Moving to the Carolinas? Anyone up there?

[Mikeys00vx]

RDU is the three letter identifier for Raleigh-Durham International Airport

Mikey

[technocoy]

not sure about the basements question, there are lots of houses with them, maybe you just haven't run across any yet. They aren't as standard here as I hear they are up north, but it's a common thing.

as for the weather... pretty mild except for summer (but i hate the heat) and the only reason thats bad is because of the 98degrees combined with the 100% humidity. Of course, coming from florida, you won't be to out of your element. ha! usually get one to two small winter storms, very rarely anything huge. the fall months are beautiful especially in the mountains.

[Maugan_VX]

the reason why there are no basements around here is because the soil in which the foundations for homes rest is mostly red clay. Its the nastiest stuff on the planet, but its also known for not providing the best foundation support, therefore basement walls tend to crack when the house shifts.

So instead they just lay footers in the ground with a crawlspace and no basements.

[Heraclid]

the nightlife is pretty good if you're into that. It does have the Panthers.

LOL! Well, I know that the night life in Tampa got interesting when a couple of Panthers cheerleaders were in town.

[technocoy]

that was SO AWESOME... my wife and i were like, oh i wonder if they got in a fight? then when we heard what happened it was like, sweet!

[JimRori]

Well everybody, thanks again for the helpful info. I've got a second phone interview Monday afternoon. I hope to impresss them with my near god-like abilities. We'll see how it goes.