For me, I enjoy the sudden changes of prosperity within a mile of each other in the same area. I love how I can be driving through an area with 1 million dollar homes and suddenly end up in the ghetto (attn Pinehurst). It really keeps me on my toes.

Oh, and of course Eastern-Style BBQ. I mean, Eastern-Style has no "help", it's just perfectly cooked meat sitting there by itself. It's got to be perfect meat prepared exactly, or it'll gag you. Western-NC-Style, on the other hand, is like Texas-style beef BBQ; you can take very average or even slightly under-average meat cooked just so-so, and with a great sauce a la' Western-NC-Style, disguise the poor meat under/inside the taste-bud-tingling sauce. Western-Style is really just a poor man's BBQ.

2/14/2013 12:51:42 AM

i like the lightning fast connections to The Wolf Web

2/14/2013 12:55:11 AM

Server locality is a huge plus.

2/14/2013 12:57:12 AM

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"For me, I enjoy the sudden changes of prosperity within a mile of each other in the same area."

It's like New Orleans (at least pre-Katrina when I visited).

2/14/2013 1:02:48 AM

where's that meme having to do with western NC BBQ and that one BBQ place between Cary and Raleigh

catalyst pls

2/14/2013 1:23:26 AM

The abundance of nice beaches! I have been to a lot of beaches, and for some reason there is nothing quite like the NC coast. I must have lived on the NC coast in a past life or something because I feel like I am home when I'm there. If I survive long enough to be an old man, that is where I will go to retire. But really, I can't think of any other coast in the country that I've been to that has left a lasting impression. Does anyone else feel this way?


There are people who say "OMG the beach! It is, get this, where sand, yes SAND, meets water! HOLY FUCK!" - If you are one of those people I'll just tell you that if you don't understand now I doubt you ever will. Some people are just drawn to the water I guess. Its like being a bug drawn to light. I really have no idea why it calls me, I just go along with it.

2/14/2013 1:56:22 AM

Great climate. Beautiful beaches. Nice people. Good looking women.

2/14/2013 3:51:59 AM

good fishing

2/14/2013 6:33:41 AM

Diversity.

2/14/2013 6:55:36 AM

it's not SC

2/14/2013 10:59:36 AM

Cookout

2/14/2013 11:00:56 AM

^ we've got those in Charleston now, though they're balls expensive ($3 for a big double vs $1 in Asheboro, 4.69 for a tray vs 3.99, etc)

2/14/2013 11:02:07 AM

gotta be the refusal to respect science and reason by our state house

2/14/2013 11:05:55 AM

not getting arrested for banging my 1st cousin

2/14/2013 11:06:39 AM

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"For me, I enjoy the sudden changes of prosperity within a mile of each other in the same area. I love how I can be driving through an area with 1 million dollar homes and suddenly end up in the ghetto (attn Pinehurst). "

Pretty sure this isn't unique to NC.

2/14/2013 11:11:05 AM

The weather. Not joking either.

2/14/2013 11:13:12 AM

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" ^ we've got those in Charleston now, though they're balls expensive ($3 for a big double vs $1 in Asheboro, 4.69 for a tray vs 3.99, etc)"

What?!?! That's bullshit!

2/14/2013 11:14:10 AM

A hard working legislature that will ensure that any woman with the nerve to expose her nipples in public will get the jail time she deserves

2/14/2013 11:14:48 AM

The cost of living

2/14/2013 11:53:04 AM

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"^ we've got those in Charleston now, though they're balls expensive ($3 for a big double vs $1 in Asheboro, 4.69 for a tray vs 3.99, etc)"

Isn't this the same in Raleigh?

2/14/2013 12:48:46 PM

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"good fishing "

2/14/2013 1:22:11 PM

progressiveness and tolerance

2/14/2013 1:26:19 PM

Glass bottle Cheerwine
Lots of local breweries
A diverse food scene
Local acts like Kooley High
The Blue Ridge Parkway

2/14/2013 1:52:03 PM

-Cookout (they're in SC, but not readily accessible like they are in NC)
-Trees
-Roads (conditions & patterns)
-overall cleanliness compared to other states I have lived in (SC, OK)
-Eastern NC BBQ
-more intelligent (at least around the Triangle)
-appreciation for local breweries (Columbia, SC has none---most in Greenville/Charleston)

2/14/2013 1:59:04 PM

I can hike part of the Appalachian Trail in the mountains on Saturday and be kiteboarding at the beach on Sunday. All while sipping sweet tea!

2/14/2013 3:06:31 PM

growing up 30 minutes from the beach has probably been my favorite aspect.

2/14/2013 3:07:59 PM

it's not SC

2/14/2013 3:08:28 PM

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" is like Texas-style beef BBQ; you can take very average or even slightly under-average meat cooked just so-so, and with a great sauce a la' Western-NC-Style, disguise the poor meat under/inside the taste-bud-tingling sauce. "

i don't think you've ever had good texas brisket.

i never use sauce, nor does sauce come with any of the brisket at places i go to. make sure to get the "moist" cut... full fat cap and all it's glory. cooked with the cap up, melting into the beef, and is smoked to the point you don't need a knife. just melts. sure a few place sauce during cooking, but it's not completely slathered and covered like western nc style bbq. s

SOURCE: i live in texas.

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[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 3:29 PM. Reason : e]

2/14/2013 3:26:08 PM

Two hours to the mountains, two hours to the beach

I couldn't imagine the beach being a 10+ hour drive away that I was able to visit once every couple years.

2/14/2013 3:32:10 PM

^^WANT.

[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 3:33 PM. Reason : carats]

[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 3:34 PM. Reason : also carets]

2/14/2013 3:33:50 PM

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"Two hours to the mountains, two hours to the beach"

Out of curiousity, where do you live?

2/14/2013 4:32:49 PM

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"I couldn't imagine the beach being a 10+ hour drive away that I was able to visit once every couple years."

i'm 3-4 hours from the beach and my feet haven't touched the beach/ocean in 3+ years

2/14/2013 4:37:17 PM

i like how the N is all pointy and sharp corners, but the C is soft and curvy, as a counter-balance

2/14/2013 4:38:21 PM

^^lame

[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 4:39 PM. Reason : caret]

2/14/2013 4:38:28 PM

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"Out of curiousity, where do you live?"

or what do you drive, and how fast?

2/14/2013 4:39:47 PM

^^no kidding. i've been to Charleston each year but i don't consider that the beach (and it's SC). But i just haven't had a solid "beach vacation" in a long time. I am really hoping to change that this summer, even if it's just a weekend trip with a shitty room at the Buccaneer Inn. I need the ocean.

2/14/2013 4:41:18 PM

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"i like how the N is all pointy and sharp corners, but the C is soft and curvy, as a counter-balance"

2/14/2013 4:42:55 PM

That it's 3000 miles away from where I am now?

I miss parts of NC, and I'm proud to have born there, but it's definitely unliveable for me these days...

2/14/2013 5:59:28 PM

Carolina Beach

2/14/2013 6:03:31 PM

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"i'm 3-4 hours from the beach and my feet haven't touched the beach/ocean in 3+ years "

same

2/14/2013 6:44:43 PM

I'd go to the beach more if NC beaches weren't kind of shitty.

2/14/2013 6:52:28 PM

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"For me, I enjoy the sudden changes of prosperity within a mile of each other in the same area. I love how I can be driving through an area with 1 million dollar homes and suddenly end up in the ghetto (attn Pinehurst). It really keeps me on my toes. "

ommm...this is EVERYWHERE

2/14/2013 7:00:29 PM

The diversity of land/seascapes

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"I'd go to the beach more if NC beaches weren't kind of shitty."

Might be biased, but most NC beaches are pretty nice. Guess it depends on your definition of shitty.

A weekend beach vacation doesn't have to be expensive, especially in the off season like early October or March-April.

Jeepin4x4 pm sent

2/14/2013 9:52:58 PM

I like the fact they keep the homos in their place, and the niggas in the back of the bus.

2/14/2013 9:58:54 PM

meh, others have posted

[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 10:03 PM. Reason : x]

2/14/2013 10:02:50 PM

Not having to specify that I want fries with my Cajun filet biscuit combo at Bojangles. In Maryland they default to the Bo rounds, which is fine, but come on.

2/14/2013 10:15:54 PM

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"I miss parts of NC, and I'm proud to have born there, but it's definitely unliveable for me these days... "

This came across as tuff

2/14/2013 10:17:10 PM

No question the Springs Road Gun Club...located at the Propst Gas station on Springs Road in Hickory. Right across from the trailer park.

Also, the Pracillas MCcalls or whatever on LR Blvd that took over the old Peddler Steakhouse because it has a drive thru window. That mug comes in handy.

2/14/2013 10:56:23 PM

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"For me, I enjoy the sudden changes of prosperity within a mile of each other in the same area. I love how I can be driving through an area with 1 million dollar homes and suddenly end up in the ghetto (attn Pinehurst). It really keeps me on my toes."

This is not exclusive to NC.

I like the fact that I'm 3 hours from the beach 5 hours from the mountains...same as CA but without all the hassles that come with living in CA.

2/14/2013 11:50:28 PM

after living in the Midwest for 5 years, I like the fact that NC is not freezing fucking cold in the winter

2/14/2013 11:55:51 PM