Thinking of relocating
My youngest is a senior in HS this year and she's looking to go to college somewhere south (we're currently in Michigan). She's been accepted to Univ. of TN and Ole Miss - waiting for answers from UNC, Univ. of Georgia, Tulane, and Rice. ANYWAY, there is really nothing holding me here...so I'd love to get out of the cold...and I can transfer my job pretty much anywhere. Anyone have any advice (positive or negative) about NC, TN, Georgia, or Mississippi??? (Ole Miss is probably her first choice of state schools - and she's all for me moving closer.) And no, I'm not a helicopter parent - she will have the entire college experience...I just may be able to get in-state tuition if I choose to move south. Anyone, anyone?
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Generally, they only get instate tuition if they've lived in the state for 1 full year prior to starting college. If they attend the first year full time as an out of state resident, their residency status cannot change to instate. If, however, she only goes part time the first year, she should be eligible for instate tuition the second year, assuming you've lived there her entire first year.
Just something to consider and definitely look into it before making that big a decision.0 -
My youngest is a senior in HS this year and she's looking to go to college somewhere south (we're currently in Michigan). She's been accepted to Univ. of TN and Ole Miss - waiting for answers from UNC, Univ. of Georgia, Tulane, and Rice. ANYWAY, there is really nothing holding me here...so I'd love to get out of the cold...and I can transfer my job pretty much anywhere. Anyone have any advice (positive or negative) about NC, TN, Georgia, or Mississippi??? (Ole Miss is probably her first choice of state schools - and she's all for me moving closer.) And no, I'm not a helicopter parent - she will have the entire college experience...I just may be able to get in-state tuition if I choose to move south. Anyone, anyone?
Been on Campus for UT, Ole Miss, UNC, and UGA (I went to Auburn for my UnderGrad and Grad work) so I am pretty familiar with the SEC schools and the SEC experience. Do not know much about the Ole Miss area, but I can talk about UGA, Auburn and UNC (live in the UNC area now)). Send me a PM if you want to discuss those areas more.0 -
Generally, they only get instate tuition if they've lived in the state for 1 full year prior to starting college. If they attend the first year full time as an out of state resident, their residency status cannot change to instate. If, however, she only goes part time the first year, she should be eligible for instate tuition the second year, assuming you've lived there her entire first year.
Just something to consider and definitely look into it before making that big a decision.
You're right - in-state tuition would only be a perk/plus of me moving, not the reason. So I'm trying to make an informed decision...I've read a lot, but getting opinions from people who have actually lived or visited there seemed like a good choice. I'm trying to make a good decision...not something I'll regret. And thanks for the info. ;-)0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
*shudder*
(Sorry, southerners. You are stronger people than I am.)0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
Disgusting as in...what? I'm assuming you don't mean heat, since you're from Arizona. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic - looking for clarification. Thanks.0 -
bumping for later - I plan on doing the same thing in a few years!! Almost same area!0
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I grew up in eastern NC, spent 30 years in the Asheville area and am VERY familiar with all part of NC, SC, TN, AL, GA ... let me know what you're looking for. If you want the true southern experience, any of these would work.
Rurul? Urban? Centrally located? Off the beaten path? Cost of living? Special interests/hobbies? I could give you a boatload of advice depending on what you want.
What do you want?0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
*shudder*
(Sorry, southerners. You are stronger people than I am.)
At least in Southern Florida we have daily rain and a breeze. Been to Scottsdale in the summer for work and talk about terrible!! Holy crap, we couldn't get in our rental car for 10 mins due to the extreme heat.
I could never live there.0 -
Anywhere in the south is nice, it really depends on what you're looking for.
NC has a pretty good economy, TN and GA as well.0 -
So living in any of those states will afford you a much better cost of living, especially if you can move with your current salary (seems you can).0
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I don't know of the choices I would go with TN, I don't believe they have a state income tax, not 100% on that. I know FL and TX have no state income and I think one of those would be my preference. But for god sake whatever you do; get out of Michigan.0
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In TN Nashville is an awesome place to live. In NC I absoultely love Charlotte I've lived in both places.0
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Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
Disgusting as in...what? I'm assuming you don't mean heat, since you're from Arizona. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic - looking for clarification. Thanks.
They're talking about the humidity. It's brutal, especially when you come from a desert climate...that also has no summer bugs screwing up your bbqs.
Anyhoo, back to the topic at hand. If you want to move, then move. But I wouldn't suggest following your daughter around. She wants to go away so she can be on her own and she deserves the opportunity. If mom's dinner and laundry service is just a short drive away it won't be the same.0 -
I grew up in eastern NC, spent 30 years in the Asheville area and am VERY familiar with all part of NC, SC, TN, AL, GA ... let me know what you're looking for. If you want the true southern experience, any of these would work.
Rurul? Urban? Centrally located? Off the beaten path? Cost of living? Special interests/hobbies? I could give you a boatload of advice depending on what you want.
What do you want?
Lol - ok...I'm looking for laid-back, quiet, easy going...but not totally out in the stix kind of thing. I could do a fairly big city, but I'm better with small town kind of feel. I work at a daycare, so I would have to at least be within commuting distance to a fairly large city. Oh - and college football is a must. :-) I don't make a lot of money, so the cost of living should be fairly low. I don't want snow - or at least the amount of snow we get here - but not sure if I would like the "extreme" heat of places like Arizona. How's that? :-)0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
Disgusting as in...what? I'm assuming you don't mean heat, since you're from Arizona. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic - looking for clarification. Thanks.
I am guessing that is referring to humidity!0 -
North Carolina is probably my favorite place to visit -- mountains on one side and coast on the other. I am not sure which UNC campus your daughter was looking to go to -- but I think Chapel Hill and Wilmington is are beautiful cities with lots of things to do.0
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I'm a UGA alumni. Nice school with GREAT programs. Will warn you that it had been one of the top 10 party schools in the nation for a very long time. Not sure where they rank now (I graduated over 10 years ago). Something to consider is what she wants to major in. If you have questions about UGA or Georgia, feel free to message me. And yes, it is VERY humid.
EDIT: Your daughter might have an edge applying to UGA as an out of state student. The college is super competitive to get into instate due to the HOPE Scholarship. Unless the rules have changed, HOPE pretty much allows instate students with a B average to get a free ride to Georgia public university (with some hoops to jump through of course).0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
*shudder*
(Sorry, southerners. You are stronger people than I am.)
At least in Southern Florida we have daily rain and a breeze. Been to Scottsdale in the summer for work and talk about terrible!! Holy crap, we couldn't get in our rental car for 10 mins due to the extreme heat.
I could never live there.
The Phoenix area (which Scottsdale is a part of) is awful in summer. Winters are even a bit overrated there. It is pretty common to have low temperatures in the 30s in the Phoenix area. Not something you think about when it is 105 or 110 in summer.0 -
I grew up in eastern NC, spent 30 years in the Asheville area and am VERY familiar with all part of NC, SC, TN, AL, GA ... let me know what you're looking for. If you want the true southern experience, any of these would work.
Rurul? Urban? Centrally located? Off the beaten path? Cost of living? Special interests/hobbies? I could give you a boatload of advice depending on what you want.
What do you want?
Lol - ok...I'm looking for laid-back, quiet, easy going...but not totally out in the stix kind of thing. I could do a fairly big city, but I'm better with small town kind of feel. I work at a daycare, so I would have to at least be within commuting distance to a fairly large city. Oh - and college football is a must. :-) I don't make a lot of money, so the cost of living should be fairly low. I don't want snow - or at least the amount of snow we get here - but not sure if I would like the "extreme" heat of places like Arizona. How's that? :-)
That gives me something to start with. On above comments, TN has no income tax, but it has a very high property tax. NC has a great economy but it's job markets are VERY tight and the cost of living there a lot higher than TN or AL. AL has the lowest cost of housing in the country and is the heaven for college football (and if you're the real thing, I don't have to explain why).
I am myself in AL now after having spent considerable years working and living in NC and TN ... if you want to avoid humidity, you can't beat the Asheville area of NC, which also has proximity to Knoxville and to the tri-cities area of eastern TN (and a nice regional university there at ETSU with lots to offer). Eastern NC is nice too but if you get near a city, you are in a high cost of living/housing and a very tight job market again.
Nashville is nice if you are a shopper but the traffic was a dealbreaker for me.
I am personally most in love with Birmingham, AL and am myself zealously looking for work there to settle in a place called Smith Lake, a residential community with 500+ miles of lakefront property at ridiculously low prices, proximity to Birmingham, the state's largest city (45 min-1 hr commute) and it's the second cleanest lake in the country (after Tahoe) which means I could swim in it from my own dock and my hubz can float the wooden boats he loves to build. And the prices ... ! OY! Check it out ... (B'ham also has a booming arts community) ...
If you are looking for a progressive, artsy, cool hipster city, you can't beat Asheville in the NC mtns ... learn all about it at MountainX.com ...
Atlanta is nice but too big for my taste. You can live in a city nearby (like B'ham) and still be a days drive away for special events. Chattanooga TN is another hipster artsy environment, with central proximity to Atlanta, B'ham, Huntsville, Nashville ...
Let me know if you need more info.
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Summers aside (which are super-humid, as noted by other commenters), if you haven't moved around a lot while raising your sprogs, TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!
Nothing wrong with the southeast, just offering a perspective as someone raised a military brat who now travels with work. Culture is very different between US regions. Nope, not drawing specific lines, but when you move across a large distance, there's a noticeable cultural shift, and you realize "you're not from around here."
Some of those differences are awesome, and some suck. Sometimes it's a mixed bag. Taste varies, and goodness knows my youngest loooooved everything about a region that the rest of the family was happy to leave. Huge YMMV.
Too many words to rec: see how you feel about your prospective area by either visiting for a while first!0 -
UGA is not in Atlanta. It's in Athens, GA. About 2 or 2.5 hours outside of the city of Alanta. However, Atlanta has a HUGE suburb that spraws way out. So Athens is only about 1 hour from the suburbs of Atlanta.0
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What kind of job do you have? If you are a teacher you want to stay out of NC.
I moved from MN to Charlotte, NC and the summers are just longer then they are up north and about 5-10 degrees hotter but the humidity is about the same. A lot of people do not realize how humidy the upper midwest is with all the lakes and rivers.
Charlotte at least is a very transiant town and most people that live here are not from here. Actually most people I know are from NY (upstate), MI, WI and Ohio. They have a hugh meetup.com community that would help with finding new friends.
I really don't know about the rest of the areas that you are looking for but Charlotte is about 2 hour away from UNC, 2 hours from the mountains and 3 hours from the beach.0 -
Thanks soooo much! I haven't looked at AL at all...not sure why. We have visited NC (Chapel Hill, Raleigh area) and TN (Gatlinburg/Knoxville area and a day in Memphis) - also been to Louisiana - but it rained the entire week we were there, so I didn't get a good feel for that area. I haven't been to Georgia, Mississippi (which I'm kind of assuming is like LA), or Alabama. I'm planning on taking a trip in April to wherever I'm thinking about relocating.0
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What kind of job do you have? If you are a teacher you want to stay out of NC.
I work at a daycare - so "technically" a teacher...but not in the school systems. Why do you say stay out of NC...or do you just mean the schools?0 -
Visit in the summer. The entire American southeast has the most disgusting summer weather I've ever experienced, and I live in Arizona.
*shudder*
(Sorry, southerners. You are stronger people than I am.)
At least in Southern Florida we have daily rain and a breeze. Been to Scottsdale in the summer for work and talk about terrible!! Holy crap, we couldn't get in our rental car for 10 mins due to the extreme heat.
I could never live there.
Yeah I've been to Scottsdale and Phoenix. The heat made me feel like I was in HELL, The brown decor and constant Mexican food I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. Most of my co-workers were WIERD! Hate AZ never want to go back!0 -
What kind of job do you have? If you are a teacher you want to stay out of NC.
I work at a daycare - so "technically" a teacher...but not in the school systems. Why do you say stay out of NC...or do you just mean the schools?
Teacher pay is the lowest in the nation.0 -
I really like Northern GA, all of AL best of all. Western NC/eastern TN is nice too but a lot of economic drawbacks.
If I were you, I'd look at the Birmingham area. There are excellent universities and the state's religion is college football. There is a streak of Appalachian mtns that come through the state that offer geographic relief from the humidity (Smith Lake is in the very southern Appalachian mtns, created by a dam in the 60s. I find the weather very tolerable myself, but I lived without a/c for 30 years in the NC mtns. Can't do that here (I can't).
But lowest cost of housing, great educational institutions and arts, B'ham is within a few hours of the ocean and so much to offer.
Knoxville/Gatlinburg is okay but too retail/industrial for my taste and wayyyy too much traffic (I hate places where traffic routinely comes to a standstill).
Feel free to friend me if you want to keep in touch throughout your research. Happy to answer questions or render opinions. 0 -
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Lol - ok...I'm looking for laid-back, quiet, easy going...but not totally out in the stix kind of thing. I could do a fairly big city, but I'm better with small town kind of feel. I work at a daycare, so I would have to at least be within commuting distance to a fairly large city. Oh - and college football is a must. :-) I don't make a lot of money, so the cost of living should be fairly low. I don't want snow - or at least the amount of snow we get here - but not sure if I would like the "extreme" heat of places like Arizona. How's that? :-)
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I would strongly recommend Huntsville, AL. You actually completely dismissed AL from your radar. We are right in the middle of GA and MS. I would pick HSV because we are very low cost of living, a good cross between a small town and big city and close to many other areas. The job market here is great! Housing and all cost of living is cheap. We are about 1.5 hours from Birmingham, 1.5 hours from Nashville, about 4 hours from Atlanta and about 3.5 hours from western MS (Tunica, MS).
Just my two cents. If you want more info, you can always PM me.0 -
I have absolutely no clue why I didn't look at AL - it sounds like that's somewhere I really need to look at more closely!!! How would you describe the weather in AL? I've been to Florida and Louisiana and Arizona multiple times - anything I can compare it with? (And thanks sooo much to everyone for your advice!!!)0
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Moving south for college was one of the best things my family ever did for my brother and I!
My brother's first year of college was pricy.. but once you have a year of residency (in FL anyway) then you get in-state tuition.
We moved from NJ to FL, and you get used to the weather real quick. Anything is better than Northeast snow!0
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