I would have thought High Point would be in decline by now. You used to be able to get a house in Emorywood pretty cheap (comparatively speaking to Gboro). Of course, the last time I went that way, High Point and Greensboro were almost connected. No more Red Road. I guess housing moved that way for Greensboro.
High Point used to be a pretty rough place.
It’s still a largely blue collar town and has been hit very hard by offshoring. It’s still cheaper than Greensboro or Winston-Salem. A showplace home in Emorywood can be had for the price of a cottage in Greensboro’s Sunset Hills. High Point municipal taxes aren’t cheap, though. North High Point along US 68 heading up to the airport has grown and might as well be Greensboro. The rest of it is not doing well, other than the immediate area around HPU.