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hmm--tough call RNR. Wichita with about 350k peeps, vs Kinston with about 25k? If you're ok with rural, you might be fine. Pretty sure the cost of living would be much lower in Kinston, but that's a big jump in culture I'd imagine. Raleigh is about a bit over an hour to the West, and while there are lots of good folks, the small towns can be kind of clannish, much as it is everywhere. I've got some really good friends from Kinston, but they moved the hell out when they got old enough and never looked back. NC can be roughly classified as "east of I-95 and west of I-95", with the eastern side being mostly rural, former tobacco towns like Kinston. If we're talking a similar size town in the western part of the state like say Morganton, I would seriously consider it, but that's just me. RJ is right though, the "Que" is pretty good down that way.