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where should the liberals with kids live?
Star Rating - 1/14/2013
We are also looking to move to Raleigh or Chapel Hill. We have 2 school age children and our budget is around $300 - $400,000 for a house. We would like to get out of the painfully conservative area we are currently living in. We are looking for good schools (of course) A charter/magnet school would be great. In an ideal world we would find a safe area that would allow us to walk to coffee shops with live music and restaurants that serve funky food . We want to live somewhere that we can have our Obama sticker on our car and send our kids to school with their organic edemame without feeling like we're from another planet. Please help:) What part of town should we live in? My husband works from home so we really don't need to worry about a commute.
kerry | Canton, GA
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We are also looking for a place for liberals with Obama stickers and would love to hear what you find? Thanks
Amanda | Old Lyme, CT | Report Abuse
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Look at the wake county public school system and find Wiley Elementary. Then find out where the base zone is. You want to be there, be culturally open, be intellectually stimulated, be close, be happy. Costs a lot. You might be in a town house, condo or a older small house very mature trees. So worth it. Look around Wade Avenue and Glenwood.
Linda | Ogden, UT | Report Abuse
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I have basically this same question! I will likely be moving there for a few years for a temporary position at NC State. I would love to get my daughter in a good (ideally diverse) preschool. And my husband will be happiest where there an area like you describe. I would like to be near the university, but don't want to be stuck in frat row. I will be renting, not buying, but it looks like we are looking for the same neighborhood. Let me know if you find your answer. :)
amanda | Endicott, NY | Report Abuse
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I would think Michigan, Ferguson,MO, Waterbury,Ct, Newark NJ, south LA....LOTS of Obama stickers. You will fit in perfectly.
george | Southbury, CT | Report Abuse
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I would think Michigan, Ferguson,MO, Waterbury,Ct, Newark NJ, south LA....LOTS of Obama stickers. You will fit in perfectly.
george | Southbury, CT | Report Abuse
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