I've lived in Morganton and Asheville, which have both been shitty, but in different ways. While Morganton has practically no jobs except those at the chicken plant, Asheville has plenty, but at the expense of a high cost of living. The real problem I encountered in Asheville, though, was the fact that nearly everyone I tried to mingle with seemed either pretentious or sketchy as fuck.
I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking for other than a place where I'll have an easy time finding work, won't get mugged, and won't have to put up with too many rednecks or hipsters.
come to knoxville
I grew up in Winston Salem. Actually the suburb, Clemmons.
Winston has a charm. I can't explain it. I haven't lived there for 8 years. But something within it resonated with me. Maybe it's just that it's home. Maybe because I'm in Florida now and it's so different. I would go back to Winston given the chance. I have no prospects there. Most of the people I knew in high school that still live there are junkies or have kids or otherwise shit. But the city is something.
Anyway, go to Greensboro.
I lived outside of Raleigh in Knightdale.
It was pretty chill but very spaced out.
On that note Raleigh isn't so bad but it's been a few years since I've lived in NC so the housing market might have gone south since then.
>>18472333
Asheville isnt so bad but the people here that arent your bible lovers are serious wannabe Los Angeles folk and its pathetic, also yeah theyre sorta shady.
Shame we never met OP, id have a draft with you
>>18473011
Hahaha, Clemmons and Lewisville are my stomping grounds. Im in Charlotte now, its second to nyc. Op should try it out. Winston has a dead job market.