30-Day Blogging Challenge | Day 5 | Wilmington: Why after moving 27 times, it feels like home

30-Day Blogging Challenge | Day 5 | Wilmington: Why after moving 27 times, it feels like home

Okay, before you assume I’m some kind of nomad here’s a little context for the number I came up with:  I chose to go to boarding school with a scholarship at age 15 (and loved every minute of it), so each time I moved at the beginning and end of each year in high school and every time I moved in college for new leases or summer sessions, and every time I moved after college totaled up to 27. So there was 12 years between all of that to make that kind of damage and it’s not even over yet.

Jess and I love Wilmington so much we got married here in April 2018.

In June of 2017, Jess and I were living in Charlotte before we decided to take the leap and move to Wilmington for his job. Not only have we fallen in love with the 28403 zip code, we have gotten our engagement photos here AND got married here. On top of all of that, we have decided to get pre-approved so we can buy our forever home after renting for over a year and a half. There’s no other place we’d rather be. Here are five things we love about where we live:

1. Eastern NC town. With Jess from Red Oak and me from the Outer Banks, we have a serious love and desire to be in Eastern North Carolina and to be close to our families so we can see them often but still have a few miles in between.
2. River, sound and sea. Not only do we have the sea, but we have the intercoastal waterway AND the river. The trifecta. Every direction we go, we are near water which is perfect for this girl and guy who grew up by the Atlantic. In our time here, we’ve gone fishing and surfing in the sea, flounder gigging and boating in the channel, and we have anchored up on the Cape Fear to watch river-side concerts and we have even boated an hour south to Southport for our birthdays. (We are only a day apart in age so we celebrate together). Water equals adventures and that’s all we live for.
3. History. The town is enriched in history. The historical downtown by the river is full of restaurants, shops, and landmarks, giving us a new perspective every time we’re there.  We are even members at a church, St. James Parrish (where we got married) that is 289 years old. This English and History nerd devours all the stories this town has to offer.
4. Music + Breweries. Okay, this involves admitting a love for beer. Jess and I cannot get over how many breweries there are in Wilmington and how many talented musicians play at them. Waterline, Waterman’s, Mad Mole, Wrightsville Beach Brewery are just a few to name and we frequent them because it’s a small town business selling something we like!
5. Young, Old and Everything in Between. We love that it is a college town, a young professionals town, a family town and a retirement town. Wilmington is for everyone so there is always someone new to meet from all walks of life.  Just last weekend we went to a dance party on a boat whose owner we had known for only three days. Wilmington is that welcoming. 
   
   
   

After hearing just those five things, what’s not to like? We’re trying to convince our loved ones to come move here so we never have to leave! 😉

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