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Inspired by a thread for the Atlanta metro, I'm curious to hear what folks in the Triangle say. Also, I recently saw a "judgmental map" of Raleigh that made me think of this. This is just for a bit of fun, we know the Triangle will always be a southern metro. What do y'all think?
Inspired by a thread for the Atlanta metro, I'm curious to hear what folks in the Triangle say. Also, I recently saw a "judgmental map" of Raleigh that made me think of this. This is just for a bit of fun, we know the Triangle will always be a southern metro. What do y'all think?
Most Southern:
Garner
Clayton
Smithfield
Benson
Zebulon
Least Southern:
Cary
Apex
Morrisville
Wake Forest
Holly Springs
Individual neighborhoods in Raleigh can also be listed such as Northeast Raleigh, Northwest Raleigh, Southeast Raleigh, and yeah y'all get the picture. Or, and this might be a bit too specific, neighborhoods such as North Hills, Brentwood, Millbrook, Leesville, etc. Who knows, considering giving it a shot later, making a list for Raleigh and maybe Wake County and another for the entire Triangle region.
most southern: Garner, Wendell, Knightdale, Zebuloun, Rolesville, Selma, Fuquay
I personally don't consider anything in Johnston County part of the triangle. Possibly Clayton, but nothing east of that!
Least southern: Cary, Holly Springs, Morrisville, wake forest, Raleigh, Chapel Hill/carboro, Durham, Hillsborough (maybe)
I didn't get that at all when I lived there from 2000 to 2006. I had gone from living in Raleigh to Cary to Apex and it felt way, way different. I wasn't in a new subdivision indistinguishable from other parts of the Triangle though.
I didn't get that at all when I lived there from 2000 to 2006. I had gone from living in Raleigh to Cary to Apex and it felt way, way different. I wasn't in a new subdivision indistinguishable from other parts of the Triangle though.
Apex has changed a great deal since 2006. In the first half of the 2000's...you'd be correct; Apex still held on to a good bit of small southern town charm. It is now Cary #2...for better or for worse.
I will concede that Cary as a whole is the least Southern, but Cary is also one of the more diverse towns. As you move from Northwest to Southeast Cary things get decidedly different and I would say more Southern.
I'd love to hear more about how people are defining Southern, particularly natives versus transplants. But that might just be asking for trouble.
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