Oink Oink the Pig
Footballguy
Pretty sure they breed the racist rednecks there.
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meanjoegreen
Footballguy
beer 302
Footballguy
No need to be scared to say it. I'm pretty sure he's right
Oink Oink the Pig
Footballguy
I'm 100% right. NC isn't exactly know for it's enlightenment and liberal ways.
Carolina Hustler
Footballguy
As for "enlightenment", name a state more enlightened.. Idiots are everywhere.. I can give you many examples in any state you choose..Oink Oink the Pig said:
Happy that I don't live in a particularly liberal state..
To bad you aren't brave enough to spout this ignorance without using an alias.. I guess in your state they breed cowards?
Sounds like typical bigoted Tanner shtick.You must be scared to say that under your regular user name.
omally
Footballguy
NC is known as one of the progressive southern states. It's filled with liberal universities, and there are a lot of liberal areas here. There are also rural areas that still breed rednecks, but that's true in all states. Oink is just fishing for negative attention like he usually does, and stirring the pot to rile people up, and make fun of them.
moleculo
Footballguy
I'm due East of moleculo in NC, go to Ballantyne a ton. We've been here for 7 years and love it. We actually rented in an apartment complex right off Ballantyne Commons Parkway (I think it's a parkway) for a couple months while our house was being finished.
jurb26
Footballguy
Did you have your house built? If so, maybe I could hit you up for some info. We are looking to rent and then build our own. Just wanted to rent for a while until we got a better sense of where we wanted to buy.
stubby
Footballguy
My dad retired from the Hoechst Celanse plant on Celanese. I lived in Rock Hill for 10 years, and my parents did for 30. If you or OP needs to know anything about Rock Hill, booming metropolis that it is, feel free to PM me.No worries....my wife being the snobby professor she is. We got in on the snob like development off Celanese .If my son weren't doing so well at his school, my job now 100% work from home and my wife spending 90% of her time down there, we'd be happy right where we're at.Wow, sorry for your loss ;-)We've outgrown Fort Mill, so we are moving an exit south in the metropolis that is Rock Hill.I'll 2nd Fort Mill.And where the heck are you going Commish?I think you should move to the Fort Mill area of SC.....rumor has it a FBG has a nice house for saleIn all seriousness anywhere in the state is kinda hard to mess up. However, if you move to CLT, I wouldn't live in Mecklenburg county simply from a financial standpoint. I'd either look in Union county, Cabarrus county or York County (South Carolina). Our taxes are basically HALF what they are in Mecklenburg county.. We have some real estate agents in the area on these boards...I think BnB is one. There is plenty here to support just about any lifestyle you choose to live.
Yes, we did. Feel free. Moleculo and I chatted a bit when he moved down. We are together in a FBG's local league now as well.
beer 302
Footballguy
Oh sorry, I thought Oink was talking about SC. NC full to the brim of them long haired hippy freak tree hugging liberals!No need to be scared to say it. I'm pretty sure he's right
NCCommish
Footballguy
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
I was waiting for you or Glumpy to chime in, lol
NCCommish
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
We closed on hour house last week...close on our new one this week. Been in this area for about 5 years. It's really changing quickly and it's not really what I THOUGHT it was (for the better). To me, it's a no brainer to be in SC. Taxes alone make it an obvious choice.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
Eh, Union county offers better schools, only slightly higher taxes than SC and better state colleges.
The town I live in in Union County, NC is a little lower property tax wise than Fort Mill. I think Fort Mill is little above 0.8% and we are at 0.68%. There are "cities" in Union County that are higher, but my general area is much lower than Mecklenberg County. The schools here are fantastic as well. We looked all over and liked South Charlotte a lot better than North Charlotte and looked in Fort Mill, almost bought in Tega Cay (got my deposit back when they couldn't build what we wanted), but settled in the Weddington/Wesley Chapel area right across the border.
ETA: Had to cut out quotes because of that damn "too many images" error.
The Commish
Footballguy
But you have to dodge the meth labs on the way to school I say that as a meth lab exploded down by Winthrop just a few weeks ago. ZERO disagreement on the college situation though. Not many options in SC much less good ones.
Uh oh, you moved to Marvin? I hope it doesn't change you.
Not sure if Mark and I will be able to sit at the same table in Hickory anymore.A funny story from a couple weeks ago. A boy on my son's baseball team lives in Marvin Creek (they have a Tesla) and when we talked about where we live, she said something about how we were south near Waxhaw (like downtown Waxhaw is South Central - there is a real good food/bar there called Maxwell's we should hit next time). I laughed not wanting to scare her into realizing Marvin borders Waxhaw too, but honestly I don't think she would understand that even driving on Waxhaw-Marvin Road.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
There are good adult flag football, kickball, soccer and softball leagues here. I'm sure there are basketball leagues here too.
There are tons of parks for bike riding, dog walking, and outdoor activities.
There are no less than 4 farmers markets and you could pretty much hit one every day of the week if you wanted.
Greensboro is a great town with good nightlife and close enough proximity to Charlotte, Raleigh and all the local college sports.
There are tons of parks for bike riding, dog walking, and outdoor activities.
There are no less than 4 farmers markets and you could pretty much hit one every day of the week if you wanted.
Greensboro is a great town with good nightlife and close enough proximity to Charlotte, Raleigh and all the local college sports.
beer 302
Footballguy
Hey Commish, without getting into details, how did the sale go? Good? Get around what you were asking?I ask because we might consider putting our house on the market but need a couple of things to fall into place for it to work for us.
simey
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
Aside from the buyers (and their agent) being jackasses, it went fine. We were on the market for about two months...one of those months was the closing month. We could have gotten a bit more out of the house if we didn't have anywhere we wanted to be (a contingent offer on another house). We were on for $434,900 and sold for $430,000
NCCommish
Footballguy
I'm your urban guy. Right in the heart of southwest Charlotte near Sharon Rd and South Blvd.
I almost moved into an apartment over there near the LYNX station two years ago, decided it was too far from the city.
The Commish
Footballguy
I think Slap is smack dab in the middle of uptown
Kids? I have 3 and the suburbs is where my wife and I grew up, so not surprisingly we ended up back there. Also, the benefit of both of us working from home means no traffic worries as well. We are probably 20-30 minutes from downtown depending on lights and/or traffic. Not too bad since we don't go there a ton. We probably end up more often in the Southpark area if we want a night out sans kids, although we have been going to NoDa a bit more (love Cabo Fish Taco, and sometimes it is nice to not drop $$$$ on dinner).
Used to be about as close as possible. Now I have to actually drive to work and own a car.
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NCCommish
Footballguy
No kids and hopefully I'll keep it that way.
NoDa is cool but I rarely go to Cabo since it is too long a wait for what it is. I eat/drink at the cajun place a ton though.
Yeah, it is pricey. At the time I was doing a job where I had to be in at 7:15 each morning, just knew I wouldn't make it if it took so long to get uptown.
Most of the neighborhoods right near Uptown are better deals with more to do. Uptown itself is pretty much a ghost town outside of working hours unless you are there to club it up.
moleculo
Footballguy
yeah, I've been to Maxwells a few times. my (former) boss used to like to take out of town colleagues there.
Marvin is funny. Drive down New Town Road coming from Marvin, into SC. On the NC side of the state line is million dollar homes. As soon as you cross into SC, it's literally trailer parks.
I remember reading once that Marvin was considering annexing a neighborhood, but didn't want to deal with sub $500k houses in their town.
Houses in my neighborhood have been moving fine for a while now, but there is no more building. Another house just went under contract, seems like it is only taking a month or two for most houses. Price wise, I am definitely still down from 2006, but I also sold my old one for more than it was worth and put a lot more options (which I wouldn't recoup) in knowing we wanted to stay here for a long, long time. I see no changes in those plans, I can't imagine moving before my kids are all off to college, which is another 12 years, so that would be 20 years in the house before even thinking of going elsewhere. Hopefully the mortgage will be gone by then as well, so who knows.
LOL, Marvin is funny. I think there is a big difference between folks that have lived there a long time (like friends we have in Hunter Oaks) and recent move ins who are way more snooty. We love where we are and there are tons of really nice homes (nicer than Marvin Creek, we looked there as well), but it seems a little less pretentious. I think Jeff Gordon is building the ridiculous mansion south of us, so I think that would put us right between where Steve Smith and Gordon live, so hopefully that ain't too bad!
That said, the lady we know there is probably more of an exception, not sure. Its funny too because her parents came to games and looked like they rolled out of one of Commish's meth labs. People are funny.
WTF is wrong with this board? I quoted 3 posts and I get the images error and not a single image in play.
That said, the lady we know there is probably more of an exception, not sure. Its funny too because her parents came to games and looked like they rolled out of one of Commish's meth labs. People are funny.
WTF is wrong with this board? I quoted 3 posts and I get the images error and not a single image in play.
NCCommish
Footballguy
moleculo
Footballguy
Where I am, Indian Land, SC (Fort mill, but lancaster county), is much cheaper than that. 0.38%, with the homestead exemption.
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant building is done in my neighborhood. I can't compare sales to a new neighborhood with building still going on, i.e. I don't know if ours seems to move faster because there is limited inventory.
NCCommish
Footballguy
Is that millage rate or the actual %? I looked up York County and then found something on all of SC and Lancaster seemed about the same as York. You do the price of the house times 4% and then the millage rate (which looked like the 0.38 number). Effectively, it looks like it would higher than 0.38%, but I have no idea what that homestead exemption is. My effective tax rate is 0.68%, i.e. for 100k in value, I pay $680, do you pay $380 per 100k in value? If so, that is a lot cheaper than Fort Mill or us.
moleculo
Footballguy
it's the actual percentage. I'm using this to estimate - it's pretty close to my actual bill. The 0.38% is based on a $300k house.
The millage rate is ..27 I guess?
actually, I misspoke. I don't qualify for homestead exemption. I looked up my valuation and what I paid last year. When it's all said and done, my effective tax rate is 0.5%, or $500 per $100k in value.
moleculo
Footballguy
hey man, I'm not the one who completed the southern part of 485 first...or built the train right to our doorstep. Seems to me like y'all love your cheapskate southern neighbors.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
Completely true. I head out to the Exxon and Lowe's on 521 there and they don't even need a State Line sign there. Horse farm...million dollar home...horse farm...trailer park. Hey Honey, we're in SC now.
