I need to leave...
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2/20/2007
I have lived in Wilmington all my life of 58 years. My parents were from Brunswick County and Robeson County. I used to love Wilmington. Us natives were accustomed to driving to Wrightsville Beach (around 4 to 5 miles in around 5 minutes) driving up to the sand or an un-metered parking place and jumping in the wonderful clean water of our beaches and sounds. Nowadays, it takes 15 to 20 minutes for the same trip, money for the parking meters (if you can find parking) and you have to be careful where you swim. Putting a boat in is absolutely out of the question. It is more fun to sit on the dock and watch everyone fighting over the access or the parking. Restaurants have grown from home cooking to chain after chain after chain of expensive dining. I is almost impossible to find fresh seafood at a reasonable price. Housing has increased so much that I cannot change to a different neighborhood. If I sell my house now I cannot by anything comparable for the same price. Traffic is horrendous. Of course, compared to big cities it is not bad but the aggravation of traffic flow is much greater than even the big cities.
So, I am looking forward to the time when my family obligations allow me to move to the foothills of the NC mountains. I must ensure I like where I chose to move because once I move, I cannot financially afford to return to
Wilmington. I hope all of you people moving down enjoy your city of Wilmington because my old city of Wilmington is long gone and will never return and unfortunately, you will never have had the wonderful experience that I enjoyed in my youth.
Ken | Wilmington, NC