Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
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Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Hi there,
I've been here 3 months now and wondered if there are any Brits interested in meeting up? Or even if there are any here.....
Keep seeing the odd Union Jack car sticker, but so far not heard a single British accent!!
Starting to feel a tad homesick, is it because Xmas is coming??....
Alison x
I've been here 3 months now and wondered if there are any Brits interested in meeting up? Or even if there are any here.....
Keep seeing the odd Union Jack car sticker, but so far not heard a single British accent!!
Starting to feel a tad homesick, is it because Xmas is coming??....
Alison x
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
The is a British club of Charlotte but that is based on the south side, with many of their meetings "south of the border" in Rockhill, and a bit of a trek for me. I hear that the Big Ben pub has events for the FA Cup final, and big football and rugby games, but I'm not a fan of either sport.
Last edited by Pulaski; Dec 26th 2012 at 12:17 am.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Hi there,
I've been here 3 months now and wondered if there are any Brits interested in meeting up? Or even if there are any here.....
Keep seeing the odd Union Jack car sticker, but so far not heard a single British accent!!
Starting to feel a tad homesick, is it because Xmas is coming??....
Alison x
I've been here 3 months now and wondered if there are any Brits interested in meeting up? Or even if there are any here.....
Keep seeing the odd Union Jack car sticker, but so far not heard a single British accent!!
Starting to feel a tad homesick, is it because Xmas is coming??....
Alison x
Several brits all over the place, I have the lion rampant on my car
Where about in Charlotte are you?
I live in Steele Creek near to a couple of other regulars on here.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Not in Charlotte but have moved into the Raleigh area.
A NC meet up would be fun!
A NC meet up would be fun!
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
There are a few of us here, and I also see the Union Jack front tags and bumper stickers, but I guess most of us are fairly self sufficient - most people in Charlotte seem to be, though a large proportion of the population relocated here. I have only met a couple of Brits socially and neither seemed to think that being British was a reason to maintain in contact, though I occasionally bump into them; I am ambivalent on that question.
The is a British club of Charlotte but that is based on the south side, with many of their meetings "south of the border" in Rockhill, and a bit of a trek for me. I hear that the Big Ben pub has events for the FA Cup final, and big football and rugby games, but I'm not a fan of either sport.
The is a British club of Charlotte but that is based on the south side, with many of their meetings "south of the border" in Rockhill, and a bit of a trek for me. I hear that the Big Ben pub has events for the FA Cup final, and big football and rugby games, but I'm not a fan of either sport.
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Not there yet, but moving to Charlotte in 2 weeks time for a couple of years. Since we know approximately 3 people in the area, we'd (my wife & I) be up for meeting new faces.
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Welcome, welcome.
What part of Charlotte are you moving to?
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We're still working on the housing situation, but have focussed our search for a place to rent so far on the surrounding South Park area (Madison Park - Starmount - Old Providence) as well as Pineville / Ballantyne area. From what I've seen so far, I think we'll end up around South Park.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Know is probably putting it strongly For the most part, we'll be in much the same boat as you were I think!
We're still working on the housing situation, but have focussed our search for a place to rent so far on the surrounding South Park area (Madison Park - Starmount - Old Providence) as well as Pineville / Ballantyne area. From what I've seen so far, I think we'll end up around South Park.
We're still working on the housing situation, but have focussed our search for a place to rent so far on the surrounding South Park area (Madison Park - Starmount - Old Providence) as well as Pineville / Ballantyne area. From what I've seen so far, I think we'll end up around South Park.
Just a thought but at some point you may be trying to search out the odd British food product, and if that's the case there is a great Harris Teeter in the South Park area that you may find the odd thing (some of them have a small amount of choc products/biscuits and Ribena/Orange Squash). Also check out the World Market store on South Blvd.
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It is nice up that way, I'm sure you will enjoy it. Plenty of nice restaurants and parks. I'm down in the burbs nr Pineville and the SC border.
Just a thought but at some point you may be trying to search out the odd British food product, and if that's the case there is a great Harris Teeter in the South Park area that you may find the odd thing (some of them have a small amount of choc products/biscuits and Ribena/Orange Squash). Also check out the World Market store on South Blvd.
Just a thought but at some point you may be trying to search out the odd British food product, and if that's the case there is a great Harris Teeter in the South Park area that you may find the odd thing (some of them have a small amount of choc products/biscuits and Ribena/Orange Squash). Also check out the World Market store on South Blvd.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
It is nice up that way, I'm sure you will enjoy it. Plenty of nice restaurants and parks. I'm down in the burbs nr Pineville and the SC border.
Just a thought but at some point you may be trying to search out the odd British food product, and if that's the case there is a great Harris Teeter in the South Park area that you may find the odd thing (some of them have a small amount of choc products/biscuits and Ribena/Orange Squash). Also check out the World Market store on South Blvd.
Just a thought but at some point you may be trying to search out the odd British food product, and if that's the case there is a great Harris Teeter in the South Park area that you may find the odd thing (some of them have a small amount of choc products/biscuits and Ribena/Orange Squash). Also check out the World Market store on South Blvd.
Hi Sue
I was wondering if you could give me a bit of info of what life is like in North Carolina. Hubby, me and two teenagers will be moving there sometime over the summer. Just wondered about housing, and best places to look within about 40 miles of Winston Salem.
Whats the Brit community like in NC - not many Brits here in the inland empire of Southern California.
Thanks
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Hi Sue
I was wondering if you could give me a bit of info of what life is like in North Carolina. Hubby, me and two teenagers will be moving there sometime over the summer. Just wondered about housing, and best places to look within about 40 miles of Winston Salem.
Whats the Brit community like in NC - not many Brits here in the inland empire of Southern California.
Thanks
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I was wondering if you could give me a bit of info of what life is like in North Carolina. Hubby, me and two teenagers will be moving there sometime over the summer. Just wondered about housing, and best places to look within about 40 miles of Winston Salem.
Whats the Brit community like in NC - not many Brits here in the inland empire of Southern California.
Thanks
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Will you or hubby working in Winston-Salem? And are you teenagers school age or college age?
There are some Brit Groups that meet up I believe but I haven't done so. I know we've got some BE members who live in and around Charlotte for example. Not so many in Winston-Salem, but I did run into some Brits while we were living there. However saying that they will love you here. Everywhere I've gone in NC folk are fascinated by my accent and genuinely interested in how I came to live here etc. I've never had any negative comments and in some ways its been a nice conversation opener when they realise I'm not American.
Not that I've been to CA myself, but from what I've read NC isn't as cosmopolitan as CA, however I suppose it also depends what part of CA you are moving from and what part of NC you are moving to.
We've loved living in NC. It's fairly easy to get out and about and explore states above us and below us and if you want to venture to the coast. To be honest it's been a great place to bring up our son, and he's made some great friends here. We will soon be moving to another state and despite the fact our son is now away at college he wasn't happy when we told him. To him NC is home.
You get four seasons here, although it does get hot and steamy in the summer months, Spring and Fall are the best times of year and winter does get cold, (we got snow the other day) but generally you don't get the bitter chill that they get up north.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Never been to Charlotte but it is one of the places where I might be looking for a job in the next few months (in the financial industry). It seems like a lot of people move there, so there are many people who are "new" and therefore interested in making new friends. Is this true do you think? Because where we live now we have found it quite hard to make friends except for the standard "hi how are you?" and the very occasional playdate. Never been invited for BBQs or anything like that... which is what we thought America would be like.
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
Never been to Charlotte but it is one of the places where I might be looking for a job in the next few months (in the financial industry). It seems like a lot of people move there, so there are many people who are "new" and therefore interested in making new friends. Is this true do you think? Because where we live now we have found it quite hard to make friends except for the standard "hi how are you?" and the very occasional playdate. Never been invited for BBQs or anything like that... which is what we thought America would be like.
As to your comment about a lot of new people here, that is indeed true. I meet loads and loads of people who have moved here from other states. If you've still got your accent you will also notice that it helps breaks the ice with people, they do love the British accent around here
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Re: Any Brits in Charlotte, NC?
That's funny you said about sidewalks, I do think that's quite important!
Thanks for the info...
Thanks for the info...