anyone one live near elkin

woodpd

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wilson nc
im looking for some info on Elkin. im geting older and looking for a new place to let my kids grow up smaller and slower then wilson. i was looking at elkin on the web and map. anyone have any info about the place and area.
 
im in mt airy...about 20 miles away, elkin is small town living, not much for jobs though
 
if you want small try Harmony NC. I have seen a few people move there just because of the name.
 
well things like cost of living, house prices, ill be looking for law enforcement job near, and how far away are any college. wife has a english degree and wants to teach at a college. i notice from the map that there are several towns near each other. im tired of all the hot and cold drug dealers, shootings and murder. I want to slow down some. you know what i mean
 
If you want to slow down elkin is good. surry comm college is the only one I know of around there. forsyth and wss and salem are other choices but further away in winston. another slow town is pilot mtn. and is a little closer to the jobs in winston. slow as in downtown is dead by 9pm, so if you like doing traffic stops and just bs'ing with other officers this is the area for you, surry stokes or yadkin counties. schools are decent. West Stokes HS in king just won the 1a football state champ. if that is in any intrest to you.
 
woodpd said:
well things like cost of living, house prices, ill be looking for law enforcement job near, and how far away are any college. wife has a english degree and wants to teach at a college. i notice from the map that there are several towns near each other. im tired of all the hot and cold drug dealers, shootings and murder. I want to slow down some. you know what i mean
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I never knew Wilson was known for it's high murder rate and drug activity?:lol: I understand wanting to live the "simple life" though. Good luck finding what your looking for.
 
If you looking for good house prices, look in King, NC. It's about 15 mins outside of WS and they have about the best house prices around. If you think you are going to move away from drug dealers by going to elkin or surry county, you'd be wrong. It's just as bad as anywhere else.
 
criket said:
If you looking for good house prices, look in King, NC. It's about 15 mins outside of WS and they have about the best house prices around. If you think you are going to move away from drug dealers by going to elkin or surry county, you'd be wrong. It's just as bad as anywhere else.
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I agree with the house pricing in king, but surry co really isnt all that bad when compared to others as far as drug activity. :beer:
 
woodpd said:
well things like cost of living, house prices, ill be looking for law enforcement job near, and how far away are any college. wife has a english degree and wants to teach at a college. i notice from the map that there are several towns near each other. im tired of all the hot and cold drug dealers, shootings and murder. I want to slow down some. you know what i mean
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As far as jobs go they are a little scarce. Winston is about 45 min away with forsyth tech. WSS and wake forest but for the most part Elkin is a quiet little town that nothing happens here.
 
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