I’m relocating to Winston-Salem and our offer was accepted on a home! Does anyone have a recommended inspector and also is it high risk to go with the one the real estate co recommends? The mortgage broker they recommended was embedding 8k in extra fees so I am feeling very little trust atm.

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Winston-Salem is fine. Spent a decade there while I was prof at Wake Forest. It’s sleepy compared to bigger cities, but commuting is easy. Like smaller Southern cities, it can be tough to get integrated, but work, nonprofit volunteering, and churches provide the means to get to know people quickly.

Startup scene is taking hold slowly.

Forsyth Country Day School or Catholic school if you have K-12 kids. One elementary public school might work, if they still allow kids to be classified as “academically gifted,” which is not politically acceptable most everywhere these days.

I’ll take W-S over the Triangle, which is much more transient, and everyone is so self-impressed (spent a decade here; moving to Maryland for our new jobs). My wife and I very friendly people, yet gave up on having friends in the Triangle except for a few people in our neighborhood.

Of course, I’m sure much of the U.S. is like this, which is why books like Bowling Alone became best-sellers.

DM me if you want the “411.”

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I worked in high point. Don’t recommend that whole area to move in.

Thanks Tesla, why not? We have to go at least temporarily for my SO’s job

I lived in Greenville,SC ; Alpharetta, GA; Austin, TX and little bit in Highpoint - Greensboro .

Felt like that triad(Highpoint-WS- Greensboro) area doesn’t have any positive vibes.

Like nothing to do or like the people are not good? What age bracket are you and how do you define positive vibes? Trying to get a sense of if the place is for me or not

Where are you moving from? I live in the Triangle and lived in Charlotte previously also lived in Pittsburgh and Philly.

I’m moving from CA but spent many years in Philly!

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