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Yet downtown Raleigj, no greater than downtown Cary, the largest town in the country (which doesn't the Triangle also have the largest office park?) still has trouble attracting people to. The free nature museums... Yeah, how often do people go there? It's attendance is probably inflated by school field trips) still isn't attractive enough to get people to live downtown. Hence the shoddy little bus system that serves the town of Raleigh, the Capitol of the Podunk bible state that actually is more like gastonia thn it is like Charlotte or Ralegh.
Hey, if it makes you feel better, I like suburbs to. Hunk ook at how huntersville racks in education & crime compared to Raleigh.
Huntersville is probably more urban than Raleigh
You were all over the place and very little sense there towards the end?? Are you really that unnerved that Raleigh beats Charlotte in every measurable way of what people really want in a city?
Pretty sad out of a metro on 10 counties you have zero in on a 14 block radius of suck to try and beat Raleigh and the Triangle, lol !
I just moved to the Raleigh area and it sucks. There is nothing to do for singles, although locals rave about the museums and parks. I ended up staying home for New Year's Eve because the only event in town was "First Night Raleigh" which included a giant acorn drop - neither my son (14) nor I (31) were the least bit interested in that.
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Raleigh:
#2 Among The Fastest-Growing Minority Cities in America for Hispanics (Raleigh) – Brookings Institution, January 2015
#2 Among The Fastest-Growing Minority Cities in America for Asians (Raleigh) – Brookings Institution, January 2015
#6 Among The Fastest-Growing Minority Cities in America for Blacks (Raleigh) – Brookings Institution, January 2015
3 of the state's only 4 openly gay mayors hail from the area
Gay mayors thank McCrory for opposition to bills | News & Observer News & Observer
#2 best city in the nation for young adults
Introduction - In Photos: In Pictures: The 15 Best Cities For Young Adults - Forbes
#4 best city in the nation for young entrepreneurs
10 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs - In Photos: The 10 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs - Forbes
#3 most romantic city in the nation for baby boomers
#1 best city in the nation to raise a family
No. 1 Raleigh, NC - In Photos: America's Best Cities for Raising a Family - Forbes
#8 best city in the nation for female entrepreneurs
Top Ten Cities for Women Entrepreneurs - NerdWallet
#1 best city in the nation for business and careers
Raleigh Leads The Best Places For Business And Careers 2014 - Forbes
#2 most educated city in the nation (Durham #3)
The 10 Most Educated Cities In America - In Photos: The 10 Most And Least Educated Cities In America - Forbes
#4 fastest growing city in the US
Houston, Texas - In Photos: America's Fastest-Growing Cities 2015 - Forbes
"Smithsonian of the South"
Southern Cities : Hidden Treasures - At Home Memphis & Mid South
Culinary Capital of NC
Southern Cities : Hidden Treasures - At Home Memphis & Mid South
Best chef in the southeast
Raleigh chef Ashley Christensen wins James Beard award | News & Observer News & Observer
Best cheap eats in the South
The South's Best Cheap Eats Under $10 | Southern Living
"Live Music Capital of NC"
Southern Cities : Hidden Treasures - At Home Memphis & Mid South
The largest and #1 most attended museum in the state
NC Museum of Natural Sciences tops "Most Visited" ranking | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
5 of the top 7 best cities in NC are Raleigh suburbs within Wake County
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#2 "Brain Magnet City" in the nation
The U.S.' Biggest Brain Magnets - Forbes
"10 cities in the nation with the most economic momentum going"
The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014
#10 most recession proof city in America
The most recession-proof cities in America | Deseret News National
one of "The 15 US Cities That Are Driving The Future"
Best Performing US Cities Of 2013 - Business Insider
One of America's fittest cities
How does your hometown stack up among fittest cities?
10 New U.S. Breweries to Watch, from D.C. to California Slideshow - Bon Appétit
#3 Happiest city in the US
Happiest U.S. Cities of 2014: The List
One of the "10 best city arts districts in the nation"
10Best: City art districts around the USA
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Charlotte:
#6 "Most bible minded city"
Which Are The Most, And Least, 'Bible-Minded' Cities In The U.S.? : The Two-Way : NPR
Huffington Post"15 Reasons Why Charlotte Is The Weirdest"
"Astounding lack of culture and character" "Everything Is Oddly Evangelical" "College basketball rules North Carolina, and even Michael Jordan has a hard time cheering for the Bobcats/Hornets/whatever of Buzz City" " The Streets Are Always Empty" "Charlotte is the city that always sleeps" "NASCAR is sponsored by that big bank with all the weird paintings"
"Public Transportation Is Hilarious, does anyone actually use the light rail?" Charlotte basically said their barbecue was ok"
"A combination of college and purgatory everyone moves there and then leaves within a few years"
You were all over the place and very little sense there towards the end?? Are you really that unnerved that Raleigh beats Charlotte in every measurable way of what people really want in a city?
Pretty sad out of a metro on 10 counties you have zero in on a 14 block radius of suck to try and beat Raleigh and the Triangle, lol !
I'm actually running a greenway & responding. Not unnerved. I'm simply saying Raleigh is a suburb with no downtown. It's just one of a few towns with no mass transit where everyone drives to an office park
The suburbs of Raleigh are getting a LightRail within a decade to connect them to an office park.,, before Raleigh - if ever - gets one. If Raleigh decided today to build LRT? It would take 20 years until the first people would board from Cary to the office park. Congrats.,,
To build a light Rail line and make it work, you need a central place with over 100,000 workers. Raleigh 40,000 worker downtown is not going to get federal funding. How many people in Cary work in downtown Raleigh?
The only way Raleigh will have to pay 100% of the building of a light rail line.
If Raleigh can not afford their bus system, how can they build a light rail system.
To build a light Rail line and make it work, you need a central place with over 100,000 workers. Raleigh 40,000 worker downtown is not going to get federal funding. How many people in Cary work in downtown Raleigh?
The only way Raleigh will have to pay 100% of the building of a light rail line.
Raleigh will get light rail before Charlotte gets a 300 acre destination park adjacent to uptown, I can promise you that
I'm actually running a greenway & responding. Not unnerved. I'm simply saying Raleigh is a suburb with no downtown. It's just one of a few towns with no mass transit where everyone drives to an office park
A Charlotte has a 14 block radius of suck out of a 10 county metro, hahaha
I guess you can always go watch the Pelihorncats lose another season, bwaahahaa!
Yet downtown Raleigj, no greater than downtown Cary, the largest town in the country (which doesn't the Triangle also have the largest office park?) still has trouble attracting people to. The free nature museums... Yeah, how often do people go there? It's attendance is probably inflated by school field trips) still isn't attractive enough to get people to live downtown. Hence the shoddy little bus system that serves the town of Raleigh, the Capitol of the Podunk bible state that actually is more like gastonia thn it is like Charlotte or Ralegh.
Hey, if it makes you feel better, I like suburbs to. Hunk ook at how huntersville racks in education & crime compared to Raleigh.
Huntersville is probably more urban than Raleigh
Raleigh has museums worth busing kids in for.
I guess in Metrolina there busing the kids to the Billy Graham Museum and to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. That'll learn those youngin's some sear-us culture and edumaticatin'……and from the bible too!
Raleigh will get light rail before Charlotte gets a 300 acre destination park adjacent to uptown, I can promise you that
Because there will be no land to make a 300 acre park since everything adjacent to uptown. Not a problem for Raleigh since no one lived in or adjacent to downtown anyway.
By 2019, 9,000 people will be living in downtown Raleigh...11,000 counting surrounding hoods. Around 34,000 for uptown & SouthEnd Alone by 2019
Besides a park bigger than Central Park (Despite it being 100,000x+ more populated), and a choo choo station that will carry barely anyone a day, what else is happening downtown Raleigh?
I guess in Metrolina there busing the kids to the Billy Graham Museum and to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. That'll learn those youngin's some sear-us culture and edumaticatin'……and from the bible too!
An education, which, I might add, you have no college degree. So who are you to talk about education? Lol
Because there will be no land to make a 300 acre park since everything adjacent to uptown. Not a problem for Raleigh since no one lived in or adjacent to downtown anyway.
By 2019, 9,000 people will be living in downtown Raleigh...11,000 counting surrounding hoods. Around 34,000 for uptown & SouthEnd Alone by 2019
Besides a park bigger than Central Park (Despite it being 100,000x+ more populated), and a choo choo station that will carry barely anyone a day, what else is happening downtown Raleigh?
You sound jealous of Raleigh's Central Park. Just throw that on the heap along with all the other rankings where Raleigh beats Charlotte in every measurable way of what people really want in a real city
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- neither my son (14) nor I (31) were the least bit interested in that.
