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High Point, NC vs North Myrtle Beach, SC

#64 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#138 Best Green Cities

#108 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#266 2005 Best Places to Live

#336 Best Green Cities

Mild winter lovely spring with flowers blooming hot miserable humid summer breath taking  More

High Point is a very nice  More

There is no longer a job market in High Point, NC.   More

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More