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    Does anyone know about NC mountain towns?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    3 hours ago, Augie said:

    Say lots in a neighborhood sell for $10k, but this lot is so steep the foundation alone will cost $12k and other lots don’t have that expense....but you still have to pay taxes, fees, possibly HOA, etc. No thank you. 

     

    IDK.   Capitalize the view or other locational advantage vs. the other lots and maybe its a wash.   Higher resale value might recapture those upfront costs...

    Does anyone know about NC mountain towns?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    20 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    Highlands is very nice and worth checking out. It’s very convenient to us coming from Atlanta. My wife worked with some people who had houses there and go almost every weekend. One of these people warned us that it is actually a rainforest. I learned he was not kidding. (Look it up.) They get about 81” of rain annually vs a more normal 55” in Blowing Rock. On various summer trips to/thru Highlands we’ve spent I think 8 total days there. It rained most of 7 days, and threatened on the 8th to the point we wore raincoats all day in anticipation. 

     

    Cool is great, but not if it’s always raining. Nice little town, though. 

     

    Thanks.   That's the kind of local knowledge that's so hard to come by.

     

    Does anyone know about NC mountain towns?

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    12 hours ago, Augie said:

    I am aware that there is a ton that I don’t know going into a totally foreign market. It’s kind of exciting, and we are in no hurry. I love this stuff! 

     

    I'm in the same boat.   We're looking for a nice, quite retirement landing spot but worry about 'buyers remorse' without having enough local knowledge to differentiate quaint from tourist trap.

     

    One place I want to put on my explore list is Highlands, NC.     I love mountains and temperate climate.     I worry that, like Ashville, it gets over-run by tourists in the summertime (the population supposedly goes from 1,200 to 18,000+).    

     

    https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/highlands-macon-nc/

     

    https://www.highlandschamber.org/

    Does anyone know about NC mountain towns?

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    6 hours ago, IslandBillsFan said:

    I've been to Asheville several times in the last few years.  Just my opinion but the town has grown so much and is very touristy in recent years. 

     

    +1

     

    Ashville used to be my favorite place in NC, but it's outgrown its charm as all the "best places rated" stories drew more people there...

     

     

    A Quick Laugh to Get By

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    A car full of Irish nuns is sitting at a traffic light in downtown Dublin, when a bunch of rowdy drunks pull up alongside of them.

     

    "Hey, show us yer teets, ya bloody penguins!" shouts one of the drunks.

     

    Quite shocked, Mother Superior turns to Sister Mary Immaculata and says, "I don't think they know who we are; show them your cross."

     

    Sister Mary Immaculata rolls down her window and shouts, "Piss off, ya fookin' little wankers, before I come over there and rip yer balls off!"

     

    Sister Mary Immaculata then rolls up her window, looks back at Mother Superior, quite innocently, and asks, "Did that sound cross enough?

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    Does anyone know about NC mountain towns?

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    33 minutes ago, Augie said:

    Blowing Rock is quaint at a good elevation and only about 15 minutes to the larger Boone with App State. That would be the leader in the clubhouse at this point

     

    https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/blowing-rock-watauga-nc/

     

    "Blowing Rock is in Watauga County and is one of the best places to live in North Carolina. Living in Blowing Rock offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. Many retirees live in Blowing Rock and residents tend to lean conservative."

     

     

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    Another foot injury for Tyler Kroft

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    3 minutes ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

    I mean someone stepping on his foot isn't exactly his fault

     

    Deja vu...

     

    Sept 3, 2019

     

    https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/tyler-kroft-anxious-to-contribute-as-he-nears-return-from-foot-injury/article_879286e5-30ea-542f-933b-71eee9a7a23a.html

     

    Kroft said he does not believe his foot is at increased risk of injury, given that he gave it the proper time to heal. He was hurt during the first practice of the spring when he was stepped on, then had surgery the following day.  :doh:

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