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Re: North Carolina

It is entirely possible to have most of the benefits of a smaller city in a larger city, …essentially lower cost of living, and commute time… and offer more while avoiding the negatives associated with a big city. Many people live in a suburb and work in that or another suburb, and dont need go downtown everyday, but have that option available at any given time..for entertainment as well as career options. Many live close enough to downtown that its really not a hassle, and those who commute may choose to do things around their home and communities on weekends or go to more urban areas when they want.

larger cities have the upper hand in a number of areas, and lag in other areas, cost, commute, crime. Some smaller cities have the upper hand in these areas but then lag in culture, cuisine, careers

The large cities are large because enough people find enough attractive about the cities that they want to be around them than not be around them. just like enough people find RTP attractive enough to make it a fast growing place. (there are people btw who would consider raleigh too much of a hassle and expensive and would want to live in rockingham :D… it never ends)

@Simply_Seema

The weather at east coast is itself a big factor to move out to another region, what will dining and entertainment options do if you don’t even feel like getting out of your house half of the year.

Its not a universal ‘you’ so it may very well apply to someone who is either not used to the weather or chooses not to go out. because unusually extreme weather aside, cities dont shut down.

@Simply_Seema

You can’t expect the person to be able to do much else even on weekends as mostly they just want to stay in doors travelling to the city the whole week.

depends on the individual, some may stay local, some may venture downtown. In the better areas what the local community areas have to offer can compare and surpass what the smaller cities offer.

@Simply_Seema

Again it depends on personal preferences whether you want quality of life or higher income or career opportunities or being near to city life etc.

It varies highly on what someone considers quality of life. the items you listed are not mutually exclusive or mutually inclusive.

@Simply_Seema

For us NC made sense as it’s kind of low key having a sense of community so great place to raise a family. Then it has some very good Islamic schools that not only offer Islamic education but provide a range of youth activities. Nothing is more then 30 min drive away. The real estate prices are so low that I can buy 3 houses for how much I paid for my apartment in NYC.

These are all valid reasons..lower cost of living, less commute. others I suppose could be in other large metropolitan areas as well

@Simply_Seema

The RTP area is also couple of hour drives away from the tri-state area so we are still near to the metropolitan cities (By plane it’s 50 min to NYC). So we just hop on the plane when ever we are missing the big city.

It really is not the same as being right there, I mean I understand that its not like you are 4 hours flight away, but it is not the same. For some it may be just fine. For others that may be too much of a hassle.

In the end its a needs/wants balance with pros/cons of any place and it will vary from person to person. If it did not either everyone would be running to live in fargo, North Dakota … or everyone running to live in LA.