North Carolinian Call Out Thread

[MajorMullet]

Concord, NC here

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Yes, I live in Durham (Hope Valley so not really Durham) and work in RTP.

Raleigh is where it's at

I'm just one state down.

Fuck South Carolina

Girlfriend lives there (not for long)

Fuck that place.

Why D:

 

[zinfamous]

Who would admit to that? :biggrin:

because it's a freaking fantastic place to live and work? Very few states in this country offer the resources and access that you find in NC.

 

[drteming]

Just south of Raleigh in Harnett county. Great place for running and cycling.

 

[zinfamous]

Unfortunately, I live in NC.

You live in Jacksonville, bro....military base anywhere < anywhere else.

 

[Vic Vega]

Raleigh is where it's at

If you worked you'd understand, driving from Raleigh into RTP is a bitch. :thumbsup:

 

[LTC8K6]

because it's a freaking fantastic place to live and work? Very few states in this country offer the resources and access that you find in NC.

It's a good place to live, I guess.

I've been here since 1978, and I wouldn't say it's fantastic.

But I'm a transplanted Yankee, aka carpetbagger...

 

[trmiv]

If you worked you'd understand, driving from Raleigh into RTP is a bitch. :thumbsup:

This is why I'm glad I work from home 2 or 3 days a week. I don't mind being at work on my work from work days, but damn I hate driving there and back.

 

[zinfamous]

It's a good place to live, I guess.

I've been here since 1978, and I wouldn't say it's fantastic.

But I'm a transplanted Yankee, aka carpetbagger...

well I did move away 10 years ago...

:whiste:


oh, and transplanted Yankee? does this mean you live in CARY?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If you worked you'd understand, driving from Raleigh into RTP is a bitch. :thumbsup:

My dad drives from here (north Raleigh) to RTP (IBM near/on Alexander) and it takes him 45-60 minutes to get home.

 

[poopaskoopa]

well I did move away 10 years ago...

:whiste:


oh, and transplanted Yankee? does this mean you live in CARY?

What does that stand for again? Containment Area for Relocated Yankees?

 

[Vic Vega]

Two hours a day in the car adds up. That's 520 hours a year. That's 21 days a year driving to/from work.

 

[Vic Vega]

What does that stand for again? Containment Area for Relocated Yankees?

Center for All Relocating Yankees?

Calling All Relocating Yankees?

I've heard a bunch.

 

[boomhower]

Been here going on seven years now. I love it here and will stay at least until I retire. Then I'll either move farther south or back home up north depending on where kids are at that point.

 

[Aikouka]

But I'm a transplanted Yankee, aka carpetbagger...

I feel your pain! Sometimes, I like to take little fun jabs at the southerners and use our strange terms such as "iced tea", "shopping cart" or "toboggan". The latter really confuses people around here, because they use that word for a specific type of hat rather than the more universal use of referring to the type of sled.

It always throws me off whenever I'm in a grocery store and I hear someone use the term "buggy" instead of "shopping cart" or "cart." "Buggy" makes me think of the older use of horse and buggy, which is definitely not what they mean. I remember when I walked into Walmart for the first time, and the greeter said, "Would you like a buggy." I poked my head around, and wondered, "I don't see any horses... oh, he means a shopping cart."

 

[Ketchup]

...I'm a transplanted Yankee, aka carpetbagger...

Same here.

 

[NFS4]

I live in Garner, just southeast of Raleigh. Anand lives about 25 mins away from me in North Raleigh.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I live in Garner, just southeast of Raleigh. Anand lives about 25 mins away from me in North Raleigh.

I live in North Raleigh. Maybe I can intern with him :wub:

 

[Corporate Thug]

NC has some of the best beaches/fishing (Outer Banks), BBQ (pulled pork), education (Duke), and advanced research (the whole research triangle area) in the world. Who wouldn't want to admit to being a resident?

I thought you talking about CA until I saw pulled pork...

 

[Chriscross3234]

Sup! I live near State of course.

 

[LTC8K6]

well I did move away 10 years ago...

:whiste:


oh, and transplanted Yankee? does this mean you live in CARY?

Never been to Cary except driving through a couple times.

Was it there in 1978?

 

[zinfamous]

What does that stand for again? Containment Area for Relocated Yankees?

:thumbsup:

It was always one of my regular haunts, and I also lived there for one year in college--but on the "mostly Raleigh" side

 

[Dubb]

 

[NFS4]

Durham and Fayetteville: shitholes

 

[Excelsior]

Charlotte here. NC is pretty badass really. You have Asheville/Blue Ridge PKWY on one end and the OBX on the other.

Fayettenam is definitely a shithole, yeah. Durham is better than its ever been though. The DPAC is great if you ever get a chance to see a show there.