Neighborhood near Northeast Elementary School in Pikeville, NC

Near Pikeville, a rapidly growing community just north of Goldsboro and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, billboards proclaim “I love jet noise.” “We’re a military area, and Pikeville is where those in the military want to be,” says Maria Gambella, a broker with Re/Max Complete who’s sold homes in the area for 25 years. “You’re far enough from the