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Old 04-29-2010, 02:00 PM
 
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According to porfolio.com, Raleigh is #72 out of 100 cities when it comes to fun:

See a local news story about it here:

Report: N.C. cities lacking fun - News14.com (http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/625151/report--n-c--cities-lacking-fun - broken link)

The full rankings are here:

Living It Up The Top 100 Fun Cities - Portfolio.com
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Old 04-29-2010, 02:12 PM
 
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Let's all go get drunk!
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Old 04-29-2010, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I thought it was even funnier that Greensboro is the "most fun" city in NC.
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Old 04-29-2010, 02:55 PM
 
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I noticed that "gambling" was its own separate category. I find that odd considering the general nature of most of the other categories' titles ("culture", "shopping", etc.). Why wasn't it lumped into, say, "popular entertainment"? If gambling is that important to you, then maybe you're having a little too much fun!
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Old 04-29-2010, 05:08 PM
 
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I was bored when I lived in raleigh, there's nice shopping for things to do but you get bored of just shopping and I'm not a sports fan so there's nothing for young person to do there. I just picked up a hobby at home and I was ok, but you still need that variety in your life. I've talked to execs that made 200K/yr and they were bored so they invested in property, but that still didn't fill the void for them.
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Old 04-29-2010, 05:17 PM
 
Location: South Beach and DT Raleigh
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I checked out some different cities and rankings within each category. I highly question the rankings of many of these categories. For instance, Raleigh's highest ranking is in gambling. GAMBLING???? Are they serious? Where are all these gambling venues? Perhaps they are counting the lottery? Raleigh's lowest ranking is in performing arts and museums. Again, are they kidding??? For its size, Raleigh has quite a bit to offer including a slew of museums, most of the statewide performing arts companies along with a comprehensive performing arts center and ancillary venues. Another place where Raleigh scored lower was in low impact sports. Again...are they kidding? Wake County is swarming with golf courses, country clubs and other venues.
IMHO, one place where Raleigh falls down is in keeping information about what we have (outside of business and education oppty's) updated and available. I'd love to know where the researches go to gather this information because it certainly appears flawed to me. If you believe this survey, you'd have to believe that Greensboro is more fun than both Charlotte and Raleigh. Now, really, how many actually believe this?
How many also believe that Rochester, NY is more fun than Las Vegas, Youngstown Ohio is more fun than Atlanta and Allentown, PA is more fun than Austin, TX? According to the results, this is the case.
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Old 04-29-2010, 05:49 PM
 
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I was bored when I lived in raleigh, there's nice shopping for things to do but you get bored of just shopping and I'm not a sports fan so there's nothing for young person to do there. I just picked up a hobby at home and I was ok, but you still need that variety in your life. I've talked to execs that made 200K/yr and they were bored so they invested in property, but that still didn't fill the void for them.

If Un-Fun is the same as not exciting or boring I would have to somewhat concur.
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Old 04-29-2010, 06:01 PM
 
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there's nothing for young person to do there. I just picked up a hobby at home and I was ok, but you still need that variety in your life.

I'm sorry, but there's a heck of a lot more to do in Raleigh than shopping and sitting at home doing puzzles. But hey, that's just me.
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Old 04-29-2010, 06:10 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I'm sorry, but there's a heck of a lot more to do in Raleigh than shopping and sitting at home doing puzzles. But hey, that's just me.
It helps if you get offline once in a while and go find something fun to do!!!

Vicki
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Old 04-29-2010, 07:53 PM
 
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what is there to do for a 20 something that does not like sports and likes trance/electro music (and cannot stand most jazz music or mainstream music) and anime and is not rich?? and is not able to do much physically becuase of a bad back??
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