<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>Second Home &amp; Retiring in Franklin, Macon County NC by Gary &amp; Sherry</title><link>http://franklinnative.com/blog/</link><description /><managingEditor>Gary &amp; Sherry</managingEditor><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>RPS Blog Version 1.1.0.0</generator><item><dc:creator>Gary &amp; Sherry</dc:creator><title>Why Macon County is a Great Place to Call Home</title><link>http://franklinnative.com/blog_post.asp?post=9216</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://franklinnative.com/blog_post.asp?post=9216</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times-Roman" size="3"&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;Welcome to Macon County, one of the fastest growing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;regions in North Carolina. State statistics only confirm what&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;its residents already know &amp;mdash; Macon County is a great place&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;to live.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;Macon County is home to more than 32,550 full-time&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;residents. In a sense, however, the true population of the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;county is much higher. Because Macon contains so many&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;second homes, its population increases during late spring&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;and summer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;There are many reasons that Macon is so popular, but&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;the incredible natural beauty of the county &amp;mdash; coupled with&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;the true, southern hospitality of its people &amp;mdash; may be the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;most important.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;The 517 square miles of Macon County includes&amp;nbsp;..&lt;span style="font-size:90%;margin-left:5px;color:#0000FF;vertical-align:baseline;"&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://franklinnative.com/blog_post.asp?post=9216"&gt;read&amp;nbsp;more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src ="http://franklinnative.com/blog/aggbug/9216.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><dc:creator>Gary &amp; Sherry</dc:creator><title>Top things to do in Franklin (Macon County), NC</title><link>http://franklinnative.com/blog_post.asp?post=2911</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://franklinnative.com/blog_post.asp?post=2911</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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