Unfriendly
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6/30/2015
I am from the Deep South and had the misfortune of living in Raleigh for 7 years. Because the inside the beltline neighborhoods reminded us of home, we chose a house there. Our neighbors were not welcoming or friendly, nor were people warm at my children's church preschool and elementary school. My children were routinely excluded from birthday parties and play dates. I began to think, "These people have southern accents but they are the most inhospitable un-southern people I have ever encountered." It took quite a few years for my kids to make some close school friends. Other southern transplants told me they had experienced similar treatment. One of my southern transplant acquaintances lasted only a couple of years and she and her family packed up and moved back home. A Raleigh native once told me that his daughter was living in the Deep South and could not believe how much nicer the people were. Exactly! We finally made the decision to move back to the Deep South and we are so much happier. My kids have tons of friends, we have friendly neighbors, and the people are much less concerned with status and social climbing. What a relief. I cannot recommend Raleigh. There are much better places to live in the south. ITB Raleigh folks are generally (and with some exceptions) ill mannered, close minded, snobby, gossipy, untraveled (they rarely go anywhere other than the mountains and beach and will resent you if you travel overseas), and uncultured.. They attend church but evidently don't follow the Christian precept of treating others as you would like to be treated. I am happy to have this chapter of my life behind me. Do not move here!!! The other posters who have conveyed negative impressions of Raleigh are spot on.
Ann | Monroe, LA