Re: North Carolina Riders HELP (BLZ2DWL)
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The Gas House
That is the funniest thing I have heard in a while.
Duc you haven't gotten many replies because it is really hard to tell you a places to look for based on your generic 'where riding is good statement.' There is great riding everywhere in the mountains. I haven't been to the dragon yet, but I lived in Cullowhee(in that area) for four years and there are roads that are probably just as good, if not better (with less traffic/cops). I have family in Hickory and Lenior (near Boone in northern mountains of NC) and there is the same riding there too, just less floridiots.
Its much easier to tell you places not to look at:
In the Southern Mountains stay away from Cashiers, Franklin, Highlands area in Jackson County as it is way to overpriced for what it is. All of the Georgians and Floridiots meet there to play golf and pay out the ass for land. There are some great roads around that area and its really close to the dragon, but you have to deal with the Floridiots on the roads (most of them are old too). Pretty much any where else in southern NC would be farely cheap and some of the best riding in the country, not even counting the dragon.
Something to remember about this area is that Transylvania County gets 67 to 80 inches of rain a year and the surrounding counties receive close to that much rainfall amounts (Jackson county 48 to 64). As a comparision the Amazon Rainforest receives 50 to 120 inches of rain a year on average.
I went to Western Carolina University, located in Jackson County, which some people called Wet and Cold University. But it really wasn't that bad when I was up there b/w 1998 and 2002. You can get some awesome land deals around the Cullowhee, Webster, Sylvia, Dillsboro area and theres a Walmart
It is also pretty close to the dragon.
In the northern mountains there really isn't many places to stay away from that I can remember. With the exception of Blowing Rock and maybe Boone, b/c its in the same situation as Cashiers with land prices way to high. If you are into skiing/snowboarding you might want to look around banner elk and the surrounding areas since the snow is much better up there then down in southern NC. If you don't like snowsports then you still might be able to rent the cabin during the winter months and if you are into snowsports then you could get year round use out of your property
Really it doesn't matter where you get a place, as long as its in the mountains you can't go wrong. Great riding is all around, but so are bad roads so you might want to look in some of the counties that have a decent amount of revenue (Jackson) or larger populations, but stay away from the cities (Cashiers) in those counties where all that revenue comes from. Unless of course you have a small fortune to blow on a second or third house. And if you have that much money you would probably fit right in with the cashiers crowd.
Hope that helps.
