Hated to leave....

When my daughter got married one of the limo drivers was from Scotland. He said the first time he went to Cedar Island he thought he had gone through some sort of warp and was back in Scotland.

When I was a kid you could tell what town people were from by their accent. All the down east towns had different accents and idioms.

Most of that is gone now and we're poorer for it.
 
I grew up fishing the inner banks and the entirety of the Pamlico Sound. Spent a lot of time pulling croakers and specks out of the target ships in the bombing range off Hobucken, and all the way up to Rose Bay and back to Washington. The locals down those parts are a different breed. And if they like you, you've got it made. If not, you might want to start looking for real estate in Wilmington instead...
 
I there with ya, we made a offer on a place in Avon but the owner didn’t accept. I’m going to be a full time resident at OBX eventually
 
Dale Gribble said:
I could live there.

“You’d get tired of it.”

Not a chance in hell.
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Chuckman said:
Honestly I have not met too many beaches or coastal areas I would "get tired of"....
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Mr. Bggs said:
I could get tired of anywhere there are more tourists than locals....Then again i get tired of my neighbors and they are all locals...Guess im screwed. Nice pic though, Its hard to hate that photo.
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You would ALL get tired of living there as sea level rise induced by climate change causes the ocean to steadily encroach on the island by repeatedly flooding and eroding it.

Assuming a medium sea level rise, Ocracoke will have a 31% chance per year of experiencing flooding over 4ft starting in 2030 (8 years from now). In 2040 (a mere 10 years later), that goes up to 58%/yr. Note that we're actually seeing sea level rise somewhere between 'medium' and 'fast', which is thought to be due to loss of reflectivity of polar ice. (i.e. There appears to be an acceleration since the darker water that's where polar ice used to be ... reflects less energy than the ice did.) Also note that the above does not in any way account for storm surge cause by hurricanes -- which are more powerful in addition to the US coast seeing more of them.

In a nutshell, beachfront property is a pretty craptastic investment across the long haul, and anyone who isn't selling his/her beach house soon-ish is short-sighted ... because the sea WILL win. Similar, beachfront living is akin to asking to live in an area that WILL be flooded.

But hey, if you like living in houses you constantly have to rebuild after flood and/or hurricane damage, more power to ya!

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You would ALL get tired of living there as sea level rise induced by climate change causes the ocean to steadily encroach on the island by repeatedly flooding and eroding it.

Assuming a medium sea level rise, Ocracoke will have a 31% chance per year of experiencing flooding over 4ft starting in 2030 (8 years from now). In 2040 (a mere 10 years later), that goes up to 58/yr%. Note that we're actually seeing sea level rise somewhere between 'medium' and 'fast', which is thought to be due to loss of reflectivity of polar ice. (i.e. There appears to be an acceleration since the darker water that's where polar ice used to be ... reflects less energy than the ice did.) Also note that the above does not in any way account for storm surge cause by hurricanes -- which are more powerful in addition to the US coast seeing more of them.

In a nutshell, beachfront property is a pretty craptastic investment across the long haul, and anyone who isn't selling his/her beach house soon-ish is short-sighted ... because the sea WILL win. Similar, beachfront living is akin to asking to live in an area that WILL be flooded.

But hey, if you like living in houses you constantly have to rebuild after flood and/or hurricane damage, more power to ya!

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You have any useless land you want to sell down there?? Can you please go down there and explain this to people.
 
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You would ALL get tired of living there as sea level rise induced by climate change causes the ocean to steadily encroach on the island by repeatedly flooding and eroding it.

Assuming a medium sea level rise, Ocracoke will have a 31% chance per year of experiencing flooding over 4ft starting in 2030 (8 years from now). In 2040 (a mere 10 years later), that goes up to 58/yr%. Note that we're actually seeing sea level rise somewhere between 'medium' and 'fast', which is thought to be due to loss of reflectivity of polar ice. (i.e. There appears to be an acceleration since the darker water that's where polar ice used to be ... reflects less energy than the ice did.) Also note that the above does not in any way account for storm surge cause by hurricanes -- which are more powerful in addition to the US coast seeing more of them.

In a nutshell, beachfront property is a pretty craptastic investment across the long haul, and anyone who isn't selling his/her beach house soon-ish is short-sighted ... because the sea WILL win. Similar, beachfront living is akin to asking to live in an area that WILL be flooded.

But hey, if you like living in houses you constantly have to rebuild after flood and/or hurricane damage, more power to ya!

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I went to high school with and was friends Orrin Pilkey, Jr. His dad is a world expert on coastal geography and coastal climate change at Duke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_H._Pilkey). He has for decades argued against overdeveloping oceanfront property, and was key in identifying that the Atlantic migrates from east to west. I was born in Morehead City and grew up on the coast. I saw (and still see) the consequences from oceanfront development. My godparents had a house sound-side at Indian Beach and Harker's Island, and my grandmother had a house (not oceanfront, but on the north side of Island Drive on Topsail.

But my comment stands: I would move back in a heartbeat if I could. I do not want waterfront property because of the reasons you and I mentioned, but I'd love to live on a creek or a tributary where I could have boat access and a quick drive to the beach.
 
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The beach?
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Which is always fun!

Right up UNTIL the hurricane's outer bands start crossing the property line. 😳


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"You would ALL get tired of living there as sea level rise induced by climate change causes the ocean to steadily encroach on the island by repeatedly flooding and eroding it."

Barrier islands move independently of any "climate change" and always have .
 
JohnFreeman said:
Barrier islands move independently of any "climate change" and always have .
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My great grandad built a beachfront place on Sullivan’s Island outside Charleston/ Mt. P around the turn of the last century.

It’s five rows back now.
 
DCGallim said:
Me and my wife want to move to Manteo. I’m working on a new business that could put me out there in the next few years.
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When you get there save a spot for me. I would live there in a heartbeat.

Will your business have a place for geriatric millennial former government employees?
 
premise said:
We quit going to Kure a few years back. Kure is what Carolina used to be, Carolina is on the way to becoming Myrtle.

No end to what the great northern immigrants won't ruin.
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Yep, they’ve done it to our mountains! I used to think that I’d like to live in or around Boone, but I avoid it like I do Charlotte! Traffic is horrid! So many Yankees and Floridiots have moved there thinking it’s quaint and then they change it to where they’re from! Taxes skyrocketed, land prices skyrocketed, cost of living skyrocketed, and the dreaded HOA’s, then they get involved in local politics and get laws changed. The original people from there can’t afford to live there anymore!
 
11B CIB said:
Took the long ferry there from Cedar Island in 2011

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I took the wife on that trip about 4 years ago. Started out in Ocean Isle and headed north in the Jeep with the top down about this time of year. Caught the ferry at Cedar Island and spent the night in Ocracoke. Got up next morning and headed to Kittyhawk. Great trip!
 
Hammer12b said:
I took the wife on that trip about 4 years ago. Started out in Ocean Isle and headed north in the Jeep with the top down about this time of year. Caught the ferry at Cedar Island and spent the night in Ocracoke. Got up next morning and headed to Kittyhawk. Great trip!
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I used to do that round trip about once every other year, take 70 down to Kinston, go to Emerald Isle, up the coast, go to the ferry, up the OB, hit 64, and back. Loved it.
 
Chuckman said:
I used to do that round trip about once every other year, take 70 down to Kinston, go to Emerald Isle, up the coast, go to the ferry, up the OB, hit 64, and back. Loved it.
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I need to take my Grandson on the ferry ride. He’d love it!
 
My uncle used to be a pilot on the cedar island ferry. When I could during the summer I would spend the day with him riding back and forth...

Fond memories except for the time we made the run back from Ocracoke in heavy weather... 20 degree rolls in the wheelhouse of that flatbottomed ferry cured me of any desire to join the navy.
 
Chuckman said:
My kids love the NC ferries. The Ocracoke-Cedar Island is a long ride, and they'd really dig it. Amazing how shallow that water is, too...those ferries are shallow-draft boats.
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It really is. I swear you could walk from the mainland it seems like.

There was the remains of a sailboat a few years ago who found it's keel was lower than the sound right near the entrance to Silver Lake,
 
JohnFreeman said:
It really is. I swear you could walk from the mainland it seems like.

There was the remains of a sailboat a few years ago who found it's keel was lower than the sound right near the entrance to Silver Lake,
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One one trip I asked one of the crew what would happen if we sank. He said they'd move everyone to the top deck and wait for another ferry. I asked if the vehicles would be ruined/lost, he said at high tide, maybe.
 
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