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

[charlie hill]

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:
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> 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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