Hello Y'all,

It has been a while. I am now settled in Cary North Carolina. Cary is just west of Raleigh and where people like me are forced to live when we get here, Cary is an ancronym for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees, true story. I was kind of shocked to find ChangingStreet.com client from Flushing living around the corner from me.

The cultural differences are vast; Flint has A&W and Angelos, down here Biscutville and Bojangles (Yes Bojangles menu also revolves around biscuits). Flint has an very high number of professional athletes per capitia, Raleigh leads the country in the number of PHD's under 45. The Flint area has lakes, the Raleigh area has 81 days of water left! You couldn't put a boat on what developers call lakes here. You get the idea, very different in every way; not better or worse just different.

One thing is for sure, if I could bottle the "problems" people have down here and sell them, I could easily make enough profit to turn Flints economy into one of the best in the country. The economy in Raleigh is almost bullet proof, an extremely diverse group of companies in many different industries. Almost all with in International focus. Three top universities pumping out well qualified employees and recruits to these companies, land to build on, freeways and roads being built to accomidate the growth. Like I said different.

We just spent seven days in Flint, it was great, not different, great! It was so good to be home, sitting in the new ChangingStreets.com office seeing the gang and how well they are proforming even considering market conditions. Eating 3lbs of Kogels & going to Skips, the midnight Birch Run trip on Thanksgiving. My favorite things and people are still in Flint.

Someone once told me "where ever you go, there you are". I use to think that was pretty smart, ment you couldn't run from your problems. When we moved to Raleigh it was for a once in a million lifetimes opportunity, not to escape problems. Maybe thats why I am in Raleigh; but I am not here, I feel 757 miles south of where I AM.

You know you can't get Russian or red French salad dressing down here, at least I haven't found any. See if you could sell problems like that one....

See y'all soon, if you are ever in Raleigh look me up Real Living Partners Triangle . Don't forget to bring the red French and Kogels!