how to make the change from North Carolina to New York???

Hi crazzydolphin, I am "up here" in the north right now, and I can't wait to get out of here. I plan on moving south, even farther south than North Carolina as soon as possible. We have winter up here and it gets cold; some days the high temperature is in the teens or single digits, before windchill. The traffic is horrible, the roads are horrible as well. When I visit my family that moved to Florida, there are no potholes, and you don't have to plan what time you are leaving for somewhere to avoid traffic. The solution to every traffic problem here seems to be put up red lights; I have to travel through 5 of them just to go 2.5 miles to a shopping center. There are 3 in the 6 miles to the local shopping center that my family uses in Florida. Fuel is about $0.20 cheaper on average there too. My parents bought a new car in Florida, it has over 28,000 miles on it, still has it's original tires/brakes/exhaust at 3 years old. I drive about 5000 miles/year, and I have used 1 set of brakes due to wear and corrosion pitting, and 2 mufflers and tailpipes because they rust out due to road salt usage. The other poster who mentioned that it costs more to live up here is definitely correct, the cost of living is higher, and you have to fix many things due to exposure to elements. Sure you get hurricanes down there, but they are sporadic and give you enough warning when they do come that you can get out of their way. We get tornados, and you have mere minutes to seek shelter when they touch down. Will I adapt to life in the south, you darn right I will, and if I ever falter, I'll just remind myself what I left behind.

Too funny, I moved from New York to North Carolina. At first I did not want to move here because of my friends and family were up there. It was tough but once I gave it a chance I started to like it here. Now I miss NY still but I like it here and I am okay with being here. There are many differences between the two. NY is very fast paced in most places, traffic is horrible there, things are much more expensive there, the education system is better in NY, and of course the ACCENT is completely different, Lol. I miss NY a lot, if I could afford it up there I would move back. But sadly there is no way I will have that kind of money. I hope if you do move there that you will adapt quickly. And I hope you like it as much as I always did. =)

I have lived in NC all of my life. At one point I really wanted to move to Ft. Walton Beach in Florida. I had a job all lined up and everything. I was very determined to move but everything for rent was so much more expensive down there than it was here. I also had 3 boys and was a single parent at the time and I knew that if I had problems I would not be able to pick up the phone and my family would be over to help out. My ex-husband was from NY and I have visited in the summer and the winter and I can honestly tell you that they would have to pay me to move up to that snow and ice up there!!! I think I will stick with the south.

hi crazzydolphin! mr. psychoartist and our princess and i have moved to minnesota from georgia about three months ago...we were excited but nervous about the change...the people here have been very nice and we love our new house and town which is like mayberry but in the north...we miss the southern food though! and our families...we talk to our families almost every day on facebook or email or phone which is great! i know at one time in history if we moved up here we would not be able to stay in touch so easily! so that is one good thing for you if your family is on line...we could even skype but we haven't done that yet...in some ways we thought of our move as an adventure and i think moving from nc to ny would also be quite an adventure!