NC coast?

[Jim Warren]

Hello all!
This is my first post on this forum which I thought would be the best place for this question. If anyone would care to indulge me on this I'd appreciate it. I value the opinions and political sensibilities represented on DU in general.
I've been thinking about the OBX area as a possible spot to relocate and wonder if anyone has experience with or lives near that area and cares to comment on the kind of life that exists there.

Anyone?

TIA

ps If there's a better page for this let me know.

[felonious thunk]

1. Not much job-wise

but it is beautiful. If you're on the coast, it's a tourist town, and if you're 5 miles inland, you are in Freeperdom.

[Jim Warren]

4. 5 miles!

Wow, that close huh? All those Edwards supporters in Asheville?

[felonious thunk]

10. Yeah

although that might even be generous. It may be under 5 miles in many places.

[Jim Warren]

12. Gotta admit

a little shakiness about freep style politics coming from Massachsetts

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. I'm with you there, but

Massachusetts still elects Dems to congress and Senate. I hope it stays that way.

[underpants]

2. Well if you are in construction there are lots of jobs there now.

OBX as we know it does not exist anymore. Two news inlets were created by Hurricane Isabel and there is now a North and South Hatteras.

[Jim Warren]

7. Isabel

Yeah, guess so. Some of the websites I've been checking are carrying Isabel updates.

[Hep]

3. I prefer Central NC

I live in Durham, equidistant from the beach and the mountains. More jobs, fewer hurricanes.

[omshanti]

8. hello fellow Durhamite!

I love it here too, but wish I was closer to the coast.

Derm is a great place to live - very diverse and always a lot going on.

[Hep]

11. whassup!

Nice to see another dermite!

[omshanti]

15. Good to see all the Triangle people

Sometimes I feel so so alone being a liberal in Republi-land...

[supernova]

17. Need to get over to Chapel Hill

more often. ;-) :hi:

[omshanti]

19. I spend a lot of time in Ch Hill

But live in Durham.
Are you a UNC student/ faculty?
:)

[dolo amber]

21. Hillbillys-borough here

Shortbus president and I...would liked to have seen you guys at the Will Pitt thingy at UNC last month! Maybe we'll have another get together soon and we can watch supernova smoke another cee-gar. ;) :hi:

[boneygrey]

5. Outerbanks

I live in Raleigh and have been there many times and it's a great place. My Aunt and Uncle live in Kill Devil Hills and love it.

[boneygrey]

6. Outerbanks

I live in Raleigh and have been there many times and it's a great place. My Aunt and Uncle live in Kill Devil Hills and love it.

[supernova]

9. OBX is fine if you have an always

in demand skill like medical, teaching, construction and real estate, or anything connected to tourism/hospitality industry, of course.

Also, can you stand the thought of repeated rebuilding after hurricanes?

I live in the Durham-Chapel Hill area and enjoy the OBX as often as possible. Also the mountains. Was in Black Mountain this past weekend.

Welcome to DU JimWar.

[Jim Warren]

13. Thanks

My wife and I are both chefs and kind of thinking of opening our own little shop.

[supernova]

16. Cool!

I'm a foodie and always looking to try new places. Yum! What is your specialty?

[Jim Warren]

18. Broad based

Lots of experience in so-called New American, international regional and fusion world cuisines. We can get pretty eclectic. Rosamaria is from Oaxaca Mex and classically trained but loves pre-columbian type dishes. Irony is: she is currently running the kosher kithchen at a Jewish assisted living center(for which she got certified)

[voter x]

14. Virginia Beach

is about 90 mile from Dare County, its easy access to the Outter Banks. I lived in central NC for a while, but it was too far from the beach. NC's shore is beautiful, I'd rather surf there, then here...

Jason