[AT] Off Topic- Danville, VA , Northern NC area
charlie hill
charliehill at embarqmail.com
Thu Feb 2 13:13:30 PST 2017
One last comment. You won't need to bring your snow plow.
You might get a snow big enough to plow once a year if that
and it probably won't be anything a 4 WD car or truck can't handle
without a plow.
Charlie
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From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 9:35 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic- Danville, VA , Northern NC area
Best of luck! I hope you move here and can visit.
Spencer Yost
Spencer Yost
> On Feb 1, 2017, at 7:37 PM, macowboy at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Spencer,
>
> Thanks for the insight. We drove up RT 78 from Colombia SC earlier this
> year when my oldest son graduated from Army boot camp. The ride was great
> and the scenery was spectacular. I never thought I could possibly get a
> job in that area of the country. I am will be in Danville on Feb 12th-13th
> for an onsite interview so wish me luck.
>
> You hit on a couple major points of me considering a major move. First the
> job market in New England has changed considerably in the past 20 years.
> If you take Boston as a center and draw a 25 mile circle around it, this
> is where all the jobs are. As a result you have southern/northern/western
> MA, RI, NH, even southern Maine all heading to this 25 mile circle. The
> traffic is awful. I had to leave a job in Bedford, MA as it was taking me
> 2-4 hours each way for a 50 mile commute. You cannot live closer to your
> job as the real estate cost is staggering. There were 2 homes built near
> the Bedford job where I could have walked to work. I checked the price and
> found that they were 1.4 million each and both were sold! Add to the mix
> the politics/politicians in MA and lets just say they are not reflective
> of my beliefs and values. My current commute is 90 miles each way but the
> traffic is not too bad. We will see what pans out of this but the
> recruiter is very upbeat and told me to!
start packing my bags. I'll keep everyone posted.
>
> Jim Thomson
> Rehoboth, MA
> macowboy at comcast.net
>
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>
> From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 8:31:15 AM
> 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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