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[nowensone]

I am resisting the urge to open a thread in the CLT forum to ask my questions to avoid undue posting lameness , but hopefully this will be seen by the CLT crowd here.

I am in the position of taking a job in Mooresville here soon and would like some advice from CLT'ers on areas to live since I'd prefer to locate in the CLT area, not Mooresville, but given the commute I probably need to avoid anything east of uptown, and my own experience with CLT is primarily East/Northeast.  Anyway, advice is appreciated, I'd love to go ahead and jump into an urban experience (and enjoy the reverse commute) but not sure that is a doable yet both in terms of availability and a budget under $200K, but am open to suggestions.  Thank you in advance.

[rjp212]

You could look at the other Lake towns such as Davidson, Huntersville, Cornelius.

[nowensone]

Thanks, I am going to time the drive from GSO this weekend (where I will be commuting from until our house there is sold), and in the process make a quick drive through of these areas, though my impression of the Lake Norman area as a child was a negative one, I am guessing it has changed a lot sine then.

At any rate, I will eventually employ a realtor, though value the advice of UPers as a first step of getting things narrowed down much more so than a realtor.  Preference is older urban areas (such as brownstones I so love), though I've had to bend a little on that lately due to children (space, safety & school requirements) and costs, not to mention being in the wrong part of the country for that.  Thank you again for the reply.

[Pillsbury]

Hello North Carolinians.   The Doughboy is considering a move to the Triad.  Does anyone know anything about Elon Law School? Thanks!!!!

[transitman]

Pillsbury, on Feb 19 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

Hello North Carolinians.   The Doughboy is considering a move to the Triad.  Does anyone know anything about Elon Law School? Thanks!!!!

The law school is less than 5 years old, maybe even less than 3 years old.  That said, we know virtually nothing about the quality of its academic programs or alums.

[Pillsbury]

Yeah, it's only their second full year I believe.  As I understand, they've applied to be provisionally accredited from the ABA.  It's not identified on their website, but a lot of people knew Charleston would get theirs before it was published.  So......just curious as to what type of reputation Elon University has up in that area as that often dictates how fast a place is accredited.*

* The pigs in Georgia won't let me sit for the bar exam if I don't graduated from an accredited school.  Neither will NC as I understand it.

Edited by Pillsbury, 19 February 2007 - 01:19 PM.

[blburton]

Having been born and raised 1 mile from the school and personally knowing some graduates, I know that the growth there is on steroids.  Campus is probably double the size it was 15 years ago.  It's also become a much, much more competitive school rivaling admission sta.  It's ranked #3 among 127 Southern master's-level universities in the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" guide.  http://www.elon.edu/.../news/rankings/ provides more information on their accolades and http://www.elon.edu/.../snapshot.xhtml gives a profile of this year's freshman class.  Pretty impressive.

Pillsbury, on Feb 19 2007, 02:19 PM, said:

Yeah, it's only their second full year I believe.  As I understand, they've applied to be provisionally accredited from the ABA.  It's not identified on their website, but a lot of people knew Charleston would get theirs before it was published.  So......just curious as to what type of reputation Elon University has up in that area as that often dictates how fast a place is accredited.*

* The pigs in Georgia won't let me sit for the bar exam if I don't graduated from an accredited school.  Neither will NC as I understand it.

[Pillsbury]

Thank you so much.   It sounds like a great school.

My next questions might involve the coolest places in Greensboro to live!!!!

Edited by Pillsbury, 20 February 2007 - 08:06 AM.

[transitman]

Pillsbury, on Feb 20 2007, 09:05 AM, said:

Thank you so much.   It sounds like a great school.

My next questions might involve the coolest places in Greensboro to live!!!!

Elon is a good (and very much on the rise) undergraduate university.  If there is a private school in the state capable of jumping from the academic middle tier to the company of Duke, Wake Forest, and Davidson, Elon is it.  

As for cool places to live in Greensboro.  Here would be my strategy.

1.  Draw a 1/2 to 3/4 mile radius around downtown Greensboro, Aycock and the UNCG campus.  

2.  Pretend there is no housing stock outside of these boundaries.  Look carefully within the boundaries.

Those who know Greensboro well, I fear I have left 1 or 2 other urban neighborhoods out of criterion 1.  Please adjust my boundaries for the doughboy as needed.

[nowensone]

I think you are leaving out a number of great nieghborhoods by saying 1/2 to 3/4 miles outside of DT only, such as the outer N. Elm areas, Irving Park, all the nieghborhoods around Hobbs and Westridge, around Holden and Friendly Center, Spring Garden nieghborhoods, etc..  Some of these are quite expensive and Irving Park may be out entirely, but worth mentioning as the doughboy may be a grossly wealthy playboy.  

Edited by nowensone, 20 February 2007 - 10:41 AM.

[Pillsbury]

Thanks Transitman and Nowensone!!!  The doughboy is unfortunately poor and is about to go into a massive amount of debt and get even poorer!!!  

Greensboro is my preferred city to live in (I even have people in High Point and Chapel Hill!!!) but my eligibility for federal loans is dictated by whether or not I attend an accredited school.  So I wait!!! Thanks for the suggestions!!!!  I'm really quite fond of that neighborhood that you drive through on Wendover (I think!!!) right before downtown.  It's very pretty and reminds me of my neighborhood here.

[suburban george3]

Pillsbury, on Feb 19 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

Hello North Carolinians.   The Doughboy is considering a move to the Triad.

You mean us Triad residents might get a chance to see if you giggle when we "poke" you in your tummy?  

[nowensone]

Pillsbury, on Feb 20 2007, 12:12 PM, said:

Thanks Transitman and Nowensone!!!  The doughboy is unfortunately poor and is about to go into a massive amount of debt and get even poorer!!!  

Greensboro is my preferred city to live in (I even have people in High Point and Chapel Hill!!!) but my eligibility for federal loans is dictated by whether or not I attend an accredited school.  So I wait!!! Thanks for the suggestions!!!!  I'm really quite fond of that neighborhood that you drive through on Wendover (I think!!!) right before downtown.  It's very pretty and reminds me of my neighborhood here.

In that case you can scratch a few of my suggestions, namely Irving Park, though the Hobbs area is getting high priced itself (upper middle+).  The neighborhoods off of Wendover are deceptive - they look like early century cheap bungalows but many are already overpriced themselves, depends where exactly you are talking about.  As transit indicated, I'd try the DT radius first, but after that look in the UNCG neighborhoods between Holden and the university itself, you'll find rentals and college living though a large enough areas that it is not just frat house party row, you should be able to find something.  And still only 5 minutes or so to Elon in DT.

suburban george3, on Feb 21 2007, 04:33 AM, said:

You mean us Triad residents might get a chance to see if you giggle when we "poke" you in your tummy?  

[Pillsbury]

suburban george3, on Feb 21 2007, 04:33 AM, said:

You mean us Triad residents might get a chance to see if you giggle when we "poke" you in your tummy?  

Yes indeed.  I may become a fellow Triadian or whatever!!!!  

Thanks Nowensone.  I'm coming up in a few weeks and will check out some of those places.

[triadcat]

Pillsbury, on Feb 21 2007, 08:49 AM, said:

Yes indeed.  I may become a fellow Triadian or whatever!!!!  

Thanks Nowensone.  I'm coming up in a few weeks and will check out some of those places.

Yes, Pillsbury......I think you should move to the Triad!

[Pillsbury]

Well Greensboro is my first choice as far as where to live!!! It's just that at this point, Elon is not my first choice given my financial situation.

[nowensone]

Is there such a thing as an inexpensive but well regarded/ranked law school?  Just curious, don't know the first thing about them.

[Pillsbury]

Well, North Carolina's case, Duke and Wake Forest are excellent schools, but so is UNC, which, if you're an NC resident, is much better on the pocketbook.   In Georgia's case, UGA is much better than the other law schools except Emory, but is much much cheaper, think $40K as opposed to $10K a year.  

Law schools are weird though, because if a school is accredited, you're eligible for a lot more federal funding than if it's not accredited.   Thus, Elon is no more expensive than Mercer or Charleston, but because it's not yet accredited, it makes it harder to secure funding for the student.

So yeah, all the state schools ((UGA, UNC, Virginia, etc) are excellent and even better than many of the private ones (Mercer, John Marshall, Elon, Charleston).

North Carolina's interesting in that it has three powerhouse law schools, compared to Georgia's two.   I'm hardpressed to think of a state outside of maybe Mass. and Cali. that have better colleges for its residents---certainly none in the South is better than North Carolina in that regard.

Edited by Pillsbury, 23 February 2007 - 02:23 PM.

[ParkPlace]

Pillsbury, on Feb 23 2007, 04:19 PM, said:

North Carolina's interesting in that it has three powerhouse law schools, compared to Georgia's two.   I'm hardpressed to think of a state outside of maybe Mass. and Cali. that have better colleges for its residents---certainly none in the South is better than North Carolina in that regard.

Virginia is way up there: UVA, VATech, and William&Mary are all public schools in the top tier of national colleges.

Edited by ParkPlace, 19 May 2009 - 01:55 PM.