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North Carolina has quietly become one of the most popular states in the country for retirement. Not everyone wants to move to Florida: North Carolina is blessed with a varied topography, from seacoast to mountains; an equable, four-season climate; and a choice of social settings ranging from quiet small towns to booming and vibrant cities. Add in the wide array of cultural and recreational choices, and North Carolina is virtually a microcosm of America.
North Carolina was the first of the United States to be settled by English colonists, even though the settlement disappeared into legend as the "Lost Colony of Roanoke." Since that time, it has become one of the most densely-settled states, ranked 10th in population. In the past decade alone, North Carolina's population has increased by more than 16 percent.
Articles
AOL Ranks St. James Plantation #8 on Top Searched Retirement Communities List
St. James Plantation is the only community in the Carolinas to make AOL’s top ten. It joins five Florida locations on the list, as well as communities in Arizona, Alabama and New Jersey. Read more...
Lifestyle Information from Asheville and Western North Carolina
Warm weather sparks tourism, spending in Asheville area
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
ASHEVILLE -- For Asheville merchants who've struggled with the economy and wicked weather for months on end, spring couldn't come soon enough.
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue inaugurates 5K, pet wellness fair to raise funds
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
ASHEVILLE -- Denise Bitz looks forward to the good days, which can be as simple as handing over a dog or cat to its new parents.
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
MARSHALL -- Chuck Blethen, executive director of the Southern Appalachian Viticulture Institute, has announced upcoming grapevine pruning demonstrations in Buncombe, Madison and Yancey counties. They ...
Today begins Buncombe County's Mountain Mobility Week
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
ASHEVILLE -- The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has designated this week, today-Sunday, as Mountain Mobility Week, kicking off the nonprofit's plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the co...
Tigger wants to bounce right into your heart
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
Tigger is a handsome 6-month-old orange kitten with big, blue eyes and is a bundle of love.
Cantaria performs Broadway favorites on March 28
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
ASHEVILLE -- Cantaria, the gay men's chorus of Asheville, will perform a concert of Broadway favorites at 3 p.m. March 28 at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St.
VISITING OUR PAST: Antebellum diary reveals business-minded Judge Mitchell King
Mar 22, 2010 4:15 am
Judge Mitchell King, Henderson County founder and Flat Rock landholder, wrote about 100 diary pages a year from 1847-51. Whenever a personal note appears, it is a treasure, a gem unearthed from a moun...
Susan Reinhardt: Transylvania County teen survives 2 cancers, 2 heart transplants
Mar 21, 2010 5:49 pm
Cindy and Duane Mullet are the parents of four and one on the way.
Larchmont group rallies against Merrimon Avenue affordable housing project
Mar 21, 2010 5:08 pm
ASHEVILLE -- About 60 North Asheville residents came together Saturday morning on the site of a proposed apartment complex off Merrimon Avenue to rally in opposition to a zoning change that would allo...
Stop and smell the roses? No, thanks -- that's too dangerous
Mar 21, 2010 4:15 am
Beware the first blooms of spring. I have found them to be dangerous on at least one occasion.
Featured Communities
Lake Myers Resort is located in Mocksville, North Carolina. Our resort features 425 sites, 12 lakeside villas and 14 cottages. We are open all year round, with activities for every season. You will never have a lack of events to participate in.
Goose Creek Resort located on tranquil Bogue Sound, along North Carolina'a Crystal Coast, provides the perfect surroundings for your seasonal escape! Immerse yourself in nature's wonders at Goose Creek, from deep sea fishing to jet skiing and boating you
The Highlands at Sherwood Forest
The Highlands at Sherwood Forest is nestled in the Sand Hills of North Carolina, in a beautiful 100 acre forest where the earth covered with pine straw creates beautifully wooded home sites... nature's privacy in a peaceful environment... modern day ranch
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