Interesting, but a recent article in our local paper stated that a major portion of our population increase comes from up-state New York, Suffolk, Queens, and Kings N.Y.

Florida is no longer the end of their destination, Cabarrus and Union County seem to be your favorites. I believe word got out that there are spacious home sites available in the surrounding counties of Charlotte. Of course I think anyone in the real estate business knew that, we show families and couples around these counties all day long. I recently was in a subdivision where 2/3 of the license plates fastened to the car and declaring who you are, were either New Jersey and New York. Okay, so some were from Florida, but I think they can be counted in as Yanks. I'm sure that originally they moved to Florida from up-state and then with all the unsettling weather and maybe a hot real estate market in prior years made their move back. The term used to describe them is "halfbacks".

So please, when you are heading down the road look cheerful and wave at us, because you could be passing a native Carolinian (Carolinius extingtus).