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Originally Posted by architect77
RTP is not the employment juggernaut nor is it the main reason for the area's national status.
It may be a geographical and high tech nucleus though.
I mean Raleigh is its own MSA now, which I don't agree with since we all know the area is one region and other cities like Atlanta include an area the size of central North Carolina, however it's useful for my argument that Wake could stand on its own.
Quality of life, decent public schools, proximity to nice vacation spots, weather defined by all 4 seasons, respectable government and state stewardship all make the area special.
I believe that all border counties have bright futures, including not-yet-sophisticated Franklin County and my hometown of Louisburg.
Franklin is commutable. 60% of residents work in another county with Wake and Durham 30 minutes away.
Once US401 is a 4-lane divided highway up to Louisburg, the drive to Capital Blvd at the US1 split will be 20 minutes.
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Louisburg residents have always been able to be in Raleigh in 30 minutes even on a crowded 2-lane US401.
US401 is a residential corridor as opposed to the industrial, commercial US1 which comes to a standstill during afternoon rush hour.
I don't want Louisburg to be mowed over with hodgepodge subdivisions and no real planning like Rolesville, a missed opportunity to have a real, walkable small town based on the pre-automobile model used in the early 20th century.
The fact is that Durham and Chapel aren't factors in people's lives for counties touching Wake's Eastern border. Raleigh is big enough and diverse enough to have everything people need by itself.
Louisburg and 3/4 of Franklin County (Closest to Wake and Durham Counties) will flourish and do well, and it's not overpriced for now.
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I don't know when you were last in Louisburg, but it is fully on course to be "mowed over with hodgepodge subdivisions." The development here is insane. And depressing: forests mowed down for a bunch of ugly, shoddily built, cookie-cutter houses, as is the case pretty much all over the Triangle area. I used to think it would be good for Louisburg if more people were to move here, but I'm not as certain of that any more. When I look at Wake Forest, I see mostly gated-type communities with ridiculously over-priced huge homes that are architecturally laughable (ever been to Hasentree? It's beyond weird--almost dystopic). Wouldn't want that for Louisburg, either. In short, I'm happy to see folks debate all the other towns in this thread, as I would like to see Louisburg remain under the radar for at least a little while longer.
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