[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

NC was invaded by Yankees paying way too much
money for houses long ago, ever since Money magazine listed The Raleigh/Durham/ Chapel Hill area as the top place to live(sometime around 92?),
the inflated prices went thru the roof. Half of Ohio is doing the same thing
around here. After personally visited Ohio, I can understand their want to leave,
if you come down here, haggle with the prices a bit, don't pay thru the nose like
most of them do, keep the South affordable if you can

WTF is going on? I typed out a fairly long reply to this, posted it, looked at it to make sure it was ok, went to a different post and when I came back the damn thing had disappeared!!!! This is the third post I've had a post do that in the last 2 weeks!!!

Spare, you hit the nail right on the head. The reasons are long and I'm not going to retype them again, but suffice it to say that even though home prices are starting to pull back a little, I don't think we'll ever see the prices of the 70's - 80's era again....even adjusted for inflation. And if I come down there you can bet that I'll haggle for every cent I can save. I worked hard for my money, and I'm not gonna just throw it away. Every penny saved is a penny more in the gas tank of the boat.