Most Yankees here go through what a radio commentator called the “Cycle”:
1. believe the propaganda (generated mostly by the real estate industry) that NC is heaven;
2. Move to NC and get a temp job or work retail;
3. learn that one cannot support a household on low wages;
4. run through life savings;
5. lose house and family;
6. move away;
7. the real estate industry profits for a second time;
You see these people in the Cycle around all the time, by the hundreds, working retail with their furrowed little brows, wondering what happened. It’s sad.
Ok. Now I see what you mean. This guy is not in that class. He/his wife spent their vacations years earlier visiting spots that thought that they would like to retire to and they settled on Cary. So no one sold them on Cary- they went there with their eyes open. They were very highly paid individuals so their nest egg is not empty. Their house alone in NY, when sold, brought enough for the new Cary digs plus, plus, plus. I believe they now live in a gated community in Cary, IIRC.
All I remember is how he raved about it and he had already been there for a couple of years at that time. That’s why your post interested me when you said Cary. I have never been there but he sure created a desire to do so with his spiel! I told him he should get a part time job in the Tourism Dept of Cary.