Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and new to hiking. I've got a few questions for the North Carolina guys.
My wife and I love the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Smokies as well. In short, we love the whole east Tennessee and west North Carolina area. We love it so much that we want to relocate there. We've done a little research and looked into schools and such in the area and have decided that the Hendersonville, NC area looks good for us. We'd like to stick to smaller-mid size cities like this. We personally haven't visited this particular area but we've been close to it on vacation to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge.
I'm planning on going back to school as soon as I can next year to finish my degree to become a welder. I'd like a job in that field, but at the moment I work for Georgia Pacific so anything in the industrial field would work for me. Whats the industrial job market look like in this area? Are there areas close by that the job market looks a little better?
We'd like to move in the next 5 years, enough time for me to finish school and save up as much as we possibly can. We will be making a trip sometime in the next year, perhaps during our vacation, to the Hendersonville area to get a feel for the area.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and if you have any questions to help you help me, just ask. Thanks in advance guys.