If you're reading this, you must be considering relocating or retiring to North Carolina or South Carolina and by now, you probably already have your share of reasons why you want to and you think North Carolina or South Carolina is your Best Place Live. So, here are a few more reasons to consider.
Aside from great climates, affordable living, jobs, and quality lifestyles...
The richness of history and natural beauty are top reasons why we love North Carolina and South Carolina. In the span of four hours you can go from the breathtaking Smoky Mountains in Asheville NC, to the beautiful blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Charleston SC. What more could you want? How about the stunning foothills of the center of the state?
Beside the richness of the history and the natural beauty, both North Carolina and South Carolina take full advantage of the temperate climate and throughout both states, cities and towns pack their calendars full of events year round.
Some of the more famous events include the Bele Chere Music Festival in Asheville, NC, the performing arts festival, Spoleto, in Charleston, SC, and the Beaufort Water Festival, in Beaufort SC.
Along with the coastline and mountains, history and natural beauty, North Carolina is famous for the Research Triangle Park (RTP) located near Raleigh-Durham and Chapel Hill. It is the largest research park in the United States. The Research Triangle Park is home to one of the largest IBM operations in the world, with approximately 11,000 employees in RTP. The park also hosts one of GlaxoSmithKline's largest R&D centers boasting approximately 5,000 employees. Perhaps RTP has a potential future employer for you.
Further inland to the west is The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRF), in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. PTRF is a highly interactive, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology and development.
In addition to being the second largest banking center in the United States, Charlotte, North Carolina is home to University City in which University Research Park resides. University Research Park one of the largest research parks in the state. The University City area of Charlotte contains large companies such as TIAA-CREF which help contribute to the city's prowess in the financial industry.
Charlotte is also home to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The Amphitheatre serves as one of the city's main venues for large music and entertainment performances. The venue offers both reserved and lawn seating and can accommodate up to 19,500 spectators.
Many other cities throughout the Carolinas have booming business centers however, of special note are Columbia, SC and Charleston, SC.
North Carolina and South Carolina are crisscrossed by 6 major interstates and over 100,000 miles of state highways with some of the greatest amount of growth is occurring along the I-85 corridor.
If you are traveling a distance, the Carolinas are home to 8 International airports in convenient locations.
North Carolina:
Asheville-Asheville Regional Airport
Charlotte-Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Greensboro-Piedmont Triad International Airport
Raleigh-Raleigh/Durham International Airport
Wilmington-Wilmington International Airport
South Carolina:
Charleston-Charleston International Airport
Greer-Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport (Roger Milliken Field)
Myrtle Beach-Myrtle Beach International Airport
The hot jobs in the Carolinas include medical, technology, banking, education, and manufacturing. Once known as a textiles center, in the past couple of decades many manufacturers moved overseas. Therefore, many corporations have taken note of the skilled workers, and tax benefits and moved in.
North Carolina and South Carolina are about comfort, family and food. North Carolina is especially known for its barbecue. There are two types of barbecue; Eastern, with its red pepper and vinegar based sauce, and Western, which uses a tomatoes and brown sugar in addition to the red pepper and vinegar.
The Carolinas are also known for their great seafood as well, and especially in South Carolina. South Carolina's distinctive style for cooking seafood is called, "Calabash". Originating in the town of the same name, Calabash style cooking dips the seafood in evaporated milk, then a breading mixture and it's deep-fried. And, where better to get river trout than the mountains of Western North Carolina.
No matter whether you decide you want retire or relocate to North Carolina or South Carolina, both states have excellent health care facilities. North Carolina is home to four medical universities and South Carolina has a medical college in Charleston, and major hospitals in Columbia and Greenville/Spartanburg.
Everyone has there own reasons why they want move to the Carolinas. What's yours?
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