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Virginia - Roanoke, its the only reasonably sized city in the mountains. Most people think of NoVA, Richmond, Williams burg, or Hampton Roads when they think of VA
To the majority of Virginia, NOVA is the ugly stepchild in my experience. It's the place that is totally different from all the rest. As far as good-sized mountain cities besides Roanoke, there is Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and Blacksburg.
Georgia is sort of the same way...the rest of the state views Atlanta like it doesn't belong there.
Wilmington is the groovy uncle who's kinda cool, but looks embarassing when he dances and sings along to the Jimmy Buffet records he insists on playing at every one of the many, many family barbecues he keeps hosting.
The Triangle overall would be the Marcia Brady-type sister.
Chapel Hill is the cousin who studied abroad, picked up a couple foreign languages, sticks to basic black, and insists upon trying to convince simple suburbanites to watch Fellini movies. Films, actually.
Not only can Durham introduce you to Guided By Voices, they can also introduce you to Outkast.
Fayetteville's dad was the biker cousin that no one has seen for years. Fayetteville's mom was - if memory serves - from a disreputable section of New Orleans. One day, Fayetteville just showed up at the front door.
Charlotte's the cheerful, smiley, flip-flop wearing 25-year-old neighbor that reminds you of Peter Frampton, circa 1976: Do You Feel Like We Do?
Asheville is your dope dealer - just weed, really, though the both of you know that if you really wanted it, they could hook you up with some killer bootleg moose tranquilizers they got at a Phish show in Vancouver.
Greensboro is your cousin who just got laid off, but diligently e-mails thousands of resumes out into the world, Winston-Salem is his guitar playing brother who smokes Camels and tries to sound like Tom Waits.
Greenville once showed up at Thanksgiving dinner in a vintage Camaro.
Gastonia later stole and stripped the Camaro.
Boone is your brother's vegan girlfriend: loose-fitting cotton tie-dyed skirts, dancing bear tattoo, crystals, channelling, the works. Sweet, but in a weird way, and grandma was clearly alienated by her presence.
Hickory is the dude down the street who turned up in the police blotter yesterday, after some wacked-out trailer park hostage situation involving a blizzard of wild profanity, several small explosions and an estranged common-law wife who later called the house crying from a Waffle House at 2:45 in the morning.
How about High Point? (the only city over 100,000 that you missed!)
I was going to say Monroe. Far from the centers of power (N.O. and B.R.) and not on the same level as Shreveport. I've lived in New Orleans almost my entire life and only been to Monroe once. The river is beautiful there, though.
I'd include Shreveport and Lafayette as centers of power. I will agree on Monroe, although, Alexandria might be a good candidate.
How about High Point? (the only city over 100,000 that you missed!)
Neither Raleigh nor Cary were mentioned individually either. The Triangle was referenced in total while Chapel Hill and Durham were also specifically mentioned.
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Much like Atlanta is to Georgia and NOVA is to Virginia.
