Originally Posted by
mikepwagner
It's great to be affluent and healthy in a low-tax southern state. If either of those change, life can be not so good.
The eastern part of NC - to which my parents retired - is pretty much in a "race to the bottom" against 3rd world countries as far as wages, taxes, and services go.
Just my thoughts ...
How so? I've been vacationing in the Wilmington area for 20 years, and I've not seen any obvious changes. As for the dream houses, a lot of vacation homes went up for sale when the national economy tanked.
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