New Bern, North Carolina is located in Craven County and is a friendly and affordable place to live.  This city has an airport with great connections, an award winning convention center, a vibrant library, and a community college that hosts a terrific Public Radio Station. 

Many distinct neighborhoods where folks live as a community...caring and volunteering, and use their collective talents to enhance a fine local showcase can be found in New Bern.  Now close to 300 years old (founded in 1710), this town has approximately 23,000 people with 87,000 in the county. Situated at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse rivers, New Bern provides waterfront, golf, and wooded residential offerings in price ranges from the low $100's with panoramic, ocean access locations at $1 million.

The quality of life here will fit your current needs in this changing time because this area is so easily accessible. If you are a sailor, you will be able to dock for $1500 per year, or have a dock in your own backyard; if you want to golf, a single member can play unlimited on two 18-hole courses for under $2600 per year with a couple playing for $3500; if you want to fish and visit with our Riverkeeper, join one of many local fishing clubs...if you enjoy the arts...interact with three local theatre companies...if sports are your obsession support our new collegiate summer league baseball team, the River Rats.

Four distinct seasons await you in this city, and New Bern’s upriver location keeps its residents safe from severe weather. All of this, taken together with a great regional hospital right here in New Bern....merits the attention of folks looking to dream….about a place to discover ....that is friendly, affordable, and has the appeal you are looking for. Come and join us in our southern surprise - New Bern and Craven County.

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