Reply #1: I love living in Chapel Hill, NC. I grew up in northern NJ [View All]

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moved to Southern California (north San Diego County in 1965) in high school, lived in various parts of Los Angeles--Santa Monica, the San Fernando Valley--for almost 20 years. Moved to Missouri (St. Joseph) to raise kids and then Lincoln, Nebraska when that didn't work out, and when that also didn't work out we finally moved to Chapel Hill in 2000.

We could retire anywhere, but we are rebuilding on the lot here where our house burned down in 2007.
Chapel Hill is the perfect college town: progressive, lots of interesting people, small but
cosmopolitan. Only 25 minutes to the Raleigh/Durham airport (you can fly direct to London--if the volcano isn't spewing ash!). Our youngest son has in-state tuition at one of the top public
universities in the country: UNC-Chapel Hill. Our oldest son works in his chosen field--IT support--
in the Research Triangle and is able to afford living in his own townhouse (although he has been through two previous layoffs, but so far, has survived this recession).

I couldn't ask for a better place to live. I love Chapel Hill.

On edit: And no, you couldn't pay me to move back to California.