If you’re headed to the Charlotte region, might I suggest you locate just across the border in South Carolina? Lower income tax, no estate tax, lower property & sales taxes & lower motor-fuels taxes. Unfortunately, NC in general, and Charlotte specifically is being over-run by liberals, and they’ve never seen a tax they haven’t liked.
Raleigh area, which I hear is fairly liberal, but that can’t possibly be more liberal than the Gay Area.