What Are The 10 Best Suburbs in North Carolina?
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2023
- Planning a trip to North Carolina? Make sure to check out these top 10 best suburbs in North Carolina. From the city of Charlotte to the scenic town of Asheville, North Carolina, has a lot to offer. Learn about the best neighborhoods, schools, and activities in these must-visit suburbs. This travel education video will help you plan the ultimate North Carolina adventure!
North Carolina is a hot spot for state-to-state migration. There is no denying it at this point. This has been going on for a handful of years. Many of North Carolina's areas have seen an influx of new people, including Raliegh-Durham, Charolette, the Outer Banks, and the Winston-Salem metro area.
It doesn't matter where you want to live in North Carolina; I am sure you'll have that sweet spot in the Tar Heel state.
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You should do rental prices to. Especially if someone doesn't want to buy
Lost my comment laying out my bonafides but absent any other data a good rule of thumb is monthly rent being roughly 1% of the fair market value of the unit.
@@giantgeoff Is the market value also inclusive of land in your calculations? If so, a rental yield of 12% is considered exceptionally good. And with the median house in America currently being around $430,000, it would imply that the median monthly rent would be somewhere around $4300 a month...
@@RK-bx1by True, hence the disclaimer "Absent any other data" A 4-5 Bedroom Single Family Residence in our area that is in 1 Standard Deviation of the Median price for such homes. The other way of guesstimating prices is how much would it cost to build a similar unit on locally available buildable land and what level of that kind of building is occuring in the area. None , the area is depressed and there is an over supply of existing housing stock. Some building on on the occasional vacant and previously overlooked lots basically that's kind of equilibrium. Lots of new housing developments especially condos and townhouses that's a boom and there's outside source of funds expecting a short term return on their investment, finally no land available and existing houses torn down for new build is the far end of this spectrum. All of this comes from my personal experience over the last half Century and there's lots of variation. Comes down to people need shelter and the means to pay for it.
4 towns on the list are all next to each other. Apex, Cary, Holly Springs and Morrisville. Central NC is fantastic. Moved here last year and absolutely love it
Sister moved to the "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" in the late '80's along with many folks from the Hudson Valley.
It is a nice area.
If I had to move again, and had my choice on where, it would be the Triangle region of NC.
The reason that the Raleigh area is growing so much is the high-tech jobs - it is a given that workers must be imported for these jobs. The reason that there are so many good jobs is that it is such a nice area - beaches to the east, mountains to the west, and a vibrant college scene with UNC, Duke, NC State, and not so far away is East Carolina. Ergo large corporations such as Apple, Google, Facebook (Meta), ... locate in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary-Chapel Hill area.
@@tedmaynard7326 - RTP is also a huge hub for clinical/pharma/medical research. The industry pays great and most of us work from home, especially post pandemic. I was in Raleigh for nearly 20 years, but I just moved to Greensboro because its cheaper and you get more for your money. Medical and dental care are also less expensive. That entire area has just gotten way too expensive.
North Carolina is pretty nice, I’d say Hendersonville, Weaverville and Waynesville near Asheville are worth mentioning too. I live just over the state line in East Tennessee. We have lower taxes and a lower cost of living but Tennessee is less affluent. I love the Blue Ridge region of both states.
In general North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee are growing very fast. These states are becoming more affluent as well. The Southeast is a nice part of the country.
This is so true NC has a lot of new home construction.
Great list! We moved from Long Island NY to Davidson NC two and a half years ago and never looked back. Like you mentioned, when we were here about a month, it felt like we were here for 20 years...just the perfect place to live. We spend a lot of time on Lake Norman and visiting Charlotte 20 minutes to the south. Being a car guy and NASCAR fan, there is no better place. In addition, we are 2 hours from the mountains for snow skiing and nature, and about 3 hours to the beach. Charlotte area is the "Goldilocks" of the east coast...everything is just right!
Actually...this place sucks, don't come here! Haha 😅
@@tg426not even here for 3 years AND from Long Island, brother you wouldn't even let yourself into this state 😂
Don’t be too quick to crown Charlotte area the Goldilocks of the east coast just cos you moved there. As apparent from the video the Raleigh Durham suburbs are even better.
@@hokieplayaagreed...Raleigh is a great area but we got a better vibe from the Charlotte area. As avid boaters, Lake Norman was a huge draw for us and the Charlotte feels more like a traditional city without the extreme liberalism we had up in NY. And just like Raleigh...a couple hours to the beaches or mountains, a major airport and more temperate climate, either city is a great place.
I love me some Pennsylvania and Connecticut, but North Carolina is slowly becoming my favorite state!
Curious to know why those 3 states.
@Jjjaaahhnn tell me your favorite states! PA has great proximity to many places and cities that you would love to visit and move to. CT Is between Boston and NYC in particular. That alongside the Long Island sounds beaches and fall foliage makes it great in my book. NC has the Smoky Mountains, multiple up and coming metro areas. Calm weather, the outer banks, sports culture, southern cuisine. All 3 places seem fairly priced to boot.
@@ShaqElliot I assumed that was your reason for CT. Eastern and western PA does. Central PA is more boonies especially the further north you go. I don't really have a favorite tbh. I've been all over the country. They all have their pros and cons. I'd say in terms of just quality of life and purity Vermont would be my favorite state, but it's hard to live there due to high costs and limited housing. I used to really love Washington state, Oregon, and Arizona, but after being there several times I realized they have some harsh problems of their own. It's tough. I don't necessarily need the beach, mountains, or city. At this point I'll take Kansas lol.
@Jjjaaahhnn appreciated your feedback, seems you are well traveled and well read about states and living dynamics.
Please do some more where home prices are a little lower.
Hello from Burlington NC. I love it here . Born and bred in Mt Airy, Surry County. I moved to Burlington in 2010. North Carolina is a beautiful state. We have beaches and mountains. We have it all ☺️
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to know.
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Glad to see Holly Springs made the list but NONE of those pictures are from Holly Springs, NC. All in all, great list, I agree with the rankings!
Yeah, I live in Holly Springs, 14 years and counting. Initially, I wanted to send this YT to family who live out of state, but now? Nope. Briggs does this video mix-up thing all the bleeping time. For example, the Cincinnati skyline shows up when he's talking about Louisville, KY. WTH?
The footage is from Holly Springs, Mississippi lol. I used to live there and now I live in Holly Springs, NC 😂
I was about to say the same thing, lol. "Like, where in Holly Springs is this?"
@@melissaglass3140 I came on here to say the same thing. So you moved from HS, Mississippi to HS North Carolina? Thats funny.
I've always thought the triangle area were all independent major cities. I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC 1995-1999 and drove all around that state to get away from my fellow high and tights. I loved the western and eastern small towns. The middle area not so much. Great video as always.
lol! I’m from the middle area and couldn’t agree with you more! I haven’t actually lived in NC in over 20 years though. Me and my wife are looking to by more investment properties and western NC or Eastern NC are on the top of the list. We may do both.
Tega cay, SC is a lowkey gem
The pictures userd for Holly Springs are definitely not Holly Springs, NC lol
Hello from the Commonwealth of VA!; great video Mr.Briggs!, I was wondering could you do a video on all states migration patterns or rather which states have retained highest percentage of natives still living in their state. Have a great thanksgiving and to anyone else who may see this!
Just had a lifelong friend move from Calif. to N.Carolina mainly to be closer to his son...He lived in Calif. for 70yrs....Recently spoke with him and he couldnt be happier where he is in Sanford....Thanks for the video...
Looked at North Carolina a few years back as a possible retirement destination. Right now SW Missouri, NW Oklahoma, or NE Arkansas are contenders, but I'm only 70. LOL
Black Mountain is an awesome place to stay!
Happy thanksgiving to you and your family, Briggs.
Happy Thanksgiving
Moved to a place a bit north of Greensboro a few months ago after living most of my life in the Seattle area, really liking it here so far.
I like the got it, get it good! Seems so trademark -- I looked forward to that part of the videos!!!!
So, a couple of weeks back, I was in Raleigh, Durham NC, for this meeting, right? Stayed in a hotel that was super close to the office, like half a mile away. I step out of the hotel and guess what? There are no sidewalks anywhere. Just roads, trees, and bushes everywhere. I had to walk on the side of the road to get to the office, and it was wild - nearly every car passing by flashed their headlights at me! I'm there, hustling with my travel bag, trying to get off the road ASAP. And get this - even the big office building didn't have any sidewalks. Seriously, how do folks in North Carolina manage? Does no one ever walk around there, even for like, lunch breaks or something?
Wow, that's crazy, and dangerous.
Sidewalks are so Yankee! We have have to save those tax dollars somewhere!
It's because these areas used to be rural.. not so many city people and most people drove cats..no need for sidewalks..now that the population has exploded there is a need for sidewalks.. no one bikes or walks like that unless they are in their own neighborhood and it's walking dirt roads.. cultural differences
Typical of the entire South really. No walkability.
Where I live in North Carolina if we go for a walk, it is in the parks, trails, and woods. In town/city we drive from place to place. This is from most of this area having been rural not so far in the past. Public transportation and walking paths are being added but at a very slow rate. Simply they are low on the priority list.
My co worker moved from CA to Davidson a year ago and she absolutely loves it.
Happy Thanksgiving Briggs !
Briggs, stop it with Cary! Lol. I have chimed in on a few of your live streams and have said Cary is the best place to live in the country…. Nice to see it’s getting some love. But, like everyone says “We are full!!”
PS, have you been to Destin, FL and driven down 30A?
Drove through Destin years ago. Spent a day checking it out. I need to head back to Florida
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs You HAVE to see 30A from Santa Rosa Beach through Rosemary Beach. It’s amazingly beautiful with the different architecture and uniqueness of all the beach towns. It’s out of a freakin’ movie! It would be great content for your channel as could be your favorite part in the country. No lie. I’ll be waiting!
I lived in Greensboro for over a year, many of these suburbs are not too far from there. I ran into more refugees from New Jersey and other cold country places there. They do have snow and ice storms, but to me they were minor as I'm a New Englander. Brigs is right that the countryside, small towns and suburbs are very nice.
Refugees from New Jersey?
@@mikes8218 Well it is warmer than points north, yet it still has four seasons. Those who flee to Florida often maintain two homes because the Heat, humidity, insects and dangerous animals are far worse than what is to be found in NC. And that is my observation, not supported by scientifically compiled research.
Better fact check this guys stats. I live near holly springs and it doesn’t look anything like the photos in the slide show and there are no BBQ nor coffee shops in downtown.
Cary resident checking in! It is a very good place to live, and the town is really well run. Apex is right next door but whoo boy traffic is bad there.
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Being from North Carolina this list is spot on at least for the Raleigh metro, I haven’t explored the Charlotte metro or Western North Carolina that much, but it’s great to see them on the list. One thing I can say is because of all the people moving here, we have the worst or some of the worst drivers around.
Come to Michigan!! 😮
I'm from Miami living in Houston, and I assure u. U. Guys are angels.
Don't blame the out of State drivers. If there from the north they have dealt with snow and ice a lot more and they don't use NASCAR as the inspiration for their driving technique.
Yes pls do video on extinct towns
Interesting, I got to travel around over the summer in that state it was nice.
I'm working to have my job transferred to Apex in the near future. Although Wake Forest is also fabulous just because of the name.
I spent a lot of time in Huntersville and loved the area. Eddie’s on Lake Norman was fun as is Birkdale.
It’s just so much hotter around Charlotte than where I’m at by Blowing Rock.
Great to visit South Park and Huntersville areas and growing fast!
I used to live in Holly Springs. All that is true about it. Holly Springs & Apex are safe & expensive just like Cary. It was those west suburbs of Raleigh that drew me and my family to the Raleigh area in 2007 from the Washington, DC suburbs. We were amazed how nice people were, how safe the area was, how clean the air was, and how traffic wasn't so bad. I know traffic is heavier now. So many people have been moving here in the last several years, & everyone has to have a car. I still live in Raleigh to this day, and I actually have no intention of moving anywhere else. I can't really afford to return to the west suburbs anyways.
I live in Rougemont NC and love it! Ex-Navy and have lived all over the world. My favorite outside the U.S. is Terceira Portugal. But I am very happy here in Rougemont. Just far enough away from the larger cities but close enough to Raleigh / Durham to make it a short drive. I have six acres on a flag lot where all I see is woods from any window in my house. Seven years ago, I spent $170,000 for a 2000 square foot home. Can't say enough good things about this area. The people / neighbors in this region are wonderful and very polite. They are there to help but do not intrude on your privacy. All I need is 15 to 20 minutes away with downtown Durham about 30 minutes down the road. If you are moving to this area and love the country lifestyle this is someplace you should look into.
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
Pittsboro is an adorable small town, too.
Thanks man you made me laugh when you told everyone you filmed the video with a dji pocket 3 😂😂. Come on most of your videos are stock footage with google maps. Oh mad dude thanks for the laugh and awesome videos. Keep using that pocket 3 it’s very cinematic😂
It's funny that you showed a picture of the same location in Chapel Hill about ten years apart. In the first photo showed University Square which was redeveloped into Carolina Square which is your 3rd photo. Don't know if that was intentional? Anyway, I live in Carrboro, NC which is the town right next to Chapel Hill. Carrboro is also a pretty good North Carolina suburb.
Wow amazing video and i new commer on your channel ❤
Cary makes the world takes
I've been renting a townhouse in Morrisville for the past six years. My rent has doubled in that time.
That sucks
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Yes yes! Do a video on extinct towns!❤
"Got it? Get it? Good" is your trademark, Briggs.
Those were not pictures of Holly Springs, North Carolina.
As someone who moved to Huntersville 5 yrs ago, I want to go back so badly it’s the best middle ground I’ve ever seen in a town (Gastonia sucks btw)
Great video! Would love to get more NC content.
I like diversity...more options for places to eat. Here comes the pooh. Briggs I know you didn't mean anything negative. Good video as always.
I moved from SoCal to NC (rural) and only regret the lack of food options.
Considering myself. Have friends in Asheville. Spot on with the food options. However their Publix and Harris Teeter are far superior to the dumpy markets in my area. Their farm to table markets are good if one likes to cook and bake.
It's the country so you won't get big city food but you seem to enjoy it
An excuse to head for a BIG city. 😉
You’re not going to get anything in most rural areas in any state you have to see urban metro areas
@@naomiemoore5725 Asheville indeed has a very limited and overpriced food scene.
😢NC pros: Beautiful, green, four seasons, mild winter, great schools and universities. Con: You need a car. And central air conditioning is critical. Summer is HOT from June thru September.
How much is the temperature in Summer?
@@cutelashes2969 From June through September, expect daytime highs in the upper 80s F.
Thanks Briggs. Got to say North Carolina has some very beautiful countryside. Does it snow much there?
Not much according to my sisters.
Not much unless you get into the mountains.
A Lot
@@marknewton6984 A lot in the mountains, some in the Piedmont, and occasionally on the Outer Banks and beaches.
Only the mountains get a lot of snow.
Extinct is another term for becoming a ghost town. whenever you have a free night, i would gladly do a podcast with you on some of the best ghost towns in the usa
Could you talk more about Cleveland?
They have the second best hospital in the world and arguably the best arts scene in the country. Seems like a very underrated city when you consider the amenities. I feel like it's going to be the next hotspot once those semiconductor fab jobs start arriving in Ohio and once people find out that Texas and NC are getting too expensive for them.
I say it has the best hospital in the world, been going there since 2018 for cancer and care is second to none.
Briggs loves to degrade Cleveland. I pray that Cleveland makes a comeback in the future.
NC has nice weather for remote work
Big time suckage
@@wertz987 I’m sorry to hear about your battle with cancer.
broke my heart when I had to leave. thanks
that right
You Should do the Best Suburbs in Alabama Next?
Having grown up in Asheville, i was surprised that Black Mountain was on that list. It was where the locals went to get away from tourists, and we never took out of towners there.
Black Mountain used to have a great music festival. Kind of the hippie scene Briggs referred to. We drove down from Johnson City, TN and always had a great time.
I just visited Asheville last month. Black Mountain is mentioned in all the touristy magazines you see.
I guess thangs has changed sice i left in the late 80s
Black Mountain is flooded with tourists now, but they are mostly on the older side while the bachelorette/fratboy parties have taken over Asheville proper.
Burnsville is a quaint little town with great scenery and a nice restaurant scene just 40ish minutes north of Asheville on I-26, a scenic easy drive.
The pictures you show for #5 Holly Springs are not from Holly Springs in Wake County, NC Also, there''s no Barbecue to speak of here.
I live in Matthews. The influx of people is destroying this place.
I think the reason why you have Gary, Indiana on your mind is because that's where the jackson Five are from...
A famous saying around here is Cary is an acronym for "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees".....and it's absolutely true. It's rare to meet anyone that was born and raised in the area.
Sister moved there and was helping out at a church supper washing dishes and when she passed the dish to be dried turned out to be the same person doing the same task at her old church in NY.
That is solid.
I live near Cary and the joke was to go there for Halloween as they give out lobsters 😃 They do have a history of Karen-ism though as I think some places have crazy HOAs against owning certain trucks or having cars parked in your driveway (not hidden away all "Stepford" like in the garage to not mess up their perfect ticky tacky houses) and I think that was the city years ago where the Red Roof Inn had to have a brown roof due to ordinance.
@@SotornMmy friend lives in Apex and says all her neighbors are stuck up. She’s originally from northeast TN and they can probably sense the latent hillbilly in her.
@@SotornM They are fussy in Cary about esthetics like powerlines being below ground and suchlike.
Where would you recommend around the Fort Bragg area? NOT FAYETVILLE
Boy I haven't been to a good salamander fight in years! But I did see a crawdad fight in Gastonia not long ago!
We live right outside of Cary. This will be our third summer here and I am still lost. I have never seen such a mixed-up state. I'm glad our house is sort of rural and has a lot of land. Does Cary actually have a downtown?
RTP Especially the "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" shows what happens when your area gets infested with a whole bunch of Hudson Valley computer engineers and programmers that decide that they're going to make their town work as well as they made their computers work. Go ahead throw that hate at me! I'm still in NY building the future for you!
So wait, I missed the whole video trying to figure out and comment on what the hell just happened to "got it, get it, good?!"
Two things I watch these vids for, and if you kill off "be nice to each other" then I'm done! 😮
If living in the Matthew’s area, please know that the crime rate will continue to rise there. My ex wife just moved in🥁😂
Hey Briggs, a solid sleeper on this list is Clemmons. It is a nice suburb of Winston-Salem and the triad
Shhhhhh! 😅
Hey, just wanted to let you know that #5, Holly Springs North Carolina, you made a mistake about. The pictures were not Holly Springs NC, they were from Holly Springs Georgia. Totally not the same place. I was confused as soon as I saw the first pic you showed with a mountain in the background. There are no mountains in Holly Springs NC.
A video about dying main streets would be nice!
Extinct towns would be a great video. So in order to provide the Boston Metro with adequate drinking water the towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott Massachusetts were completely abandoned in the 1920's. The flooded the areas to create a man-made reservoir which now provides around 40% of the states drinking water.
Do Pennsylvania next please
Grew up in good ol Mayberry NC. The Tourists that came threw there was crazy. Everybody in America knows about our lil small town 😅
Could you do one for South Carolina. Looking for a nice suburb in or around Greenville County
Can you do one on SC & the Virginia’s (homes & rentals) thx
Thought about NC for retirement, but it has become too expensive the last several years.
Got it
Get it
Good
Is dead nooooooooo
Can you talk about cities with the highest income to cost of living ratio?
I have lived in asheboro NC, 1 hr from charlotte it is a beautiful small town. I wish i could of stayed only reason i left to go back to the northeast was to be closer to family to start a family
Well, I guess I won't be moving to NC soon, lol, even though my brother lives there and is asking me how much longer do you want to shovel snow?
Mass. here. I dread snow.
Drop the Get It? Got it? NOT Good!
You have to keep it going until it’s a national mantra!
You will know it’s time after you hear Lester Holt say it during the national news! 😂
Shhh! Don't tell any more people how great NC is. I love it here but it is definitely getting too built up. I live in Huntersville. It is crazy how much new construction there is and it is very sad the devastation of natural areas. The poor wildlife have no where to go. A side note, both Davidson and Huntersville are close to Lake Norman but do not have really any houses on the lake. That is Cornelius and Mooresville area have expansive lake communities. A second side note, I would love to see some videos about Long Island, where I am originally from. Happy Thanksgiving!
You are correct, this place is growing too fast. That will lead to problems in the future. When that happens people will go elseward and leave us alone. Just can't argue with Briggs, right now North Carolina is a wonderful place to move to! It is all part of the ebb and flow of any region. What is hot now will be cold later.
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Your pics of Holly Springs are not Holly Springs NC. Must be another Holly Springs.
I miss Got it, Get it, Good already
Are you sure that you were in the right Holly springs? Those pictures are from Holly Springs Mississippi
NC is attracting a lot of Florida and New York transplants. To my fellow North Carolinians, your state is about to get rude and mad af. 😭 And y'all are nice kind people so don't let those people take over. 😂
I’d love to see an Illinois or Massachusetts version of this video
Most of the East looks like those places. Wouldn't you rather live somewhere warmer?
I'd love to see Massachusetts just to verify my hypothesis that my part of Massachusetts (Pioneer Valley) is a mythical land that nobody believes in.
Illinois?? Please explain why Illinois.
@@Jjjaaahhnn One reason I can think of is that everyone immediately associates Illinois with Chicago. It could be interesting to see suburbs, even those outside the Chicago metroplex, featured to give people a look into some other places Illinois has to offer.
@@davidlandry3487 Illinois gave me a $100 ticket from a camera for taking a right on red with no cars coming so I have a distaste for them for that lol
If you're from the northeast, northwest or California, please stay there. It's beautiful, no?
Moved to Cary from New Orleans, night and day difference in the quality of life.
Like two different worlds
Yeah it's amazing the effect a bunch of hard working really smart IBM engineers and programers can have on a region when they move in next door.
Why the heck isn’t Concord, NC on this list? It’s one of the fastest growing cities in NC and is a very desirable area.
But don’t move there folks, it’s too crowded LOL! Thanks for the video Briggs 😊
Smokey Mountains. Blue Ridge is Virginia
Cary and Gary couldn't be more different if they tried.
Do me a favor and look up Mount Airy nc it's literally mayberry (Andy Griffith)
Planning to move there but can't afford to buy a house yet hopefully there's a rental property
Nothing to do in Black Mountain outside of a few restaurants and hiking. You need to commute into Asheville for basically everything, so it doesn't have much of a suburban feel.
Weaverville or Arden are better Asheville "suburbs" that actually have normal suburban amenities.
I love your videos man but you really need to double check some of these stock images you use. Currently live in Cary and have explored all over NC and a lot of these stock images you are using aren't correct for the locations.
What no Fayetteville? ;)
I live in Cary.
Some tech jobs in Cary pay so dirt cheap it's like a Slap in The Face. I had recruiters call me for a job and I laugh at them when they tell me the salary.
Some of that is a legacy of "Big Blue" offering cradle to grave employment security and awesome benefits in exchange for loyalty and lower salaries combined with perceived lower cost of living in NC. Agree that none of that exists any longer.
Hi, you never show Southport North Carolina or st., James, North Carolina, where we live