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Winston-Salem, North Carolina is one of the most underrated cities in the South, IMO. It is located in the western Piedmont, not far from the mountains and less than two hours from Charlotte and the Triangle. It is known for tobacco (R.J. Reynolds), textiles (Hanes), banking, healthcare, the arts, and Wake Forest University. Downtown Winston-Salem has a slight industrial feel and has improved in recent years with various breweries and restaurants. Old Salem is a popular tourist attraction, as well.
Using the categories below, what city in the poll would you say is the most similar to Winston-Salem?
Greensboro seems like the obvious choice to me. Besides being joined at the hip in the Triad, they feel similar in may ways, culture, size, economy, not to mention both have seemingly perpetually under construction beltways.
Greensboro seems like the obvious choice to me. Besides being joined at the hip in the Triad, they feel similar in may ways, culture, size, economy, not to mention both have seemingly perpetually under construction beltways.
It's gotta be either Greensboro or Durham, but it's hard to pick between the two.
All three are historically blue collar cities with the money being in tobacco and textiles. Durham has moved away from that more so than have W-S/Greensboro as it's oriented itself toward Raleigh and the white collar Research Triangle.
All three have a similar racial makeup as well and are home to public HBCUs.
I think it has to be Greensboro as both it and W-S are part of the Piedmont Triad, which has quite a different dynamic than the R-D Research Triangle area.
Durham, Durham, Durham all day. There are so many similarities.
Their higher ed profiles is a really good example. Durham has a premiere university that was first established in the Triad and moved there early on, whereas Winston-Salem's premiere university began life in the Triangle and later moved there; both are notable ACC schools that support prominent healthcare facilities in their respective cities. Both also have sizable public HBCUs which originated as institutions to train Black teachers. Durham is home to UNC's school of science and mathematics (high school) whereas Winston-Salem is home to UNC's school of the arts (high school, also offers undergrad and graduate degrees); the schools are considered counterparts.
Economically, both had historic prominence in tobacco and textiles and they have relatively well-preserved industrial urban fabrics that testify of such. Several such buildings have been converted to research uses. Both are known for their robust local arts scenes.
Lots of other similarities but these stick out the most.
Durham, Durham, Durham all day. There are so many similarities.
Their higher ed profiles is a really good example. Durham has a premiere university that was first established in the Triad and moved there early on, whereas Winston-Salem's premiere university began life in the Triangle and later moved there; both are notable ACC schools that support prominent healthcare facilities in their respective cities. Both also have sizable public HBCUs which originated as institutions to train Black teachers. Durham is home to UNC's school of science and mathematics (high school) whereas Winston-Salem is home to UNC's school of the arts (high school, also offers undergrad and graduate degrees); the schools are considered counterparts.
Economically, both had historic prominence in tobacco and textiles and they have relatively well-preserved industrial urban fabrics that testify of such. Several such buildings have been converted to research uses. Both are known for their robust local arts scenes.
Lots of other similarities but these stick out the most.
Yeah. And the fabrics of their downtowns are eerily similar in feel.
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