• States north of it vacation in the OBX, famous lighthouses
• Asheville
• Highly rated beer
• Highly rated universities
• whole triangle area is fantastic place for nightlife, culture and raising a family
• Basketball
• Mountains - mount mitchell highest peak in the east, waterfalls
• Great Smoky National Park, most visited in US
• AT goes through it
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• National white water center
• NASCAR HOF
• Middle of the road politically, not too red, not too blue
• lot of soldiers roll through Fort Liberty
• a cacophony of “Carolina ___” songs.

I’ve traveled a lot of places. This one’s home.