover states are starting to mean now. Their cities are being turned into LA, San Francisco, San Jose. It’s crazy.
STOP Voting DEMOCRATS
NC isn't a flyover state, unless you are flying to europe then I guess it is.
@@rogersmith7396 if you look at it that way then I guess so. But the term flyover state is usually referred to as the midwest because it is mostly small towns and farmland. NC has alot of tourists because of the mountains so I guess anywhere between NC and NYC could be flyover as well but hell every state could be considered a flyover with that logic. Where I'm from in South Carolina is a big tourist destination so I guess any state that a plane flies over to reach Charleston would be considered flyover state including California. 😂🤠
@@rogersmith7396 tell me you've never flown over NC without telling me you've never flown over NC. 😂😂😂
Nebraska is a flyover state, North Carolina never has been.
I actually appreciate the fact you interviewed a true native…props to you Nick!
Great job Nick. Love this part 2 video.
Most people don’t realize how long NC is. Driving from OBX to Gorges State Park area takes 8.5 hrs or so. No joke.
I know! It takes forever!
500 miles East to West!😀
I learn so much from watching your channel. You're awesome. Thank you for this video, good job. Greetings from Brazil. São Paulo. Nelson.
Christ please don’t tell people to move here, it’s ridiculous the amount of disrespectful people coming here from other states over the past year. Super impolite and have driven up costs of living beyond what we are able to afford.
Amen to that! These liberal yanks are destroying our way of life and southern culture. Send them elsewhere!
Yup !!!! Born and raised in Charlotte and it definitely has changed a lot !!
@@danieltongaww, I'm was born and raised in North Carolina. I moved; because, I HATED THE REGRESSIVE MINDSET, of the areas other than the larger cities...EXCEPT CHARLOTTE! Charlotte USED TO have all the bad things about big cities, such as, crappy traffic, with none of the good. (It was like a big city filled with small town, regressive minded people!🤮 Now, however, CHARLOTTE IS MUCH IMPROVED!
Asheville is also BETTER THAN EVER: an AWESOME intellectual, artsy crowd, mixed with a luxury, upscale side. (BTW: "Hippies" are a POSITIVE THING; and, anyone who thinks differently is small minded, uneducated, and REGRESSIVE!) Modern North Carolina has the best of both worlds: it isn't too backward, Southern "redneck", or small town, and doesn’t consist of a bunch of people with a backward MINDSET, and is still beautiful! GREAT, restaurants, shopping, arts scene, winery's, brewerys, festivals, etc., and many areas are still, comparitively, affordable.
@@signedillonalbertson2180 I can definitely agree on that Charlotte in the 90s and early 00s had its rough parts but definitely the city has grown to be nicer more pleasant city to live in .
Hey hey hey….. i moved here 15 years ago and i am very polite to everyone and I fit in quite well….
The massive influx of transplants to the South is starting to become detrimental to the people here, I myself and a lot of people I know have been forced out of the places we grew up in northern Dallas like Collin County because the cost of living and rents have increased far faster than wages. For a part of the United States that is culturally looked down upon and written out of the National narrative, lots of people sure are moving here 🤔 Lots of our Republican leaders are so out-of-touch that they are actively praising and celebrating this phenomenon, what they fail to realize is that these people coming will eventually vote them out, and that the natives never wanted to sacrifice their culture and way of life for “economic growth”, that of which largely doesn’t make its way to the average native. I’ve become more poor not less thanks to Abbott trying to bring corporations and people who hate my way of life here. In a way, I think we are witnessing the final stages of Reconstruction, the total death of southern identity and history by replacement
Man oh man what a concept
Southern identity may partially transform, but will not likely die out completely. Also... what can anyone do? Change and industrialization are hard to stop. Every region is always going to be influx for better or worse.
Yeah, I can see where you are coming from. The south is getting expensive by the month it seems like. Texas is outta hand. Left to Oklahoma and it’s far more affordable and comfortable
I live in Collin county and it’s indeed expensive
Texan natives seem to be heading to Nebraska.
Yes! Been waiting for this one, thanks Nick
Loved the interview with Nick
I moved to the RDU area last year and I'm currently leaving.
This state has been ruined by the amount of rude entitled transplants that keep moving in and driving up costs. My rent increased dramatically, groceries keep going up, shelves are empty, gas is expensive. There's no sense of community anymore because all these new people come in and just keep to themselves.
It's a gorgeous state filled with tons of things to do but it's just not what i need right now I'm my life, north Carolina has zero identity other than being a Californian'a dream and is going to continue to get worse.
I noticed that in Wilmington as well
Bro how you gonna talk about people moving into NC and messing it up when you moved to NC literally last year 😂😂😅 you’re literally doing the same thing
@@tacoman4786 self awareness I guess. Nothing wrong with that
Yup
Rents are climbing everywhere that has a robust economy. Groceries cost more everywhere. Gas prices went up everywhere.
I've lived in Raleigh since 97 and I love it here. Problem is that gentrification has caused housing and lease prices to skyrocket. It's getting less and less affordable to live in the major NC metropolitan area (especially RDU).
And? Is there something wrong with gentrification? If we didn’t have it, you’d be complaining that there aren’t any restaurants or shopping…
@@AussieAdventures77 God forbid a place gets rid of crime and trash. How evil!
Lol I love when Nick is talking so we can see him. I am addicted to ur content. Love the beach so pretty. The songs of urs are so silly. 😂🤣🤣
Great vid as always, Nick!
For the love of God, please do not move to our state.. things have already changed so much in my lifetime and the fear of identity loss and the erosion of what makes us unique is happening with all these new influxes of people, transplants. I'm a local to Boone. It's heartbreaking to see our small mountain town become a second home or third home for somebody else when local folks can't afford to buy a house here. Traffic is horrible because the roads weren't meant for this many people. There is a huge divide between the college and the townies. The college is set on squishing as many students into the town as possible when our infrastructure cannot support it. Developers are taking mountainsides and turning them into apartments for students. There isn't proper maintenance of the runoff of these places so our rivers and forests are trashed. At this point, moving here perpetuates the problem.
The entries state belongs to transplants. They tell other people what North Carolina is and ain’t then they tell everyone to move here.
AMEN!!!
Dint worry i'am never going back I promise🖕🏻👎🤜🐜🤛👾❗
I love how in Mexico the mountain sides are covered with homes. I mean what’s wrong with that?
Nick, great coverage of North Carolina. We are closing on our Greenville, SC area home on March 13th. Greenville seemed like a great city and we will be very close (about 20 miles) to North Carolina, with the Blue Ridge Mountains nearby. Great hiking and fly fishing too. We plan to spend our retirement years exploring the Eastern US. I'll do my best to try to dissuade the New Yorkers and Californians from invading. All Best.
This is a great video. I can’t wait to watch the next one!
I Always look forward to these Part 2 unboxings. Great video 👍
NC has always been such an underrated state. Never talked about much but it deserves way more credit for its californian like versatile nature and landscape (plenty of lush greenery & mountains) while still holding onto it's southern culture and roots. Very balanced weather/seasons as well with a usually slow paced lifestyle outside the triangle. America's best pickles (Mt. Olive) are made there and they also have an annual festival so that's a plus. The state is far more cooler than what people give it credit for. NC is a hidden gem.
Not
It ain’t hold on to it’s southern roots, the state sold itself out for transplants
North Carolina looks nothing like California! California has huge mountain and rugged coastline. NC has some small mountains actually really tell hills in the western part and the middle part has some rolling hills and east has the ocean.
If you're never ill, not disabled, have a career, not a job and can live in a Red state that refuses to believe average Joe ain't making it here..rents too high now, pay still too low even in career jobs. Very disappointed as I had no clue its lacking so much especially care for medical n psychiatric along with elderly care and for the disabled.
Everyone coming, nobody acts.
Speak up NC...we need a ton of help here.
Instead of knocking NYers...try getting some culture here, knowledge of other cultures, stop banning books and teach Truth in schools instead of burying all the wrongs in history.
You can only learn from bad unfair behaviors and not by hiding them. Banning books of historical value just shows the inborn ignorance y'all need to evolve from.
The only thing wrong with North Carolina is all the Northerners that keep moving here
Your vlogs are awesome 👏🏼
love this I am legit in Chapel Hill visiting to see if I want to move to the area .. raleigh or charlotte!!!
I grew up in a small town about 15 miles east of raleigh... my cute small town is changing. Some changes I'm ok with, but damn the housing prices are nuts.
Really glad you're going to go to Lumberton, Scotland County, Whiteville, etc. WAY different. Robeson County can be rough, but lots of natives love it. Definitely a different world from the big cities.
I got two out of five questions right. Hazel and Mt. Mitchell.
Hurricanes have caused lots of damage and if you only go by monetary damage, Floyd, Florence, Irene and Fran were quite destructive. Bertha was the first big storm to hit the New Bern area in nearly a decade. Due to the overgrowth of all the trees, the amount of downed power lines was the worst I have ever experienced. Many areas were out of power for nearly a week!
The problem I have seen with all the growth is that some of the main reasons people move here from other places is making Charlotte become more like those places. Rising rents, traffic jams, crazy drivers, trash every where. Charlotte used to be one of the cleanest cities I knew back in the 80's and 90's. Now people throw their trash down everywhere. City workers can't keep up.
I learn so much from watching your channel, North Carolina makes for exceptionally fascinating viewing and I really don't mind the history lesson, and don't mind admitting that I am British and seem to know very little about European colonization of the Americas, what I did know was only enough to make a computer game sequel. So thanks Nick, long time subscriber and former drifter, your channel is like I am back on the road.
Ok I'm glad! Keep in touch! And it's never too late to get back on the road :)
Born and Raised in Greensboro, NC and still live near Greensboro, just on the outskirts of it in a smaller town. We have always lived near the airport, so planes don't bother me. That's one thing to consider if you are moving to NC is that if you don't like the noise from the planes, don't live near the airport. Just Saying!
It has always amazed me that people live next to the airport and then they complain about the noise of the planes. Didn't those people have a clue, when they only paid ten dollars for their house?
Yes Greensboro has beautiful sights I lived there for just a few years and the winter season was nice!
Finally someone mentioned Greensboro lol I'm on the southern out skirts
He said greensboro has some large bad parts....I'm not sure wat part he is talking bout
My brother lives in oak ridge!
Love this channel!!
I moved to Fayetteville November 21, 2021 from Maryland.. I find it is a culture all its own..in process of selling home moving back to MD!
Blackbeard lived in Bath across from Governor Eden. He had a plantation there. All of us East Carolina Pirates know that. Arrrgh
I love the Outer Banks near Corolla..would love to move there but afraid of hurricanes
I’m moving to Winston-Salem soon. I’m excited for what to come.
Seeing Morganton NC in one of your videos just blew my mind. Didn't think people knew about it but i guess that's changing lol
Nick. Thank you for bringing attention to our beautiful State.
If and when you get the opportunity...come on down to New Bern.
I have yet to see or hear any commentary in the New Bern area.
I know
I live in and love New Bern!!
My favorite part of NC is around the lake Fontana area. Great mountain biking over there.
You and Mappy better visit when y'all come back to Wilmington!
*Enjoyed watching beautiful scenery , the interesting facts and, insightful interviews with Stowe n Nick, Thanks for sharing Cornerhouse's Nick n Sage* 🍀🌴💚
What about Scooter??
@@NickJohnson can't forget Scooter and the beautiful .North Carolina back woods scenery..
Was also quite surprised Mappy has a Christmas Tree farm. 😁
I vacation in Highlands, a 4,000 ft elevation small town on a plateau deep in the mountains. Beautiful area but driving around is hazardous in places. The downtown is quaint but somewhat touristy. Big box stores and chain restaurants are kept out, which unfortunately makes it more expensive. Everything cheap is located down the mountain of winding 2-lane roads 10 miles or more.
I thought it was nice and clean and friendly my first couple of days moving here and then I realized it's crazy here too in certain parts and with certain people.
Nick, I appreciated your insightful and balanced piece on North Carolina. My family and I relocated to Charlotte from Los Angeles eight months ago, primarily because we believed North Carolina offers a more fulfilling quality of life for retirees. However, I'm disheartened by the sentiments expressed in some comments that accuse newcomers like us of driving up costs and negatively affecting affordability. I find this line of thinking unfounded. The only drawback I've experienced since moving here is encountering people who are quick to blame others for their challenges. It's evident that this mindset has deeply influenced the local political climate as well.
Hey from NC! Great video !
Hi neighbor
As a third generation Charlotte native I can assure you we hate all the new transplants. Jacked up the housing and rent prices and tear down fixtures in the community for more cheap houses and apartments.
Move to Gastonia that's probably more your type of people anyway
@@kb_704What do you mean “my type of people”?
@@kb_704 nvm u all up and down this comment section dissin nc callin us hicks lol. Ur probably one of them transplants sorry u took It personal tho
@@justchuy rednecks lol you been there before ..def not a transplant was born in NC.. so what you got to say now..
@@justchuy most of America is hick towns lol none of them help the economy but the people always got so much to say haha amazing right
I live in Fayetteville NC I was born and raised here I used to love it here but now it's packed with so many people that drive like they can't wait to cause an accident.
You got that right. If they aren't in the middle or a road raging hissyfit then they shooting holes in each other. 6 people were shot a few weeks ago 3 blocks from my house. I always carry my 9 or 40 with me.
Love the theme song sir! Nostalgic👍
NC is my home state. Grew up in mountains and graduated from North Carolina. Everything has grown so much. I like it. Not a fan of the coastal area or anything until you get to Raleigh and places west.
I’m from Fayetteville and I completely agree, I’m feeling the Super Mario intro too lol
Lol I'm always here for the throwback gaming references. 😁
Hey, isn't that the Beach where Weekend at Bernie's was filmed at the beginning?
NC is a gorgeous state. Lots of poor people there, unfortunately.
That was where it was filmed wow!!
Yes, most of the local people are poor as a result of those from out of state moving in and complaining until they got the plants and factories shut down.
When will you release a video about Wilmington?? Anxiously awaiting!
"its january and im not wearing gloves right?" DAMN RIGHT BROTHER!!!
Nick, you're becoming a big influence on folks deciding to move there. You show us that the cities, towns and even modest villages all look handsome compared to so many other states. Thanks for being so thorough. My gr. gr. grandfather was from Rowan county, but I haven't yet had the pleasure to visit NC.
But hes also contributing to the heavy growth. People on both sides are doing it in their own way. DeSantis is ruining Florida also trying to get all conservatives to move there also. and people like NJ are out to ruin cities in their own way as well.
We moved from NY to NC, landed in Clayton, it's become extremely expensive in 7 months. We are heading East to a more rural area. When a NYer leaves your town, it's too crowded.
Clayton done boomed the houses are ridiculously priced
@@willd2620 ALL of the small towns around the triangle are booming…. Wake forest, franklinton, fuquay varina, cary, youngsville…
So I live in NC and when he said "we are going to interview a few people from North Carolina" I thought to myself... "I wonder if I'll be in the video" and then remembered that I didn't get interviewed
Haha next time
What LoL I'm rolling
Cotton mills were big in mooresville, gastonia, concord. The mills were converted to antique malls or condos. It was a huge part of the history but now mostly forgotten.
Also I miss the southern accents and culture.
Yeah man the accent is disappearing.
I definitely wouldn't call the coast "unpopulated" especially in Wilmington. It's growing but definitely nothing like Myrtle or VA Beach. Lots of folks in the triangle/triad/Charlotte are leaving those cities and moving to quieter Beach towns instead
The Scooter trivia had me dying ngl lol
NC is such a beautiful state, is incredible how is growing, every where they are building new neighborhoods/ apartment buildings the rents are high though, even the motels same as paying rent. The jobs hiring mostly are fast chain foods and retailers. Low paying jobs
your awesome! Love your little shin dig songs...LOL
Love the songs you make up off the top of your head 😂
Ah home :) I’m in the central part in Raleigh but I love to visit the mountains Sylvia, Boone Asheville areas, love charlotte and has the best beaches. The diversity is good to me wouldn’t choose to live any where else
I'm from Jacksonville NC and wouldn't trade it for the world! Love the coastal beachs and seafood 😋
great video...educational
NC is pretty cool. Having lived in the Triad area for a considerable period I can say that it’s beautiful. Incredible trails, beautiful mountains including parts of the Appalachian mountains,which is actually located in one of our beautiful national parks, Nantahala National Forest 🌳 always something fun to do. We also have 1 of the top 7 wineries in the U.S. out side of California!
I spent over 35 years of my life in North Carolina and consider it my home. Moved to Oregon for the last 5 and quite a difference. Polar opposites.
So Oregon or north carolina ?
Moving to NC next month!! Cannot wait!!
Yay!
Welcome!!!! ❤✌
South Carolina resident here, you can drive almost to the summit of Mt., Mitchell and it is a short walk to the top, easily accessible just off of the Blue Ridge Parkway which is a beautiful drive in itself! Rock Hill and mega rich Tega Cay in SC are 10 minutes from the NC state line and are an easy escape from the higher taxes and prices in NC! Nick there are neighborhoods in Charlotte that straddle the state line with different services depending on which side of the street you live on that would be a fun video drive don't you think?
@@WhittyPics If they are tax friendly means not infrastructure/roads friendly. NC is the balanced state. I lived in both SC and NC
I went on spring break to nc and that was two weeks ago when there was a winter storm so mt. Mitchell was closed due to ice.
That would be a great video!
Very true. SC has low taxes and bad roads.
Pinehurst/Southern Pines area is definitely a nice and growing area! Still has the small town feel. Mainly an older population, a lot of retired couples who either go to the golf courses or the tennis courts. But a lot of young military families also live here since it’s not too far from Fort Bragg
Its not growing its fucking maxed out man. Have you driven there on weekends?
Hi Nick. Have you've been to Roxboro NC? I use to live there..I don't remember doing much there except going to Wal-Mart alot..lol 😆
I have it's not much - good people though. There's a cool disc golf course up that way.
Roanoke, the lost colony! Can't believe I remembered that.
Certainly not the state or even county I was born and raised in by far! I spoke to a lady at the grocery store and she said she was from NYC and that I was the first native she had spoken to in her 3 years here!! so sad!!
Sure shes spoken to more of us, most people dont go out of their way to advertise every single thing about them.
@@AzureWolfblood she asked where I was from because of my accent.
I love Carolina- I live in South Carolina we are all Carolinians! Carolina is NOT simply a place to live it's a way of life!! I prefer rural and old school Carolina!!
How timely to release this video this week, with North Carolina vs. Duke in the Final Four this weekend; quintessential NC event there for sure. I was born in North Carolina and have lived most of my life here, and I'm living here in Rocky Mount taking care my elderly mother. I live in a town of decline, but I'm less than an hour from the fast growing Raleigh area, so I get to see both sides of the state on a regular basis. We might be the best state, I don't know. If you look at the beaches and mountains I'd say we are the best, because we're blessed with the best beaches and mountains on the east coast, but you've highlighted some of the declining areas as well.
Rocky mount used to be a great place 30 years ago. I think all the flooding changed the demographics.
Yeah I love NC. I was born there. Then met someone and moved to ND!!! Oh wow what a change!! About froze to death but it is Beautiful!! Left after about 5 years and came back. Got family in NC and SC
NC is awesome. Ocean, mountains, and great weather!
I live in Canton and I absolutely love it. It's a nice quiet farming town in the mountains. Lot's of people won't move here because of the paper mill. That's why we love the paper mill.
The smell keeps people away
@@NickJohnson Yes. Although we rarely smell it out on the farm. There are particular days when you certainly smell it when driving closer by it.
🤣😂🤣
Oh, they moved there and they complained to the EPA until they now have gotten the paper mill shut down.
Just to set the video record straight, it was governor Pat McCrory who signed the bathroom bill not Cooper who was shown in this video. Other than that this is pretty good description of NC. This yankee has been here for 35 years and have been all over the state and would have crushed those dudes in trivia.
Thanks for pointing that out. I was just about to say something when I saw your post. Not sure how he could get that one confused. Good catch!
I am a Republican from NY. 16 years here. Love NC.
was he being sarcastic when he said men had to use men's rest rooms I hope..
Good ol Pat is a lib in disguise a rino. For those who are clueless
@@joselopez5252 there are republicans in NY lol you must be from upstate then. I'm a LINY transplant love it here best move I've ever made. Been here 20 years also a republican lol
Hey Nick and Mappy Love 💘 ❤ 💕 ♥ 😘 💖 Y'all
I bought a Mappy tee shirt.
Yay Janet no way that's awesome!!
Dude, you are SORELY misinformed. I am a Wilmington native and I lived in Greensboro for 10 years and worked in Winston for 4. Wilmington is not untouched; we have a huge influx of northerners, mainly from NYC, Long Island and New Jersey. When I go out I meet more people from the north than I do from the south, let alone from the state. I am a true southerner (we will talk to anybody), so I have no problem asking people where they are from. The developers have gone nuts here and keep buying and buying and developing and buying. The developers aren't even located here. They were putting in houses with HOAs, but now they are putting up luxury apartments, condos all around the city The traffic has gotten steadily ridiculous over the last 25 years and the homeless situation is out of control. .The city has decided to clear an entire street of houses that are owned by people who have been there for decades (at least since the 60s) in order to build a ramp for raised roadway around the city. The people don't have a choice, but to sell. This is crazy! I have a relative who owns a house on that street. They priced out the houses about 3 years back, but now that the housing market is going nuts, do you think the city is going to give the home owners CURRENT market prices? Besides that, where are those home owners going to go? They will get piddence for their old, unrenovated homes and will not have enough to purchase a new home. Besides that the single family house inventory is horribly low. THAT is what is really going on in Wilmington.
My brother just left High Point after teaching high school there for 17 years. Shall I tell you the real deal about that city and Greensboro, too?
Yes, please tell us.
Truth!
He literally said Wilmington hasn’t seen the changes that RTP and Charlotte has is bogus. They’re not as industrious, technology or corporate business based but rely mostly on tourism and people who retired comfortably. But Wilmington is far from being a midsize southern city with lots of authentic southern charm. Seems like the places that try to display it in their businesses are kitschy or business propaganda.
Great video nick! North Carolina is beautiful, but just a question. Lol I know it's not the best county in the state, i know im from there. But how are you going leave Stanly county off map of NC counties
I didn't mean to?
No worries, didn't take it personal. We were watching and just happened to notice. Honestly, it was kinda humorous. Like I mentioned, Stanly county isn't the greatest as far as jobs along side the cost of living. But there have been some improvements.
Moved to Rock Hill a couple years ago and we've absolutely loved it here.
Anyway, keep up the awesome work. Been watching you videos for a few years, great content
I'll have to give it another go. Maybe later in life. I experienced some of the worst people while I was stationed there.
Fayetteville or Jacksonville?
@@NickJohnson Fayetteville of course. You know the Marines have the best manners of any of the services. First hand knowledge. 🙂
@@leebomccool8997 except I wasn't in the Marines. I was in the Air Force. Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro. And the Marines were more civilized than the residents of that town.
I work at the VOA/Marti SW transmitter plant gov’t owned and operating. Sadly two plants are closed Have worked at all three C plant was a received site that received programs from VOA headquarters in Wash DC. Worked in Wash plant,too. C plant is now owned by East Carolina University. A plant closed 2006 transmitter plant. Now owed by Beaufort County,NC. B plant is still open and operates 24/7. 3 shifts average 3 people per shift. Run maintain and SW transmitters . The plant can broadcast to anywhere in the world. A plant could do the same. Each plant uses 38 antennas and 9 transmitters that operate from 50kw to 500kw. Love working there and living in East NC,Greenville.
Beautiful mountains,mild weather prestine Beaches , great universities and colleges.
From Georgia but I’ve been living in the Greensboro area for school. Overall I like North Carolina
I live in Greensboro. Moved down from NY. I live on the southern out skirts loving it
What part of Georgia are you from?
I think it’s worth mentioning Wilmington, New Bern, and Morehead City. The coastal cities and towns in NC really are great places to not only visit but to live as well.
I mean, he left out the entry military community as that's the zone we live. J-ville thru that area is all growing and decent place to live and raise a family..
I'm in morehead, love it here . Born and raised
@@randykhalaf553 me too
Quiet New Bern 😌
Shhhh please, videos and comments like this are the exact reason places get overtaken with transplants
New York City!! My hometown. Coastal North Carolina!! My New Town!! For a year now. And I run into my people all the time!! Just like home 😄 I Love it here ❤ How y'all doing!! 😁
I live in Roxboro,kind of feel like being in the final frontier 🤣 with Danville and South Boston VA nearby 🤣
I want to move to NC so bad!! One of my top fav states!! So gorgeous!🥰 It doesn’t get much better than this state. Awesome vid!❤️☺️👍💯
Where do you live now? I'm looking to move out of NC... Just because I like to travel
Don't move near Fayetteville, Raleigh, Durham, crime bad I live Fayetteville worse mistake ever.
When family lived in the Charlotte area, we traveled there several times a year. Each time we visited, there was a new shopping Center. Plus the super highways kept expanding in rings around the city. A lot of cement! And, family was born and raised there. But, when a job opportunity came up in Connecticut, they took it. They have a beautiful home on 60 acres next to a national forest and lots of lakes…reverse migration, but a happy family.
Did you not go check out the surrounding areas of Charlotte? Lol. Lots more to our state than Charlotte 😅
That moment when you interview yourself...
I live in one of the best places in the United States 🇺🇸 which is Cary, NC! So blessed to live in Cary the utopia of America!
I was born and raised in Kentucky and I think it’s a beautiful state to live in a course there’s bad parts in Louisville And Lexington yes we got our hillbillies in eastern Kentucky and western Kentucky but in general Kentucky is a good state it was the 15th state
Great video ❤ I've lived in Raleigh NC for 2 years now, no regrets on moving to NC. I do make a lot of day trips to wrightsville beach/Carolina beach during summer. Great way to spend my Saturdays.
Maybe I'll see ya around Kimberly
Looks pretty there!
Howdy neighbor! Born and raised here in Asheville So if ya ever want a female native's prospective on NC and the good the bad and the ugly, then give me a shout. Loved the Nick interview!😂🤣😂🤣✌️
Ok fer sure! Email me NickJohnsonNC18@gmail