The move to N. Carolina has been in progress for many months now. I came here for 10 days last year and I have been here for 8 weeks now.
There have been some hard lessons.
I have found that medical care in N. Carolina in the behavioral health area (a euphemism for psychiatric care) is all screwed up. I have been unable to get medical care (again a euphemism for medication) on a reliable basis. My principal care physician here has tried to help me out but there is only so much she is comfortable doing. I am going to try the online ADHD doctors although last time it was just a scam. FWIW, I tried to set it up remotely from California before I got here and both efforts failed.
The second problem is that rentals are not what they seem here. One more time the online services, although helpful, are not to be believed. There is a lot of fraud. Very often you are not renting your own apartment, but a share in someone else's apartment. There are very few listings for a studio or part of a house, most are part of a huge apartment building. Finally, they need to see evidence that you have a real job or real income. Intermittent consulting as I do does not cut it. Therefore I would tell you that without a real job or real evidence (tax forms) of a lucrative consulting business, you will not be able to rent here.
Unfortunately, without a stable place to live and real medical assistance, I can not do work. So the UNC activity has to be on hold until this is achieved. This is also very damaging, as if I was not damaged enough.
On the other hand, NC is very beautiful and most of the people I have met are very nice.
The lesson learned is to have a lot of money before attempting to do anything or be sick in America. I should have known better.
