I moved off the Randolph County farm to Winston because I was tired of dealing with old tractors. After living there for three years we decided we made a bad move. We had been spending quite a bit of time during the summer months here near Murphy, NC and liked it. So, we bought a house and then sold the W-S house. This is a pro-gun area with hunting & fishing in any direction, surrounded by woods. I was shooting at the Forest Service range this afternoon, only two other people there. Sure, we have low life drug problems and such, however, it seems the same bad actors do the same things and the police know who they are. Since moving here my defensive shooting skills has improved, got to keep sharp for going to the big city like Cleveland, TN, you just don’t know!
Feeling less safe every day in the place we live
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I live 15 miles from Henderson,NC ,out in the boonies on Kerr Lake . No drive by's no loud noises except for the sounds of motor boats in the cove. I live in a gated community . I did not like it at first but now it offers a small buffer from the outside world. Living here is cheaper and safer than where I lived before, in Timberlake near Roxboro ,NC. I'm nearly a mile off the main road and I am loving it .There are quite a few retirees living here and someone is home in here almost 99% of the time. Plus taxes are cheaper than most counties.
That's the same reason we left our home of 15 years in Winston and made the move to DC. Watched our street turn from small family owned houses to mostly rental houses. That's when it statrted to go downhill. And there was no way in hell our son was going to Philo or Parkland. And the taxes are soooo much cheaper out here. Come on back when you can.
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https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-right-break-rental-lease-north-carolina.html
Landlord’s Duty to Find a New Tenant in North Carolina
If you don’t have a legal justification to break your lease, the good news is that you may still be off the hook for paying all the rent due for the remaining lease term. This is because under North Carolina law (Isbey v. Crews, 284 S.E.2d 534 (N.C. Ct. App. 1981)), your landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent your unit—no matter what your reason for leaving—rather than charge you for the total remaining rent due under the lease. So you may not have to pay much, if any additional rent, if you break your lease. You need pay only the amount of rent the landlord loses because you moved out early. This is because North Carolina requires landlords to take reasonable steps to keep their losses to a minimum—or to “mitigate damages” in legal terms.
So, if you break your lease and move out without legal justification, your landlord usually can’t just sit back and wait until the end of the lease, and then sue you for the total amount of lost rent. Your landlord must try to rerent the property reasonably quickly and subtract the rent received from new tenants from the amount you owe. The landlord does not need to relax standards for acceptable tenants—for example, to accept someone with a poor credit history. Also, the landlord is not required to rent the unit for less than fair market value, or to immediately turn his or her attention to renting your unit disregarding other business. Also, the landlord can add legitimate expenses to your bill—for example, the costs of advertising the property.
If your landlord rerents the property quickly (more likely in college towns and similar markets), all you’ll be responsible for is the (hopefully brief) amount of time the unit was vacant.
The bad news is that if the landlord tries to rerent your unit, and can’t find an acceptable tenant, you will be liable for paying rent for the remainder of your lease term. This could be a substantial amount of money if you leave several months before your lease ends. Your landlord will probably first use your security deposit to cover the amount you owe. But if your deposit is not sufficient, your landlord may sue you, probably in small claims court where the limit is $5,000 in North Carolina.
Landlord’s Duty to Find a New Tenant in North Carolina
If you don’t have a legal justification to break your lease, the good news is that you may still be off the hook for paying all the rent due for the remaining lease term. This is because under North Carolina law (Isbey v. Crews, 284 S.E.2d 534 (N.C. Ct. App. 1981)), your landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent your unit—no matter what your reason for leaving—rather than charge you for the total remaining rent due under the lease. So you may not have to pay much, if any additional rent, if you break your lease. You need pay only the amount of rent the landlord loses because you moved out early. This is because North Carolina requires landlords to take reasonable steps to keep their losses to a minimum—or to “mitigate damages” in legal terms.
So, if you break your lease and move out without legal justification, your landlord usually can’t just sit back and wait until the end of the lease, and then sue you for the total amount of lost rent. Your landlord must try to rerent the property reasonably quickly and subtract the rent received from new tenants from the amount you owe. The landlord does not need to relax standards for acceptable tenants—for example, to accept someone with a poor credit history. Also, the landlord is not required to rent the unit for less than fair market value, or to immediately turn his or her attention to renting your unit disregarding other business. Also, the landlord can add legitimate expenses to your bill—for example, the costs of advertising the property.
If your landlord rerents the property quickly (more likely in college towns and similar markets), all you’ll be responsible for is the (hopefully brief) amount of time the unit was vacant.
The bad news is that if the landlord tries to rerent your unit, and can’t find an acceptable tenant, you will be liable for paying rent for the remainder of your lease term. This could be a substantial amount of money if you leave several months before your lease ends. Your landlord will probably first use your security deposit to cover the amount you owe. But if your deposit is not sufficient, your landlord may sue you, probably in small claims court where the limit is $5,000 in North Carolina.
Ikarus1
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My Father-in-law moved from Union Cross area of W-S up to Pinnacle and we couldn't be happier. Sure, it's a little farther to the store but there's always Dairy-O in King to make up for, and he's right down the hill from Pilot Mountain SP. We won't miss W-S much.
When I was living in the 'Ville (Arran Lakes subdivision), I'd hear gunshots & think, WTF is going on now? Since retiring from the Army & discovering Alamance Co. & living in a small subdivision out in the sticks, when I hear gunshots, I wonder which neighbor is bustin' some cans in their back yard or gettin' ready for hunting season.
Do whatcha gotta do Mike, but GTFO out of where yer at as soon as you can.
Why the talk of rent? In most cases, you can buy a nice house for a good bit less per month than you'd pay in rent AND yer building your own equity & investing in your future, not throwing away tens of thousands of dollars to line the pockets of some faceless property management company.
Do whatcha gotta do Mike, but GTFO out of where yer at as soon as you can.
Why the talk of rent? In most cases, you can buy a nice house for a good bit less per month than you'd pay in rent AND yer building your own equity & investing in your future, not throwing away tens of thousands of dollars to line the pockets of some faceless property management company.
larryh1108
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+1 on Alamance County but stay south of 40/85. Semi-rural with everything you need within 15 minutes.
Utopia?
No, but open spaces and spread out housing.
It's also pretty cheap to live here, too.
Utopia?
No, but open spaces and spread out housing.
It's also pretty cheap to live here, too.
larryh1108
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Burlington has their "issues" and apartments that I would not like to drive thru at night.
It is also more "city-like" with houses close together, traffic and the usual stuff that goes on in
the more congested areas. Huffman Road has the malls and strip malls and congestion.
If you go north of the congestion, it does get nice and quiet again. However, it seems that
the I85/I40 corrider is a kind of barrier to keep the "noise" up north. South, it's like going
from small town urban to semi rural to rural. Driving 5-10 minutes south, homes and businesses
are spread out. 15 minutes south and you are, basically, rural.
It is also more "city-like" with houses close together, traffic and the usual stuff that goes on in
the more congested areas. Huffman Road has the malls and strip malls and congestion.
If you go north of the congestion, it does get nice and quiet again. However, it seems that
the I85/I40 corrider is a kind of barrier to keep the "noise" up north. South, it's like going
from small town urban to semi rural to rural. Driving 5-10 minutes south, homes and businesses
are spread out. 15 minutes south and you are, basically, rural.
County's nice north of Burlington, but most of the crap is on the north side of town. Southern part of the county is beautiful & we love it down here in LA.
Thanks for the info. I've been looking at the North end and finding some very nice country. I hadn't really considered south of 40, figuring land prices would be out of my budget as you get closer to Chapel Hill. I will take a closer look!