Raleigh relocation analysis pros and cons

Raleigh durham the fastest growing city in USA in pulling lot of traffic typically 108 new people move to this city on a daily basis as per a recent statistic. This is top rated fastest growing city in northeastern part of USA. Much of the debate comes if there is a real need to relocate from ever expensive tri-state area,california and such expensive states to much affordable raleigh locality.
Here are some pros and cons of relocating to raliegh can include one or all of the following
Pros of re-locating to Raleigh north carolina:
Lets look at brighter positive side of this relocation program to start with
1) Cheap rental - This is absolutely true. I was talking to one of my friends who currently resides in garner apex NC lcoality a suburub 30 mins from raleigh, morrisville research triangle park area. He says for 3BHK he is paying $900 as rent. If you choose to rent similar apartment in NYC, NJ, CT, californis it is going to be no less than $2000 per month. This saves lot of money in rent
2) Clean fresh air - Typically if you are from NYC it feels real good to enjoy and cherish the fresh lush greenery versus 100 year old dark black painted walls, dusty roads of tristate area
3) Friendly people - People are very friendly in this area. If you prefer to start your family start this is the place to be in
4) Good school and colleges - Raleigh has lot fo good school districts
5) Raleigh museum of natural sciences - This is a perfect getaway for your kids this weekend. Lots of weekend activities, programs are beign conducted here
6) Lots of jobs - This is the fastest growing corridor in USA with plenty of companies setting up their center here owing to tax breaks. This results in plenty of jobs, hop onto new job next week with reasonable pay
7) Home prices and property taxes - If you have $350000 you can buy brand new home with lot of space in very good locality at raleigh which may not be possible in california, NYC, NJ area. Also, property taxes are no so expensive compared to these places
Cons of relocating to raleigh
1) Salary - If you compare the typical payrate mist companies in raleigh pay 25% less than california and east coast
2) Still winter snow - If you are planning to relocate from beautiful california weather think twice as this is in eastern time zone with east coast weather and still winter storms from december through april. No problems in case of east coast
3) Income taxes in east coast range - The income taxes in raliegh used to be low once upon a time. Now with growing population income taxes are growing at par with east coast states like NJ, NYC,CT. Though not so high still this is no less than some real cheap states