A friend of mine moved to Murphy NC likes it a lot. Side note that's where Eric Rudolph was hiding out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rudolph
I'm in Chicago been here for 30+ years, been thinking to relo to Western MI to be close my inlaws who are 83 this year and live in Grand Haven. I think the snow there is worse than here but we really like that area in good weather. Anyone on here live around there?