Where would you rather live--Greensboro or Charlotte?

[g5jamz]

Greensboro is just boring. Charlotte is much more entertaining...and has huge upside. Don't see that in Greensboro.

[Guest]

I lived in the Triad for about 8 years, so I know from experience when I say Greensboro SUCKS!!!!! Boring and depressing. I agree with Jangler that W-S is great when compared to Greensboro. Young people get out of school and then flee. Follow their lead.

[boo7382]

In my head i planned to move to charlotte. lots of friends there, and im closer to the panthers

Trust me. Living 5 minutes away from Panthers stadium is quite possibly the best thing ever. Love driving by it to and seeing it lit up at night, even in the offseason.

[Hotsauce]

I have lived in both Greensboro and Charlotte. Greensboro has gotten a little better over the years, but IMO is still an awful place to live, especially if you are a young professional. I enjoyed my mid 20's in Charlotte, lots of fun things to do, expect the summertime BLOWS (no beach). All in all I would say charlotte>greensboro... However, I think Raleigh is a pretty cool place to live if you want good job opportunities and want to stay in NC.

[TarPanther9180]

I do IT work in Greensboro (I'm a Sr Systems Engineer). I would rather live in Charlotte, but I stay here because I don't want to be far from my son.

The IT work in Greensboro sucks. Charlotte will have more jobs.

[Squirrel]

Greensboro.

You've got reasonable access to the Triangle, and its not impossible to commute the parts of Charlotte.

FWIW - I wouldn't live in Winston for anything less than seven figures.

The only thing Greensboro has over Winston is easy access to interstate. Other than that I would take Winston Salem.

Know to the OP depends on what you are looking for. If you want entertainment value go to Charlotte. If you want a little night life but not the hussle and bussle Winston Salem is nice. If you want trash and inferiority complex go to Greensboro.

[thefuzz]

Just live in Wilmington and be done with it.

[Kettle]

i grew up in trinity, and spent a lot of time all over the triad. i liked the university area of G'boro for partying, but that was before going to UNCC. Greensboro has nothing on Charlotte. Followed work from there to Wilmington. It's alright, but if it weren't for the beach I wouldn't be able to get out of here fast enough. Still looking for work away from here too cuz in my opinion the lake > the beach. just how i grew up. lots of time on oak hollow, belews, high rock, badin, etc.

[Galvatron]

I think of W-S as the used up husk of a town that was left when the tobacco empires fell. The only thing left is the very rich and the very poor. What middle class there is left is trying to make W-S viable but its a losing battle.

This.

Good luck finding a perm IT job in Charlotte; It's contractors galore. I actually like living in GSO, but I'm a family man so what do I know. Besides my IT company just hired a group of people and are looking to move locations because we are out of space.

[TarPanther9180]

This.

Good luck finding a perm IT job in Charlotte; It's contractors galore. I actually like living in GSO, but I'm a family man so what do I know. Besides my IT company just hired a group of people and are looking to move locations because we are out of space.

You guys hiring Sr level Infrastructure Engineers?

[Guest CatofWar]

Lived in both, currently back in Charlotte. Both suck. Looking to relocate again. Mountains this time.

[Darth Biscuit]

I love Wilmington, but I would love to live and work in downtown Charlotte, but only if I could do both, I wouldn't want to commute in and out of there.

I have no interest in Greensboro other than stopping at the mall on the way back from the mountains, although I do have some good teenage memories (ie. girls) of music camp at UNCG.

[Kettle]

I love Wilmington, but I would love to live and work in downtown Charlotte, but only if I could do both, I wouldn't want to commute in and out of there.

I have no interest in Greensboro other than stopping at the mall on the way back from the mountains, although I do have some good teenage memories (ie. girls) of music camp at UNCG.

SE corner of norman is where I was. cornelius/huntersville. loved it.

if you're talking about 4 seasons in G'boro...i wouldn't stop there anymore. I was there a couple years back when visiting family at christmas. used to walk around that place hitting on girls and such, and it had gone far downhill at that point.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

why?

I just don't ever like going down there. Just never feels like my kind of place. Greensboro sucks, but I've never felt like I want to crawl out of my own skin to escape the city.

I'm just not a city boy, I guess.