Reviews & Comments
Waxhaw, NC
Great little town! -
2/23/2006Well, it's not much of a town, really. It's more like a wide place in the road. Think of a smaller, backward Mayberry, RFD, with some really great neighborhoods, nice families, new schools, and it's growing like gangbusters.
It's in the heart of what up until now has been North Carolina's horse country. Unfortunately, the area is being developed soooo fast that much of the farm land and open space is disappearing. Too bad but it's still a nice place to live. There are still lots of stables, too.
Among other little drawbacks is a stupid city ordinance that bans the sale of drinks by the glass. What's that all about? Some religious, do-gooder wackos must have passed that law because of a moral objection to booze. The downside is that good restaurants won't open in Waxhaw because they can't have a bar. Bummer.
On the plus side, it's close enough to Charlotte that there are good jobs, low unemployment, and lots of things to do. Charlotte is actually a fairly cosmopolitan city. Waxhaw is only a two hours' drive to the mountains and about a three hours' drive to the beach. Great weather, too. Sure it's a little humid in summer but it has really mild winters to make up for it.