[AT] Off Topic- Danville, VA , Northern NC area

[David Bruce]

I worked in customer's mills there years ago. Beautiful area, As Spencer 
said convenient to the ocean and the mountains plus NASCAR if you are a 
fan.  Some super fishing within a couple hours - river, lake whatever.  
I'm with Charlie - lots of worse places to be.

Worth the look.

David

NW NC


On 2/1/2017 1:05 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Danville is in one of the most beautiful areas in the country in my opinion.
> I'll echo what Spencer said.  It's close enough to everything from the
> beaches
> to the nations capital to NASCAR racing, college sports, pro sports, etc.
> but far enough out
> to keep you out of the line of fire except for local issues.  I don't think
> the Dan River is an issue for Danville but it would be a good idea to make
> sure.
> Being rural, it is close to great hunting and fishing and lots of tractor,
> engine and craft
> type events.  It's worth looking at.  I'm not sure where you are now but
> there are many
> worse places in the world to be than in S/W Virginia.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spencer Yost
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 8:31 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic- Danville, VA , Northern NC area
>
> Been there many times and being from the same general area(hour and a half
> away)  I can tell you that this is a nice place to live. Close to some of
> the best beaches in the country, and some of the best mountains in the
> country.  Good place for  outdoor activities.  The NASCAR race at
> Martinsville is less than an hour away if you like NASCAR.  The weather is
> moderate yet you have all four seasons.  Low to moderate crime, clean
> environment and good infrastructure - all with low taxes; at least compared
> to elsewhere.
>
> Danville shares similar problems with other towns of its same size insofar
> substance abuse, crime, development, etc are concerned.
>
> I would say the one issue you may want to research further is it is
> downstream from one of the biggest coal ash spills in this country's
> history.  The ash spilled into the Dan river upstream here in North Carolina
> in 2014.  Danville sits right on that  river and is the river the city gets
> its drinking water from.  As I understand it Danville was far enough off
> away to be relatively unaffected by that spill but I would still look at it
> much closer.  Google "duke power Dan river coal ash spill".
>
> John hall probably knows the area better than I do.
>
> I have found that digging into the Twitter account of cities/companies is
> always a good way to get a quick birds eye view (excuse the pun) of local
> goings-on:  @cityofdanville
>
> Good luck!
>
> Spencer Yost
>
>> On Feb 1, 2017, at 6:57 AM, macowboy at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I have had a interesting job opportunity come up in Danville VA. Usually
>> they are just calls that don't go anywhere but this job has progressed to
>> the point where they want me to come down for a face to face interview. I
>> have not been to Danville VA before but spent a lot of time in the greater
>> Charlotte area. My question is how is the area in general? The closest I
>> have been to this area was Mebane, NC which was a very nice town and had a
>> good BBQ joint. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Jim Thomson
>> Rehoboth, MA
>> macowboy at comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
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