The Good and The Bad
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3/10/2010
The Good: Wilmington NC is a beautiful family town for the right people. It has the mentality of a small beach town with the growth of a not so big city. It has two malls: an indoor one and an outdoor one. It has a great library. There are three movie theaters and a big stage theater. It is a huge sports town. The town has all kinds of youth sports available at a low cost to families: soccer, football, basketball, softball, baseball and more. The parents can get a bit competitive, but what sports lover doesn't. There are YMCA's, a YWCA, and lots of summer camps and youth centers. The parks more than four, are available to everyone. They are clean and beautiful. They all have walking trails for walkers and joggers and some even have dog parks. Wilmington is definitely a dog town. It also has all the major stores: Target, JC Penny, Walmart, etc. It has great places for family to enjoy the outdoors and indoors. It is a college town so their are a lot of college students at UNCW. The beach is a tourist spot for surfing and fishing. Downtown has gorgeously restored homes and churches. It is a town for the arts. The negative: Many people born and raised here do not want outsiders here. They hire their own and if an outsider is hired, they tend to join forces to make sure the outsider quits. Hispanics are not welcome here. Although many of the Mexican people that live here are here on work visas that the natives request for help in the farms, they are all treated like illegal aliens. The people native to the area are so protective of the beautiful town they call home, they do not realize how hateful they can be and often cross the line. If you are not careful, it could be dangerous. After 4 years of trying to make the natives of Wilmington NC see that we are good people just like them, we are finally giving up and looking for a way to leave. As you can tell, we love the town. It was perfect, but the hatred of the natives to outsiders made it too difficult for us to stay.
anonymous | Wilmington, NC