Most liked posts in thread: Heading down to Raleigh.....

Have a safe trip! Hope you are able to squeeze in the time for the Bullfrog Run! Weather looks great!

 

Minimum lot sizes are tiny around here, so developers max out the sites and cram the houses in. Up north they require larger lots, which encourages larger homes. Both methods increase the tax base and generate revenue for schools, but the median income down here is lower, so they go with smaller lots. It also lets the cities take large swaths of open space. Roads down here are wider, too. No cow paths bounded by stone walls like they have up north. But there's a lot of community facilities down here. Community centers, neighborhood pools, dog parks, playgrounds, etc. are very common.

 

The more houses a developer can fit per square foot of land the less the build cost and the more the profit... There also has been a trend of folks even in the high end market not wanting a lot of land to maintain, preferring smaller well landscaped lots.

 

Point the nose of your car south and go about 60 miles. You, may like Southern Pins and the surrounding area better. I will warn you in advance, that the wife and I are going to pack up the horses, dogs and cats and head there at some point.

Southern Pines still has a functioning train station in the middle of town.

Jim

 

Jim...
Southern Pines isn't that far from Fort Bragg. I used to live there when my dad was in the service many many years ago. And I do remember there were a lot of pine trees in the area.

 

Good memory MM. The back part of Bragg borders, not to far from, one side of town, but it is not used. You don't even know it is there and it will never become a housing development. You actually drive about 45 minutes to get all the way around to the main gate. Lovely place, nothing but golf courses and horse farms. There are some developments, but minimum lot size is 5 acres and most are 10 acres.

Jim

 

Hehe - somewhat outside of the major metro areas, our neighborhood has minimum 1 acre lots. My son likes the money he makes mowing it.