OT - Anyone live in the Carolinas?, Thinking of relocating Options

[KaptKaos]

So I am kind of tired of Los Angeles. Now that I have three kids, the city doesn't appeal to me so much any more.

I make a pretty good living, but even still the real estate market here is just out of hand. Tiny little houses (900 sq ft) on postage stamp lots that cost $620k just does not make sense to me.

My in-laws live in South Carolina and it seems that the job market and the real estate market there are in decent shape.

I am curious to hear from the folks that live in and around those areas and any advice that you might give to someone looking to move in.

And yes, I will be bringing my teener with me.

TIA

[VaccaRabite]

As a guy that moved from Modesto CA to the East Coast (Baltimore, MD) here are some things that you will notice right off.

1) Its hotter here. Well really, its not hotter here, but the humidity will have you swearing that it is. I don't miss much about CA, but I do miss the dry heat.
2) What happened to my cheap and plentiful fruits and veggies. No one on the East Coast blinks an eye at buying thier greens "out of season."
3) You are not assumed to be a criminal if you own a gun in most of the East.
4) (not so much in NC or SC) SNOW!
5) Its cold here in ther winter. And wearing shorts in January will get you lots of strange looks (but I still do it)
6) The Atlantic does not hold a candle to the Pacific. The Pacific has waves, the Atlantic has ripples.

On the whole, however, I do not think that I would ever want to move back to Cali.

Zach