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Central Prison isn't on an island and is still open...You can sometimes find "Francisco" sourdough bread at Food Lion, as well as Rice-A-Roni....in NC they grow a plant that's intended to be smoked, but it's not the same one as in NoCal.
Not many parallels between SF and Raleigh, unfortunately.
I would enjoy San Francisco as a young, unencumbered single person and then move to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill when I was ready to settle down and raise a family! Both places are awesome but couldn't be more different. I have had some wonderful times partying and hanging out in San Francisco, but am happy to have a decent house and lifestyle where I live now. I am past the nightlife stage of my life and am into raising kids and working.
Perfectly said!!
And as for Berkeley and Chapel Hill, Berkeley has a population of a little over 100K. Chapel Hill is about 50K. While that is not a huge difference, the difference is that Berkeley is on the door step of a massive population of SF and surrounding area. You don't have that here in NC. It's much more rural.
That's certainly an odd comparison. I lived in Fremont and San Jose and now live in Raleigh. There is absolutely no comparison. There is very little diversity here in Raleigh when compared to San Francisco, compared to the rest of the country, Raleigh looks pretty good, but not compared to the Bay Area. However, I can also afford a 3,000 square foot house with a nice yard in a really nice neighborhood for $100K less than I would have paid for a one bedroom condo in Fremont.
I agree with everyone else, if you are out to experience things and have fun and can afford it, go for SF. If you are looking for a home and stable area that you can have a family in and slow down in (compared to SF) come on over to Raleigh.
Raleigh has a ton to offer as a city, IMO. Several colleges/universities in town, including NC State which is quite large. A diverse group of jobs both in the city limits and in the county. You have tons of government jobs, being the state capital. All sorts of Engineering from biotech/drug companies to Networking companies like Cisco/Nortel. Banks like Fidelity are moving jobs here.
Downtown is really starting to take off. Tons of new condos built in the last 5 years and more coming. Restaurants and bars downtown (and near downtown) have really become a hot spot.
Lots of museums in town, too. Art, History, etc.
A variety of options for live music from small clubs to medium clubs to several outside amphitheatres to the RBC Center.
Lots of sports to choose from - Pro Hockey with the Hurricanes (who won the Stanley Cup last summer), College BB and FB with the Wolfpack (not to mention nearby Duke and UNC), 2 minor league baseball teams nearby, lots of choices for soccer (Railhawks in Cary, all the colleges have teams, and lots of leagues for kids and adults), etc.
The area continues to see very solid growth. Investments in homes continue to do well.
Ss durham a nice city to live in? Do the college students from UNC and Duke hang out in the same area?
In general the answer is no but duke students sometimes come to Franklin Street to party.
When I was at Carolina I never had a reason to visit Durham. My high school classmates who attended duke always wanted to come to Chapel Hill to visit.
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