I spent about half my career in North Carolina, and I've got no complaints about it. Which part of NC is the ANG job in?
Many of the ZDC controllers I knew lived a long way from Leesburg, due to the high cost of living in the Northern Virginia/DC area. I don't know anyone at PCT nor anything about the cost of living in Warrenton. Here's a link to the Natca PCT website... it has some contact info. Maybe someone there can help you with your decision:
http://pct.natca.org/
Good Luck!