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Raleigh is about 2 and a half hours from Richmond and 3 and a half hours from Columbia, roughly sitting in the middle. Which one would you say reminds you more of Raleigh?
When we were visiting here, scouting for our move, we stopped in Richmond (DH went to college there). After a ridiculous experience at a restaurant there, I said to my husband "this place is way more southern than where we are moving" and he said "I've been telling you that for years".
IMHO this area is light years ahead of both your choices.
When we were visiting here, scouting for our move, we stopped in Richmond (DH went to college there). After a ridiculous experience at a restaurant there, I said to my husband "this place is way more southern than where we are moving" and he said "I've been telling you that for years".
IMHO this area is light years ahead of both your choices.
Really? Raleigh feels a lot more southern than Richmond, even with all the transplants (plenty of transplants in Richmond, too). Coming from Raleigh, I receive a "We're definitely getting up North" vibe whenever I visit Richmond, even though it's still a southern city.
Really? Raleigh feels a lot more southern than Richmond, even with all the transplants (plenty of transplants in Richmond, too). Coming from Raleigh, I receive a "We're definitely getting up North" vibe whenever I visit Richmond, even though it's still a southern city.
Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy. NC was the last state to grudgingly join the war. To me, you can feel it.
Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy. NC was the last state to grudgingly join the war. To me, you can feel it.
I guess perception is reality, though, right?
If we bring in the whole states of Virginia and North Carolina, NC definitely feels more southern. Only my opinion, though. The secession dates for VA and NC weren't that drastically different, both were among the four Upper South states to secede after Ft. Sumter.
You can feel it in Richmond, for sure. It was the former Capital of the Confederacy (just drive down Monument Avenue) and an old tobacco town like Durham and Winston-Salem. Very historic, and still pretty southern IMO. However, something about it feels a little northern like DC (probably the architecture). Also, apparently it's pretty transplant saturated just like Raleigh/Durham. I get the feeling that Raleigh was more of a "country town" for the longest time, at least up until the RTP boom. The two might be equal in terms of "southerness" but Raleigh still feels a little more southern IMO.
Really? Raleigh feels a lot more southern than Richmond, even with all the transplants (plenty of transplants in Richmond, too). Coming from Raleigh, I receive a "We're definitely getting up North" vibe whenever I visit Richmond, even though it's still a southern city.
No way man. I lived in Richmond for 4 years before moving to Raleigh. It feels way more southern in Richmond (not that that is a bad thing).
To answer your original question: NEITHER.
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