Reviews & Comments
Greenville, NC
re: Greenville is PITTiful!
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9/7/2021I have to agree. Lived there for 2.5 years and so glad to be away from that place. Neighborhoods are pretty segregated with the blacks living on the west side around the hospital and the whites on the east side of the town where home values are double for the same quality and size homes.
If you don’t work at the hospital or one of the pharmaceutical firms in town you aren’t making any money and are struggling to make ends meet.
Public schools suck all around Pitt County with the only decent performing schools are located on the white side of town.
Town is located in the middle of nowhere. There are no densely populated towns within 30 miles in any direction of this town which means there isn’t much to do here.
They are only building new housing developments in the nicer parts of town instead of trying to improve the poorer neighborhoods around the hospital and outskirts of town.
Easy to see why most ECU students leave this town the second they graduate.
Raleigh, NC
Bland and Boring -
7/5/2021I don’t see how Raleigh makes the top best places to live lists. The people are funny acting and job market is only great if you are in IT or Medical/biotech field. Cost of living is rising, if you make less than $80k as a single or $160k as a family you better have a side hustle (e.g: Uber, Lyft, side business) if you don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck.
There isn’t much to do outside bars and restaurants on Glenwood south/North Hills. Outside of those areas Raleigh is bland suburbia. Raleigh is not a city! There is no aquarium, zoo, theme parks, or decent museums. You are paying city cost of living without all the big city amenities.
People act the same, very cliquey, dress alike, and drive the same type of vehicles. Raleigh is full of basic bros/gals with no individual character or personality.
If you want true city life, this is not the place for you. Move to Charlotte, Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Austin, or Miami for a true southern city with lots of things to do besides bars and restaurants.