The Outer Banks it isn't

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I finally broke down and started watching Outer Banks on Netflix. I made it about 1/2 way through the pilot episode. So far, I'm not very impressed. The first thing that hit me was the reference to the rich end of the island as Figure Eight. Figure Eight island is off the NC coast, but not up where the Outer Banks are located. It is just north of Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington where I grew up. The second thing that bugged me was the group of teens calling themselves pogues. Being a pogue is not a good thing. It is an Army term for those soldiers who work in rear echelon jobs, never get their uniforms dirty, never see the front lines, and don't know which end of their rifle the projectiles come out of. I'm not sure where the show got the term, but every time I hear it, I gag. Maybe the show's writers misspelled Bogue, as in Bogue Inlet and Bogue Sound, which are real places on the NC coast near Morehead City, but, again, not part of the Outer Banks. Then, there's the name of the fictional county the characters live in, Kildare County. The name is a mash up of Dare County and Kill Devil Hills. At least these are two places actually on the Outer Banks. I know I shouldn't let such details bother me, but it's as if the show was written by someone who's never actually been to Nags Head or Hatteras. Have you ever watched a show or movie supposedly set in a location you are familiar with and despaired over the inaccuracies?