Here’s Where You Can Find The Friendliest Town In North Carolina
Smiling faces and beautiful places. It’s more than just a slogan, it’s an actual location very close to us in the Charlotte area. Here’s where you can find the friendliest town in North Carolina. It’s not only the friendliest in North Carolina but has been called the friendliest in the South for 125 years. So, what is so friendly about this town. Where is it, because we would like to go.
Tryon, North Carolina has been named by multiple sources as the friendliest town in North Carolina. We consulted with Only In Your State about the matter. Not only is it friendly but it is steeped in rich history. Cherokee native tribes are thought to have used that area between Charlotte and Asheville as bountiful hunting for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish. They got there in 1540 looking for gold but moved on. Tryon got it’s first post office back in 1839 and was given its name after North Carolina governor William Tryon.
Being named a friendly town is one thing but given the title, friendliest in the South is quite something. “Feeling like family” is all part of the experience no matter where you go in Tryon. Local natural beauty like Pearson Falls abounds. The beautiful scenery is part of what attracts people to Tryon. Here’s where you can find the friendliest town in North Carolina. It is just an hour or so from Charlotte. And its known for friendly people, quaint shopping and dining, rich equestrian history and so much more.
One of the reasons why I love Tryon, North Carolina is the Tryon International Equestrian Center. Technically it is in the town of Mill Spring right at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I have been there many times for equestrian events. But there is also abundant shopping and really great restaurants. For more information on Tryon International just go here.
Surprising North Carolina City Ranks As Best Place For Singles In The State
It’s a tough world to be single in (speaking from experience). But how does North Carolina rank for singles compared to other places in the US? Not that great in all honestly. Our friends at WalletHub conducted a study of the Best & Worst Cities For Singles. And the results were, well, interesting. The best city in North Carolina for singles? Well, it wasn’t Raleigh and it wasn’t Charlotte. (Good now I don’t feel so bad about myself!)
An interesting statistic that WalletHub shared with us is that nearly 47% of all U.S. adults are unmarried. It sure doesn’t feel that way! But only 42% of those single adults are interested in a relationship or casual dating right now. Now it’s making a little more sense.
To conduct this study WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 35 key indicators of dating-friendliness. So what type of data tells us how a city fares for singles? For this study, WalletHub used data including “the share of the population that is single”, “the number of online dating opportunities”, and “the average price for a two-person meal”.
South Carolina actually came out better than North Carolina on this list, with the only two SC cities included topping every North Carolina one. And the North Carolina city that’s the best for singles? I never would have guessed. Keep reading to see the top 10 as well as where each Carolina city ranked. You can read the full WalletHub study here.
Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.