Reviews & Comments
Hickory, NC
re: Are you nuts? - 9/30/2006 -
7/9/2011I agree. I was born and raised in Hickory. I live outside of Augusta, GA now. Decent jobs are nearly impossible to come by unless one has a marketable skill that is in demand. Hickory will always be "home" but I could never live there again without winning the lottery. I, along with most of my family and friends in Hickory, would advise anyone looking to relocate to the area to think long and hard about it before doing it. Pretty scenery and good weather do not pay the bills.
Hickory, NC
Hickory -
7/9/2011I was born and raised in Hickory and I was finally able to escape. For anyone looking for a place to live and work, try somewhere else. The job market is absolutely awful, and what few jobs there are available are low wage dead end jobs.
We have seen a number of people from the North move to Hickory in recent years and those of us who were born there wonder why anybody in their right mind would move to a dirty old mill town with no jobs and seemingly no future. If I were looking for a place to retire, it would not be Hickory.