Reply #17: I live in Chapel Hill, NC where we moved 8 years ago from Lincoln, NE. [View All]

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Hubby and I left Santa Monica in 1988 with our almost 2 yo son for St. Joseph, MO. We didn't want to raise kids in Los Angeles. In 1994 we considered emigrating to New Zealand, but the job hubby wanted
in Christchurch was taken by a South African. At the time, I wanted to come to Chapel Hill (Berkeley of the South), but hubby won and we moved to Lincoln. Finally, after our Lincoln neighbors took us to court
to prevent hubby from having a home office (he's a psychiatrist)on our property (for which the city had given us a permit) I got my way and we moved to Chapel Hill.

I LOVE it here. I was born in NYC (Manhattan baby), grew up in Chatham, NJ and moved to southern CA when I was in high school. Went to UCLA in 1969 and stayed in the L.A. area.

What do I love about Chapel Hill? Small town feel (although it's changing); liberal university town; 1/2 hour from airport which makes it 1 hour to New York; diverse, interesting people; great public schools
for our kids (who have now graduated); 2+ hours to beach and similar distance to mountains. We live within walking distance of the university (and do walk to football games)but it feels like we're living in the woods. It's a 5 minute drive to the grocery store. Housing is affordable; property taxes aren't too bad.

I would never go back to California. I like being on the east coast. And on top of all that, we turned NC BLUE in 08!