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

[charlie hill]

Jim,  what kind of work do you do?

I haven't been to Danville in years but I don't think you'll be worried 
about
traffic and you'll be very happy with housing costs compared to MA.  Also,
if you like or want firearms you will be able to get, keep and use them 
without
feeling like a criminal.  John is correct.  You'll be close enough to NC to 
live
across the state line if you like.  Good luck!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: macowboy at comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 7:37 PM
To: Antique
Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic- Danville, VA , Northern NC area

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 s!
tart packing my bags. I'll keep everyone posted.

Jim Thomson
Rehoboth, MA
macowboy at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----

From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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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