The Six Years in the Triange were Worst of my Life
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10/4/2011
1. Before you buy real estate, be careful. NC is a "Buyer Beware State" Nuke plant not a disclosure item (lost my earnest money), and also Sex Offenders list not a disclosure either. Due dilligence is necessary BEFORE you make an offer.
2. Racism is alive and well in the triangle - will not expound. Go to comment section of WRAL or other local news sites to get the "flavor" of the culture. They have started deleting hate speak...yeah.
3. Husband was an executive at RTP Fortune 100 company. When lay-offs occur...you, like us will be out of luck. Big biz is continually laying off. My neighbor IBM Lonovo (20+yr employee) got his pink slip upon his return from medical leave. That was nice of them, at least he got thru rehab before they canned him. Economy is big business friendly, but diversity of mid-size employers is weak.
4. Crime is terrible. We were six figure earners, so not living in the slums by any means. Neighbor across the street had car stolen. A workman doing rennovations at my home, had tools taken from his trailer. My husbands bass boat stolen (snapped the lock and just drove off with it). School contruction site robbed. A 21 year old co-worker of my daughter at Frankie's Fun Park near Brier Creek (Luciano Alejandro Cabrera, 21) was found murdered this summer. And this was just in my neighbor-HOOD. The rich guys in North Raleigh.
5. My mother-in-law (80) came to be with us here. She was neglected and abused in assisted living home. (by the way, we did remove her) Reported incidents to Dept. of Health and Human Services...they were fined $20,000 but it is not documented on DHHS website. (How does the buyer beware here if they hide this kind of thing?) p.s. before using adult day care center, find out if staff are volunteers or court ordered.
Duke healthcare system is not all that by-the-way...not personal or compassionate to caregivers and inflexible in scheduling. Exposure to VRE (hospital super-bug) 2009.
I don't even know how to describe the inhumane treatment of senior with memory disorder, maybe it is just as bad elsewhere - I hope I never find out. Do not think that this is some healthcare Mecca...it is not.
6. Kids, especially the teens, were bored.
7. The weather (mild if you take the hot and cold, add em together and divide by two). But I experienced 17-22 degrees in winter and 102-104 degrees in summer. Loved the thunder storms though. And the changing of leaves in autumn was glorious.
8. Overall community was uptight, unfriendly, and I am glad to ge gone gone gone.
Home is where you are loved. Be near the ones you love and people who care about you...being far from family during a crisis like lay-off or illness is your worst case scenerio.
Abhd | Raleigh, NC