Might be able to get a job in Waynesboro, which is about 15 miles west of Charlottesville.

The only thing I know about charlottesville is that it's where UVA is and monticello

Anyone have any comments on the area? like cost of living, etc

11/12/2006 12:01:28 AM

probably marko

11/12/2006 12:17:02 AM

the social scene is run by frats

11/12/2006 12:21:11 AM

Wintergreen Ski Resort is nearby. You should pick up snowboarding.

11/12/2006 12:48:32 AM

11/12/2006 1:10:01 AM

My parents live on Lake Monticello, a big "suburb" of Charlottesville on the eastern side and they have lived up there for a year now.

I love it up there personally and plan to eventually get a job and move up there. Public schools are very good up there (big deal for me with 2 kids). Housing is expensive in C-Ville, but not that bad outside of town. The area is beautiful. Charlottesville has tons to do. Just look at the Downtown Mall. Its one of the largest outdoor pedestrian malls in the country. The Paramount Theater is down there and has a LOT of different plays, singers, and comedians coming through there. Hell, Charlottesville was ranked the best place to live in some book of city rankings in 2004.

Waynesboro is a little more blue collar jobwise, but is a bit cheaper. It has some nice shopping and stuff on its own too. You have one main ridge to cross to get up to Waynesboro from Charlottesville, but housing is even cheaper. And its pretty crackeriffic up that far. I'm also a fan of running down Skyline Drive up there.

11/12/2006 8:43:47 AM

thanks


i interviewed on-campus for a job with this company to hopefully get the position at their wilmington, nc plant, because i have a house 10 min from there. but i think they felt that plant wasn't within my scope (it was more chemistry than textile engineering) so im assuming the waynesboro plant is more fiber-spinning, etc.

but i was at the clemson game yesterday and got a voicemail from the HR guy in waynesboro, va. so i just wanted to get some info on the area

11/12/2006 10:23:21 AM

I would seriously jump at the chance, even if it ain't Wilmington. Its not even that big of a trip to VA Beach from C-Ville or Waynesboro, just go down the interstate till it runs out.

11/12/2006 10:45:30 AM

i have another offer for a job in Columbus, NC, which is like right above the state border with SC off of I-26



i had been thinking about grad school but i didn't really know what I would want to do, so im leaning more toward working now.

11/12/2006 10:58:34 AM

It's a lot like Chapel Hill.

Only prettier.

here's a pretty good thread

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=389029

[Edited on November 12, 2006 at 11:31 AM. Reason : +]

11/12/2006 11:30:33 AM

I have an extra room in my house if you decide to move up here

11/12/2006 11:59:23 AM

which company is it? i'm waiting to hear back from jockey (i should hear back this week) this jobs in wisconsin

11/12/2006 12:01:21 PM

i wikipedia'd Waynesboro and it looked like Dunn, NC so I probably wouldn't want to live in that town. Charlottesville sounds nice, but the consensus of high cost of housing kinda worries me.

11/12/2006 12:06:27 PM

it's not that bad

it not as cheap as Raleigh but it's a lot nicer than Raleigh

11/12/2006 12:23:31 PM

haha no, rest assured....waynesboro's far prettier than anything in that piedmont 95ish region of north carolina

think more western carolina/appalachia

11/12/2006 12:25:58 PM

ah ok, i was looking at this picture

11/12/2006 1:00:45 PM

you should be looking at these pictures









charlottesville is the shit

11/12/2006 1:50:17 PM

so they got a lot of bricks like raleigh?

11/12/2006 1:59:14 PM

they have a lot of trees, grass and moutains

11/12/2006 2:08:57 PM

can i throw a football over them

11/12/2006 2:13:01 PM

yeah...they're lower, older mountains....not like the rockies....so it's waaaaaaay easier to throw footballs over them

11/12/2006 2:13:55 PM

but, with the synopsis of a guy getting out of college, with no money, how hard would it be to move there to live in charlottesville to start off broke

im not sure what the pay would be, but it would be about average for engineering i think

11/12/2006 2:16:30 PM

i'm looking at a job there too

11/12/2006 2:36:20 PM

GET OFF MY POTENTIAL TURF BIGMAN

11/12/2006 3:13:26 PM

LOTS of snotty ass people

11/12/2006 3:18:12 PM

snotty


ass people


do they have these as pets?

11/12/2006 3:20:44 PM

If you're into hiking and camping Shenandoah National Park is about 20 minutes away, along with Skyline Drive which is pretty awesome too.

11/12/2006 5:22:11 PM

I went there for a weekend...it was horrible. They don't have much of anything to do.

11/12/2006 5:30:07 PM

ahahaha 'horrible'

like it's fucking baghdad or beirut

you people and your absolutes

11/12/2006 5:40:56 PM

yeah sorry RachelMarie we don't have any strip clubs here

seriously, not a one

that's probably why you couldn't find anything to do

11/12/2006 7:41:55 PM

I thought Charlottesville was snobby, but if they let CPKontalonis in, it can't be that bad.

11/12/2006 8:18:29 PM

you don't think CPKontalonis is snobby?

11/12/2006 8:28:46 PM

You can be snobby all day long...doesn't mean the other snobs will accept you.

11/12/2006 8:59:47 PM

Bridget if you knew anything near what you claim to know about me you would be a bona fide stalker

11/12/2006 9:30:24 PM

My roommate from last year was from there. His dad is the city manager. He said he loves it up there. It was ranked best city in america a few years back. If u want to know more about it i can give you his name so u can send him a message on facebook or somthing.

11/12/2006 10:32:13 PM

i know the owner of oneills irish pub in c-ville....he also owns the biltomore grill right around the corner and a hams in harrisonburg (he sucks but the establishments are nice).....the whole area there is really nice. plenty to do, but it may get a little boring in the summer...otherwise really nice

11/12/2006 11:06:31 PM

yes I frequent both of those establishments quite regularly

Biltmore made Playboy's "Best College Bars" a few years ago

it's my replacement for East Village

[Edited on November 13, 2006 at 8:28 AM. Reason : ]

11/13/2006 8:28:13 AM

Quote :

"It's a lot like Chapel Hill. Only prettier."

The city built around the first public university open to students in the US looks alright IMO.

11/13/2006 9:20:54 AM

looks like dawn of the dead in that one pic

11/13/2006 9:38:42 AM

This Inn, connected to campus/downtown, is owned by the university and is the original site of the chapel in chapel hill.

I know people call Charlottesville "the Chapel Hill of VA", but do people in VA call Chapel Hill "the Charlottesville of NC"?

11/13/2006 9:56:58 AM

is the quickest way to get there from raleigh REALLY to go all the way to Richmand on I-85 just to turn directly left onto I-64 for another 2 hours to charlottesville?

i see all these back roads i could take to be more direct, but the speed limits and small towns in between could be murder on patience

11/13/2006 12:39:50 PM

it's only an hour from Richmond to Charlottesville via 64

maybe even a little less

and yes that is the best way to go

you can also take 95

I've had many a debate about which way to go but I prefer the 85 vs. the 95

[Edited on November 13, 2006 at 1:01 PM. Reason : ]

11/13/2006 1:00:52 PM

Quote :

"The city built around the first public university open to students in the US looks alright IMO."

the edge i was basing that on was appalachian terrain/climate, not man made structures of the university itself...i'm a sucker for mountains and valleys...not to mention snow in the wintertime instead of a cold, steady rain

--

the route i have been taking for 12 years is us-1->85->95->64 (then to 81 for me)

there's a new bypass that goes around the congested part of 95 before you get to richmond...but i'm blanking on the number at the moment

richmond to charlottesville should be about 45-50 min

[Edited on November 13, 2006 at 1:12 PM. Reason : +]

11/13/2006 1:07:42 PM

it's I-288

I have been afraid to take that though because I'm not sure exactly what it does and it doesn't show up on GPS or Mapquest or Google Maps

and I have a lady friend in Richmond I frequent

11/13/2006 1:19:29 PM

it goes right around all the clusterfuck that is that downtown richmond 95/64 interchange...not sure if it would help you if you were trying to go to richmond, but good lord it makes my drive to the shenandoah valley way more gravy

11/13/2006 1:25:42 PM

Chapel Hill gets snow sometimes, but I agree it's not much on mountain and valleys. Just rolling hills, which can still look nice from the right vantage points.

11/13/2006 1:36:14 PM

that I-288 thing seems useless unless there is traffic

11/13/2006 1:54:13 PM

it's a less hectic, much smoother, much wider-road wide

it doesn't really cut down on much time...but the psychological factor is aces as far as i'm concerned

11/13/2006 1:57:20 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=444642

11/14/2006 1:58:09 PM

hope i dont get man-raped!

11/14/2006 6:37:58 PM