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I have lived in some larger cities in my life. detroit, DC, and memphis to name a couple. I currently live in wilmington, NC. I am sure some of you have been to this area. how does the city of raleigh compare in size to the city of wilmington? I have always considered wilmington more of a town. does raleigh feel much larger than wilmington, or are the population numbers deceptive because of annexing? I know it's going to be much smaller than DC, detroit, and memphis, but does it have different sections that you might have to take a bus to? I feel I can get from one side of wilmington to the other side in 10 minutes by foot.
Most similar to Memphis. Much larger than Wilmington but still not the "big city' feel you would get in downtown dc or detroit. Raleigh is a very spread out city. You definately need a car in Raleigh to get anywhere (downtown, glenwood, crabtree, north hills none are walking distance). busing from one side to the other would take an entire day. Public transportation is as good as non existent.
oh I know the population, but wilmington is ridiculous with the annexing. I live in the city, but trust me, I am nowhere near the city. they just like my tax dollar.
memphis is actually pretty big. population wise, it might even be bigger than DC. but you are right, memphis was pretty spread out. it being much larger than wilmington is encouraging. I see raleigh even has a grocery store, which makes it more of a functional downtown than raleigh. I have a car, but would like to be able to walk to the store if I really had to.
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Most similar to Memphis. Much larger than Wilmington but still not the "big city' feel you would get in downtown dc or detroit. Raleigh is a very spread out city. You definately need a car in Raleigh to get anywhere (downtown, glenwood, crabtree, north hills none are walking distance). busing from one side to the other would take an entire day. Public transportation is as good as non existent.
memphis is actually pretty big. population wise, it might even be bigger than DC. but you are right, memphis was pretty spread out. it being much larger than wilmington is encouraging. I see raleigh even has a grocery store, which makes it more of a functional downtown than raleigh. I have a car, but would like to be able to walk to the store if I really had to.
If you want to walk to things from where you live, you should look at housing between Cameron Village and the Glenwood South area of downtown (about 3/4 mile). Some of the highest 'walk scores' are found in that area. Go to Walk Score - Helping homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. and put in some addresses. Here's some scores from random addresses in the area. (note...these are not necessarily homes, just addresses)
800 W. Peace Street - 80 of 100
600 Glenwood Ave - 85 of 100
400 N. West Street - 86 of 100
Cameron St - 88 of 100
I agree that Raleigh will feel more like Memphis in scale to the overall metro area. Raleigh, however, is more intellectual and professional than Memphis and will have a populace that is more like DC's and NoVA.
Raleigh is fast approaching 400,000 in city limit population and, while it's still expanding on its edges, it's finally urbanizing some of it's first ring of suburban development and paying a lot of attention to its downtown. I think it's an exciting time to be in Raleigh. Wake County at about 850,000 is rapidly closing the gap on NC's most populous county: Mecklenburg.
this sounds good. DC really spread out before they decided to spread up. it make traffic horrible.
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If you want to walk to things from where you live, you should look at housing between Cameron Village and the Glenwood South area of downtown (about 3/4 mile). Some of the highest 'walk scores' are found in that area. Go to Walk Score - Helping homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. and put in some addresses. Here's some scores from random addresses in the area. (note...these are not necessarily homes, just addresses)
800 W. Peace Street - 80 of 100
600 Glenwood Ave - 85 of 100
400 N. West Street - 86 of 100
Cameron St - 88 of 100
I agree that Raleigh will feel more like Memphis in scale to the overall metro area. Raleigh, however, is more intellectual and professional than Memphis and will have a populace that is more like DC's and NoVA.
Raleigh is fast approaching 400,000 in city limit population and, while it's still expanding on its edges, it's finally urbanizing some of it's first ring of suburban development and paying a lot of attention to its downtown. I think it's an exciting time to be in Raleigh. Wake County at about 850,000 is rapidly closing the gap on NC's most populous county: Mecklenburg.
My 'vote' is city for sure. It has all the classic definitions of a city.
1. A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance. Significant is a relative term, but above posters defined it in numbers and not all were relatives!
2. An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
Just happens to be the NC State Capital 'city'. So it has that going for it!
So based on the above my 'vote' is its a city and a very important one to NC state!
Raleigh is not a big city such as Chicago or New York, etc., but it is inideed a decent sized city that has a downtown core, with a beltway/line and it has associated suburbs to fill in the gaps around the city. You're not going to confuse it with Chicago, but it's much closer to say a Pittsburgh than a Wilmington. So YES, Raleigh is a real city and you will notice a difference coming from Wilmington.
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