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Cary, North Carolina is ranked 34th Best Place to Live in a study published at CNN. The main reason: it’s proximity to NC RTP. |
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Make Hotel Reservations in CARY now. |
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To be honest with you, I live in the town of Wake Forest, which is near Cary. Wake Forest is like Cary in many ways. Instead of being to the North of Raleigh, Cary is to the west of Raleigh. Due to its’ immediate proximity to the NC RTP Research Triangle Park, Cary experienced tremendous growth in the 80’s and 90’s, and is still growing, while growth and urban sprawl just started to noticably increase in Wake Forest since 2002. Cary is ranked 34 in a best places to live study conducted by CNN. Wake Forest did not rank in the top 100, but is ranked as a contender. One thing that I admire about Cary NC is that their government seems to be working a lot better than any of the towns around them. Cary actively lobbies the state for funding resources it believes it is entitled to. If you go for a ride through Cary, much of the commercial shopping areas were well planned and traffic congestion was a consideration. I hate to say it but, in comparison, Wake Forest should not have approved Wal-Mart and some other commercial construction projects, because traffic is a nightmare on South Main Street and where it intersects Capital Blvd. Towns like Cary which are smack dab in the middle of NC RTP, have become an economic goldmine to property owners. With so much employment at NC RTP, jobs are so plentiful that people come from miles around. There is a downside to that. Even if you are qualified for a job, there are a couple of hundred job candidates competing with you. There have been massive layoffs which started at the beginning of the new millenium, but Cary seems to have faired the storm, at least for now. See employment. Cary seems like a terrific town to live in. The average wage in towns like Cary and Wake Forest are extremely high. The average household income in Cary is about $80,000. I’ve seen figures that the average household income in Wake Forest is over $85,000. I suspect that figure may have been inflated, because I have also seen figures such as $69,000. I believe the one thing I would dislike the most about living in Cary is that it has very strict guidelines for what you can do on your own property. There seems to be many things that are subject to approval by the town and your neighbors. I’ve seen similar situations elsewhere. The result is usually higher property values, and many people in Cary seem motivated to keep their property values on the increase. If you don’t like being told what to do with your own property, Cary might not be the best place for you to live. When you consider what can happen when your community does not care that your neighbor is effecting your property value, the strictness may seem a much better way. It’s up to you. If you want to see your property value increase, Cary might be ideal. Best places to live? Quite possibly. If we ever get some good traffic planning by the NC DOT and the town planners in Wake Forest, it could easily become another Cary, sans the extreme proximity to the NC RTP. See commuting.
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According to native Carolinians, CARY is an acronym for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees, saying that many of the Cary residents moved there from New York and other northern states. They say they like the yankees living in Cary - that way they can keep an eye on them! |
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