LAFF

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1110_best_places_for_kids/34.htm

the motherfuckers who comPILED this list have never been to North Carolina. ever.

JACKSONVILLE

GREENVILLE

WILMINGTON

three places I hope my children NEVER go in our wonderful state, aside from maybe Wilmington.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 8:42 PM. Reason : asfafff]

11/10/2008 8:41:40 PM

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"Wilmington"

gtfo... >.<

11/10/2008 8:42:37 PM

East of I-77 = Shithole.

11/10/2008 8:42:56 PM

jacksonville? seriously?

11/10/2008 8:43:10 PM

hahah, that's funny

jacksonville can be a pretty dangerous place. horrible place to raise kids.
same can be said about greenville.

11/10/2008 8:43:11 PM

I stopped at Jacksonville

11/10/2008 8:43:41 PM

Did they mean places where there are a lot of children being born or what?

11/10/2008 8:43:52 PM

i'm dead serious. i've been to jacksonville, and greenville, and some of the most wretched people I've ever met are either from there, or live there. and both places are just disgusting.

i seriously don't understand this list.

11/10/2008 8:44:12 PM

GARNER

11/10/2008 8:46:26 PM

Weaverville

11/10/2008 8:47:17 PM

I'm currently working in greenville, and don't see what's so bad about it? Maybe because I rarely wander far from the Pitt County hospital.

11/10/2008 8:59:46 PM

Jacksonville? It's worse than Fayettenam or Greensboro.

11/10/2008 9:00:09 PM

^^ given I've only visited greenville (quite a few times), the people, places, etc... that I saw there looked pretty run down.
But then again, I was hanging around ECU

11/10/2008 9:02:24 PM

i'll vote for greensboro
i enjoyed my time there

11/10/2008 9:04:51 PM

I would never want to live in Jacksonville, life seems so sad there.

11/10/2008 9:05:46 PM

Wilson!

11/10/2008 9:06:48 PM

11/10/2008 9:07:25 PM

I'm surprised Cary wasn't mentioned.

11/10/2008 9:07:38 PM

or Chapel Hill

11/10/2008 9:08:16 PM

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"i'm dead serious. i've been to jacksonville, and greenville, and some of the most wretched people I've ever met are either from there, or live there. and both places are just disgusting."

Greenville really isn't that bad. It's like a lot of cities where the nicer areas are further from the commercial areas that outsiders would visit. Plus, they have a killer skatepark that is full of professional BMXers so your kids could hang out with their heros on any given day.

And Wilmington has some very nice areas as well as tons of stuff for families to do. I'd say it is one of the better places to raise a kid. Where else in NC can normal middle class folks afford to live and be 10 minutes from a nice clean beach?

11/10/2008 9:12:07 PM

how did they choose their selections

11/10/2008 9:13:01 PM

^ post-it notes, a dartboard, and darts

11/10/2008 9:13:49 PM

jacksonville? seriously?

11/10/2008 9:28:09 PM

hey joel.

11/10/2008 9:48:32 PM

Greenville has some ghettos and the college is kinda bad but away from that its pretty nice.


And I am assuming you have never spent time in wilmington if you think its bad, its a far better area to raise a child than the triangle.

11/10/2008 10:03:21 PM

i'm from carteret county

and i fucking hate jacksonville and everyone in it

in fact, i would love nothing better than the entire city and surrounding 10 mile radius be burnt to the ground

11/10/2008 10:37:44 PM

wilson

11/10/2008 10:43:18 PM

they've got to be deducing that it is a good place to raise kids just cause everyone there shits out babies - I mean, fuck it, nothing better to do and birth control doesn't seem like the Christian thing

11/10/2008 11:04:05 PM

my balls

11/10/2008 11:04:56 PM

Asheville

11/10/2008 11:05:48 PM

Def. Asheville area, where I'm from.

11/10/2008 11:54:14 PM

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"they have a killer skatepark"

that pretty much defines exactly what i would want my kids to stay away from. hanging out in skate parks pretty much guarantees that you will never amount to anything.

11/10/2008 11:57:39 PM

like Tony Hawk

sports are for faggots

11/10/2008 11:58:59 PM

Pro Skate Boarder! wut wut!

11/10/2008 11:59:02 PM

more like shoe and video game marketer

don't you want your kid to have exclusive merchandising rights?

11/11/2008 12:00:48 AM

definitely chapel hill

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

11/11/2008 12:56:49 AM

charlotte ftw

11/11/2008 12:59:41 AM

New Bern was a fun place to grow up...I loved being so close to the water.

11/11/2008 1:00:08 AM

Hmmm... my favorite are little 'ole ...

Asheboro - close enough to real cities, no risk of being shot

Asheville - Lovely place, but tough to get around in winter

Carolina Beach - Lots of run-down places to hang out, used to love it. Plus every 5-10 years it washes away and you get to start over...

11/11/2008 1:13:24 AM

mayberry?

11/11/2008 1:20:15 AM

My vote goes for Boone/Banner Elk/Jefferson areas....if you can afford it.

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"East of I-77 = Shithole."

Really?

11/11/2008 1:54:19 AM

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"Jacksonville"

HAHAHAHA WOOOOOWWWWW

11/11/2008 8:46:29 AM

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"that pretty much defines exactly what i would want my kids to stay away from. hanging out in skate parks pretty much guarantees that you will never amount to anything."

Most of the guys I used to ride with have equity in homes, own cars, etc. by now so I have to disagree.

11/11/2008 9:14:24 AM

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"I'm surprised Cary wasn't mentioned."

With that list I'm surprised Durham wasn't mentioned.

11/11/2008 9:26:29 AM

Im from Wilimington (Topsail to be a little more exact) and I plan on raising kids there one day. Life near the beach cant be beat. I go to ECU and there is a snowball's chance in hell that I would think that it is a good place to raise a kid.... Maybe Winterville or the outskirts, but too much shit in Pitt. As far as Jacksonville, it ranks #1 in youngest age in the US at 22 and it seems that when I am unfortunate enough to go there, it is depressing to see all of the knocked up 16 year olds walking around town. Guess the jar's have to plant their seed before they leave

11/11/2008 9:41:27 AM

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"Asheville - Lovely place, but tough to get around in winter"

Just wondering how it is tough to get around in the winter? Out of the twenty years I lived there I think the only "tough"time to get around was the blizzard of 93' which was actually in March...Might not be able to go on the parkway during the winter sometimes, but rarely does it snow enough to make it difficult to drive. Just too many idiots that cannot drive during anything other than clear, seventy degree days.

11/11/2008 1:18:25 PM

I'm from wilmington, not the outskirts of wilmington, but wilmington itself. It used to be a sweet place to live, but now there are way too many thugs and wiggers around. Its like all the surfer kids went from being stoners to thugs in a matter of a few years.

I'm still torn on if I would wanna raise a kid there, its a beautiful city, but the job market down there is terrible and like I said the kids are all fucked up.

I would rather live in the Outer Banks, it reminds me of what wilmington was 20 years ago

11/11/2008 1:22:44 PM

^^ haha, i was thinking the same thing

asheville certainly isn't known for harsh winters

11/11/2008 1:53:06 PM