People Hate Raleigh [This is Why]

[@dogburrito]

Even the Wade avenue - 440 rebuild is a broken endeavor. 440 is expanded but Wade remains constricted. That means 440 will back-up with traffic exiting to Wade.

[@EllenPitts]

Wade avenue always runs really smoothly when I’ve been on it.

[@MGMidget73]

I hate how they are building homes so close together. Talk about claustrophobic. And a fire hazard to boot.

[@EllenPitts]

We don’t really have fire risk here because we get lots of rain. I could see this being an issue in drier climates out west.

[@englishwithhelen393]

Love-love-love your video!! Thanks, amazing conversation!

[@EllenPitts]

So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@gopro2027]

As someone with quite major pollen allergies, I survived my first spring here fairly easily. Wasn't much worse than the midwest, although much more visible!

[@EllenPitts]

I’ve heard that the pine pollen isn’t typically allergenic for most people. I’m glad it wasn’t too bad for you!

[@robotlife2025]

Leaving Raleigh ❤❤❤ Nice place if you have a family...

[@022100bmlotus]

Good friends who are teachers said the schools are not very good.

[@liftoffagent]

Hey! I’ve been really enjoying your videos lately! I noticed you haven’t posted in a while, so I thought I’d reach out.

[@ghaywoood5]

I love this format! It'd be cool if you did the same thing on a specific Raleigh topic. For example, there are threads debating the costs/diversity of Raleigh's food choices. Or how RDU Airport is developing.

[@EllenPitts]

Good idea!!! Thank you!

[@robertparsons313]

They are packing too many people and projects into too small spaces. Traffic patterns often make no sense. Walking is dangerous. Yellow caution lights for left turns leave it up to the driver to guess and dodge oncoming traffic. Yes, for a capital city, it's sad that most businesses are rolled up by 9 PM.

[@jcpersaud]

This was so cute, and good info! Lovely "back porch" time!

[@EllenPitts]

Good to see you!

[@Classiqmusic910]

So I've noticed we are going 4 months with no new video....I hope all is okay I miss your videos

[@EllenPitts]

So sweet of you to notice!! I have hired a new operations director and we have been working together to build a very strong foundation of systems to ensure everyone receives the same incredible service even when we’re really busy. :) We’re also doing some technical work with the branding and we changed our software system as part of the operations changes. It’s all just taking time to implement. I was really hoping to start back on videos in October but it’s looking like it might be November!! I can’t tell you how much it means that you missed us!! We will be back soon!!

[@BusPodcast24]

Stop building apartment complexes off of side streets, keep them on multi lane roads. And keep them out of the small towns.

[@marks6041]

Thank you for the helpful video Ellen! I'm originally from Guilford, CT and have lived in Cary since 1996. I agree with the top five drawbacks to the area that you identified. My primary complaint is the ongoing growth which has reached a point where it's not as enjoyable to drive around town & bit more congested than I'd prefer during the morning & afternoon peak. You're well spoken, articulate, knowledgeable and an excellent presenter. I'm a member of the Cary Greenway Committee but am admitedly a bit disappointed in the pending $530m 2024 Town of Cary Parks & Recreation Bond measure. I'd rather see more of the money invested in expanding connectivity through-out the Triangle greenway network and parks as opposed to the two Community Centers the town plans to invest $450m in (provided that the bond ultimately passes in November). On the bright side we're fortunate to have over 95 miles of paved greenways & trails in Cary, 105 miles, in Raleigh & at least 20 miles in Morrisville, along with several trails in and around Durham as well. I'm recently retired and have been steadily remodeling my home in recent years as its seems like a prudent investment given the ongoing increase in home values in the area. There are definitely worse places to live than the Triangle but I still miss New England at times (mostly during the Summer & Fall). Maybe consider purchasing a bike so you can get out & enjoy riding the greenway trails more? I normally cycle about 5k miles a year. :-) Cycling provides a different perspective on the trails, wildlife, & our surroundings & I often find myself discovering places and nuances to the area that I would have otherwise been unware of.

[@EllenPitts]

I don’t have a bike but yes it’s definitely been on my radar!! I’m honestly not super comfortable with biking along busy roads. People drive so crazy. I would be fine riding on the greenway but what’s stopped me is having to load the bike up to get to a greenway. I think if I lived on the greenway I would definitely have a bike!

[@marks6041]

@@EllenPitts Agree, I used to participate in a lot of group road rides with the various cycling clubs in the area. I've transitioned to primarily riding on the greenway trails & in Umstead Park these days as the road traffic has swelled significantly in recent years so your safety concerns are well founded. I live in close proximity to the Black Creek Greenway in the older section of the Silverton subdivision called Springbrooke. It's mostly starter homes some of which have been remodeled & upgraded while others have not. It sounded like you & your husband may live closer to Lochmere. There are a significant number of private neighborhood trails through-out Lochmere & South Cary. But there isn't as much town sponsored greenway infrastructure when compared to North Cary & West Cary. In West Cary the developers were required to construct street side trails & provide access to the nearby greenways like the American Tobacco Trail which obviously helped expand the burgeoning Cary greenway system. Maybe consider either an e-bike or an all-around carbon gravel bike with wider tires starting out. U-Haul installs two types of car hitches (the lighter weight model they offer is a bike hitch) as oppsed to a full blown hitch for towing trailers & boats etc. Have a bike hitch installed on your vehicle and then purchase a quality bike rack that mounts onto the hitch from a manufacturer like Kuat. That'll make it much easier to safely transport your bikes to & from the greenway parking lots & trailheads.

[@ChaunceyZalkin]

Oakwood Boylan heights Mordecai five points even near us we live near transfer food hall . Even Cary has cute areas. Those developments are the suburbs / exurbs .

[@ibezimokehie9526]

A lot of the comments about walkability are simply not true. Anyone living in the following neighborhoods can walk to most essential needs and also entertainment....Mini City, Midtown, North Ridge, Avent Ferry, Five Points. Thanks

[@nicotan9995]

In case I cannot drive, can I move to Raleigh area and depend 100% on uber or lyft 24/7?

[@clean_rene]

U can, but it might get expensive.

[@bonitak8483]

I’m not a hot grandma but back in the 70’s I was a young disco queen in NYC. 😁 I’m recently retired and looking for a four seasonal quiet place to live out my next chapter of my life. I was really hoping to make it Raleigh.🤔

[@EllenPitts]

Let me know if I can help in anyway. I’m glad to chat with you if that would be helpful www.harmonyrealtytriangle.com/contact-harmony/

[@rgfisher21]

Anyone, that thinks this area is boring should try living in a place like Vermont. Beautiful place, but nothing to do if you don't ski, limited restaurants, entertainment, sports are very limited as well.

[@johnlabus7359]

The people who say that there's no partying have never been to my downtown neighborhood on the weekends.

[@EllenPitts]

And this is why I live in the suburbs!! Lol

[@johnlabus7359]

@@EllenPitts Yet the narrative continues that Raleigh is not a good place for young singles. I completely disagree. Party scene or not, the early in career opportunities alone in Raleigh make it an excellent place for young singles.

[@kichigan1]

The Weekend, closed street live music and beer scene is good. But if you come from the Pacific Coast, Oregon and Washington Coast, it would be somewhat boring to you. I like that in Raleigh everyone from the world is present in music and festivals. Oregon and Washington can be politely and by personal choice segregated.

[@clean_rene]

Oh no! Im a young single, but i have to move to Raleigh for a job. Lol u said its not for me 😢. I hope i like it!

[@EllenPitts]

@@clean_rene it just depends on what you like to do! If you enjoy nature and a more laid back lifestyle you’ll be fine!

[@joemama-tn7zl]

Wake county in my opinion is a police state. Try driving your car at 10:30 pm anywhere near Raleigh and you will get pulled over. I once picked up my son from work in downtown and I was pulled over by a nasty State trooper Macario he interrogated me like I was a fugitive or a serial killer. After proving my sobriety I was the stopped by an Apex police car same deal final arrived home in Cary and yes I was followed by a police car but luckily this time no pull over. Probably ran my tag and came back clean.

[@HaVoKisthebetterSuMmErS]

These people stay in their own lil corner of raleigh and don't venture out of their comfort zone, you can tell by how they easily they brush off the biggest issues

[@Icarus477]

lol this is the HOA final boss 😂

[@FreelancerBillal39]

good

[@ramk9531]

But Knightdale Rocks.

[@Theyallookthesame]

Welcome to Raleigh Y'all: Abandon all hope, ye who enter. ( Previously: Happiness is overrated). Every morning, the sun visibly hesitates before rising over a sea of strip malls and and cheap housing developments, each more depressing than the last. Raleigh is a city that somehow manages to be both pretentious and utterly bland. Population: 483,000 Lobotomized Lemmings who went to Duke but won't shut up about it, and NC State grads who think wearing red makes them interesting. Architecture : Raleigh's buildings are so depressing they make Soviet-era concrete blocks look like Versailles. The downtown skyline is littered with glass boxes and forgettable mid-rise office buildings designed by Kane Realty who clearly hates beauty, joy, and human dignity. Cultural Scene: HAHAHA! This is where culture goes to get euthanized. Our idea of culture is a bluegrass festival that draws mouth-breathing yokels from across the state to gawk at banjo-plucking simpletons. How thrilling. Nightlife: It's a oxymoron. I've seen more life at a morgue. Restaurant Scene: Watch in horror as packs of lobotomized lemmings dressed in LuLu and Patagonia line up like locust for brunch at overpriced and pretentious food halls to take photos of their avocado toast. Fun fact: On New Year's Eve, Raleigh drops an acorn. Yes, you heard that right. The city's grand celebration involves watching a giant nut fall from the sky. Fun Fact 2: Raleigh was voted " Most likely to Induce a Coma" by the World Health Organization, 15 years in a row. In the Bermuda Triangle , creativity isn't just discouraged- it's treated like a communicable disease.

[@jarvisstradford7211]

They get on my nerves my when they keep on saying Charlotte or Raleigh is full all this land that had not been developed yet

[@EllenPitts]

Yeah it makes no sense

[@tashahughes3541]

The accessories haven’t caught up to the growth. As in schools, food, entertainment, law-enforcement. That’s what they mean by it’s full. The roads are too small for the amount of people live here. Does this help?

[@jarvisstradford7211]

@@tashahughes3541 no not really they got all that land in Raleigh. They can build some more

[@lynndupree1205]

That's right, it's awful, terrible, and rotten. In other words STAY WHERE YOU ARE. Please.

[@vivid9493]

Please respond to me my Grandmother Property Sold and when it was sold we noticed they didn't survey the land correctly we told them that our property went way more than 30 ft back but they told us repeatedly that we didn't own that property it wasn't ours and that my grandmother never owned the property so that's when we sold the property we believe that she is never owned it and going back we found blueprints of the original house and how far back her property really goes and we noticed that part of the property is still the same way it is since we sold it so legally do we still on that property since the land they bought was what they surveyed and what was signed on the contract doesn't that mean the land that wasn't surveys it still herd and she paid on that land for over 30 years straight only issue on facing it was sold 5 years ago put on the law it hasn't been more than seven so they cannot claim the land as theirs yet since she has paid over 20 years continuously with documents that the land was hers

[@EllenPitts]

You need to speak with a real estate attorney about this. My preferred attorney is Nick Karr at North Carolina Real Estate Law Firm.

[@vivid9493]

@@EllenPitts do I have a good point at least I really think I got something good

[@EllenPitts]

@vivid9493 I don’t know. I think the attorney would need more information. Are you saying there is a conflicting survey? The house plans are different from a survey.