Very heavily considering moving to NC by the late summer/early fall.

[bigskypanthersguy]

I write short science-fiction and horror, am trying to mess around with film, and am trying my hands at a couple novels: wondering which cities would be more favorable to a creative soul like me.  Hearing a lot of good things about Asheville and I'm wondering what kind of work is most easily gotten there?  My recent work is as a hab tech at an overnight home for the developmentally disabled and a sound mixer and master control op at a tv station about 120 miles from my current location...

[Cary Kollins]

You probably want to be in Wilmington. 

 

Screen Gems has a big studio there and movies and television shows are being filmed in the city year-round.

[Doyle]

All the good bud comes from Asheville if you want to weigh that into your decision.

[SCP]

Asheville or Wilmington. Or Charlotte and you are 3 hours from Wilmington and 2 hours from Asheville.

[Ja Rhule]

Asheville is beautiful

[Creepster]

Wilmington would be perfect - plenty of developmentally disabled there so you wont need to quit your day job !

[SCP]

Wilmington is the perfect mix of rich assholes, rednecks, beach bums, transplants, local boating/fishing types, and gang bangers. Then you also have the fuzz, Kurb and Biscuit wrecking poo like bosses in the Port City. And you if you go to the right corners of town you will hear stories of my dominance on the high school football field. War Wildcats.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Wilmington would be perfect - plenty of developmentally disabled there so you wont need to quit your day job !

 

Oh, if I had my choice, I'd much rather go back into tv.  Pay wasn't as good, but it was much less stress.

[TheRumGone]

asheville or charlotte. wilmington reeks of douchebags minus a select few.

 

asheville is full of creative people; artists, photographers, musicians, amateur filmakers ect.

 

hard not to get inspired when you get to see things like this everyday

 

http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/photos-of-asheville/

 

great music scene; all the big acts come through and play at the orange peel and grey eagle. but they are small venues so its a great comfortable setting. best beer city in america. unreal selection.  there are hippies and hipsters that can annoy the poo out of you but most people are very laid back and friendly mountain folk. its got that small town feel for a city. very easy to make friends and network.

 

it's the san fran of the east. it does get a bit touristy in the fall cause of the leaves and poo but man this is one of the best cities in america imo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bigskypanthersguy]

asheville or charlotte. wilmington reeks of douchebags minus a select few.

 

asheville is full of creative people; artists, photographers, musicians, amateur filmakers ect.

 

hard not to get inspired when you get to see things like this everyday

 

http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/photos-of-asheville/

 

great music scene; all the big acts come through and play at the orange peel and grey eagle. but they are small venues so its a great comfortable setting. best beer city in america. unreal selection.  there are hippies and hipsters that can annoy the poo out of you but most people are very laid back and friendly. its got that small town feel for a city. very easy to make friends and network.

 

it's the san fran of the east. it does get a bit touristy in the fall cause of the leaves and poo but man this is one of the best cities in america imo.

 

damn i can't wait for it to be june and my lease to be up.  for some reason, your post really jazzed me up.

[TheRumGone]

damn i can't wait for it to be june and my lease to be up.  for some reason, your post really jazzed me up.

 

 

a lot of my friends work at the breweries or restaurants downtown so they can pay for rent, food, ect. and use their extra time honing their true passions so to speak. you'll find a lot of people like that in asheville.

[bigskypanthersguy]

a lot of my friends work at the breweries or restaurants downtown so they can pay for rent, food, ect. and use their extra time honing their true passions so to speak. you'll find a lot of people like that in asheville.

 

yeah, I'm hoping for another tv gig, even if it's being MCO (read: programming bitch) or some kind of data entry while I try to make a film that isn't a complete disaster like my first couple attempts...

[thefuzz]

asheville or charlotte. wilmington reeks of douchebags minus a select few.

 

asheville is full of creative people; artists, photographers, musicians, amateur filmakers ect.

 

hard not to get inspired when you get to see things like this everyday

 

http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/photos-of-asheville/

 

great music scene; all the big acts come through and play at the orange peel and grey eagle. but they are small venues so its a great comfortable setting. best beer city in america. unreal selection.  there are hippies and hipsters that can annoy the poo out of you but most people are very laid back and friendly mountain folk. its got that small town feel for a city. very easy to make friends and network.

 

it's the san fran of the east. it does get a bit touristy in the fall cause of the leaves and poo but man this is one of the best cities in america imo.

 

Uh.....have you been to Charlotte lately?

 

I see more affliction and UFC dudes walking the streets there than anywhere else in NC.

[thefuzz]

Wilmington is the perfect mix of rich assholes, rednecks, beach bums, transplants, local boating/fishing types, and gang bangers. Then you also have Kurb and Biscuit wrecking poo like bosses in the Port City. And you if you go to the right corners of town you will hear stories of my dominance on the high school football field. War Wildcats.

 

Never any love.