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Living in Granite Falls, NC

Granite Falls Area Facts

  • Granite Falls has a Livability Score of 64/100, which is considered good
  • Granite Falls crime rates are 32% higher than the North Carolina average
  • Cost of living in Granite Falls is 2% higher than the North Carolina average
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Teen pregnancy, racism, bigotry all wrapped up in a one horse town! User Rating 0.5 rating By buckeyebruiser ( Jan 05, 2014) If you are looking for an area where most of the residents share the same last name, have never seen the outside of Caldwell county, share one set of real teeth, and are mostly addicted to pain killers or meth, Granite Falls in the town for you! Although the teachers in the publi ...Read More c schools do their best to provide a good education, it is difficult when a large majority of the students are heading to be third (or fourth) generation teen parents. The area has been decimated by the decline of local furniture manufacturing jobs and it's effects can be seen in the rampant property thefts and drug trafficking charges that spring up constantly in the little local news blotter. Anyone that speaks Spanish is instantly categorized as "that Mexican" whether they are from Cuba, Argentina or Spain, although it is quickly apparent that the people dishing out the negative terminology geared towards the Hispanic population would have the utmost difficulty in telling you on which continent the aforementioned countries were even on (and I'm not worried about them being insulted, because even though everyone here has a gun, and shoots them off on every holiday and any other random evening, I can tell by their vocabulary usage and the fact that they cannot use the proper tenses that their reading levels are hardly up to par enough to understand that this review is insulting). I would never recommend that anyone move here, certainly not if you are from another country or God forbid (or as they say here "Bless Your Heart") if you are anything but the whitest shade of white and a stout baptist because if not, you will not be welcome. Read Less
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      F Amenities

      Are there many local amenities in Granite Falls? Well, there are not many amenities close to this location.

      Parks

      Granite Falls Neighborhood Park
      Granite Falls Recreation Center
      Rhodhiss Park
      Geitner Rotary Park

      Entertainment

      M.S. Deal Stadium

      Food & Drink

      ABC Store
      Hardee's
      Subway
      McDonald's
      Subway
      Bojangles'
      Wendy's

      F Commute

      Is public transit available in Granite Falls? Of all people who commute, 0.0% take public transportation in Granite Falls.
      Drive to Work
      87%

      11% higher than the US average

      Take Public Transit
      0%

      5% lower than the US average

      Walk to Work
      0%

      2% lower than the US average

      D+ Health & Safety

      Is Granite Falls a healthy and safe place to live? Yes, there are some hospitals, police and fire stations.

      Hospitals

      Pharmacies

      Doctors

      EmergeOrtho: Foothills Region