Please, Tell me about the High Point, NC area

[Gary in AL]

I have an opportunity if I decide to take it to work for a big software company in High Point, NC. All I know about it is that it is the furniture capital. But, I need to know about the area, how much can I expect to pay for land, cost of living, weather and such. I had rather not rely on stat's and state run info sites. I live north of Birmingham, AL now. Would the cost of living be comparable? If you know. It would mean a 50% increase in pay. All of my family is around here except for my youngest son who is in the process of moving to Charleston, SC.
Thanks, Gary

[featherbottoms]

I am a native North Carolinian and if I wanted to learn more about High Point I'd go to this website and look around

High Point, NC

If you scroll down towards the bottom of the page there is a Forum with over 600,000 members, over 1,500 mentions of High Point. I use this website when I want to find out about places I might like to live.

You can also look at the Winston-Salem Journal online to get a little bit of an idea of the news in the surrounding area which is the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point area. Winston-Salem Journal.

Charleston is not too far from there - 5-6 hours maybe - and it's not a really long drive back down to Alabama. Not like across country anyway. (I think we could drive from Caldwell County, NC (which is about 2 hours west of HP) to somewhere inside the MS state line in just about 10 hours).

Good luck with whatever you decide.

[JustDon]

Hi Gary, I live in High Point and would be glad to help. Email me privately and I will answer all your questions.

[partndn]

Ok first, lemme say I'm horribly jealous, cause I've been job hunting for a year - although I haven't been willing to relocate. Good luck to you.

Software company should be pretty stable here as technology has taken the lead in the "triad" area.

I was born in NC about 1 hour from Hight Point. The furniture industry has dissipated along with textiles, etc. and is not as dominant as 20 years ago.

It get [I]really [I]hot here in the summer, and about 20 F lowest in winters.

I don't know the cost of land/living in AL, but be careful here of all the new contruction homes, developments, etc. EVEN if they call theirselves somewhat rural.

IMO, look for a quality older home and property if you come here.

Let us know what happens!

[Bearfootfarm]

With all the Interstate Highways in the area, it's not hard to find a place out of town, but still with an easy commute.
I grew up about 40 miles from there, and it's not a bad area