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View Poll Results: What city is the most similar to Durham?
Raleigh, North Carolina 3 8.82%
Greensboro, North Carolina 5 14.71%
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 19 55.88%
Petersburg, Virginia 4 11.76%
Richmond, Virginia 2 5.88%
College Park, Maryland 1 2.94%
Birmingham, Alabama 0 0%
Other 0 0%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-21-2021, 08:02 AM
 
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Moving on to Durham, a former tobacco city that has transitioned into a tech and healthcare center, also famous for Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and the nearby Research Triangle Park.

Using the categories below, which city in the poll do you believe is the most similar to Durham?

Geography
Culture/History
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Old 06-21-2021, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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Winston Salem, with a lot more developments/new shiny buildings.
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Old 06-21-2021, 09:37 AM
 
Location: USA Gulf Coast
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W-S, like Durham, is a satellite city of a larger (main) city.
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Old 06-22-2021, 07:23 AM
 
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Winston-Salem.
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Old 06-22-2021, 07:40 AM
 
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W-S, like Durham, is a satellite city of a larger (main) city.
And Wake Forest fills a similar niche that Duke does in Durham.
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Old 06-22-2021, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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And Wake Forest fills a similar niche that Duke does in Durham.
Yeah very much.
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Old 06-22-2021, 08:35 AM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
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Winston-Salem.
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Old 06-22-2021, 09:12 PM
 
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Definitely Winston Salem, right down to the highway running bisecting the downtown area.
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Old 07-05-2021, 12:54 PM
 
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Would you all say that Durham has more in common with the Triad cities over Raleigh?
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Old 07-05-2021, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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W-S, like Durham, is a satellite city of a larger (main) city.
Not only that. I think that for several decades in the 20th century, Durham and Winston were each the larger and more prominent city in their respective region until the 1950's.
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