Any reasons not to move to NC?

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Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

I could definitely see myself in the Asheville/Pisgah area of NC, but my #1 hobby is cycling and it seems like the mtn biking and road riding there is great.  

EastCoastMojo (Forum Supporter) said:

Welcome! Be ready to declare your BBQ preference - tomato or vinegar based 

Umm...  Yes?  

Yeah amazing biking and beer in that area. One of the few places on the Eastern side of the US I would want to live other then where I am now. 

Another thing I'll touch on:  I haven't lived in the SE before here (unless you count the DC area), but in general religion is viewed a lot differently here than in other areas of the country.  Be prepared for that.

ProDarwin said:

Another thing I'll touch on:  I haven't lived in the SE before here (unless you count the DC area), but in general religion is viewed a lot differently here than in other areas of the country.  Be prepared for that.

Can confirm, "what church do you go to?" Is very common and 90% of things are closed on Sunday. Asheville area housing prices are bonkers expect 3-400k as the median house prices. We moved down 3 years ago from southeastern Ohio. Love it but definitely different. 

In reply to ProDarwin :

Not saying one way is better or worse than the other, but my experience is that it is similar to most non-urban megalopolis locations.  I-95 from Fredericksburg to Boston is just one big urban mass as well as most of coastal CA and they differ from most of the rest of the country in many ways.  Many other big cities (Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, etc.) and large university towns could probably be tossed into that same generalization.  Once you get into the more moderately sized towns and/or more rural areas outside of the huge population centers things seem to be pretty similar, at least in my experiences.

To the OP:

Being from Idaho, why are you not looking at moving back west? 

You're looking at what? 8-10 hr drive from eastern NC to Port St. Joe? 

Are you planning on traveling back to your current house frequently, or leaving it all behind for a new area? 

If you don't have any attachments to Florida and wish to avoid humidity, why not go whole-hog and move to the Southwest? Nice thing is, you can go a lot of places out west without snow, but also without humidity. Even as far north as Central Oregon or Washington states will have very little snow, very little humidity, and plenty of wide open spaces.