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What should it be called if not Raleigh-Durham, other than just Raleigh? If you're writing for a national audience, people have no idea what "The Triangle" is.
It actually would have been LESS inaccurate to list it as "Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Cary" (with or without both "C" towns) since once you get a string of three, it's pretty definitely a cluster of cities--but in fact a LOT of people do in fact think "Raleigh-Durham" is ONE city, with a hyphenated name (like Winston-Salem).
But I do see now that it claims to rank "metros", not cities. The Twin Cities of MN and Dallas/Ft Worth are listed together....but ironically, "Winston-Salem" is listed by itself, not with Greensboro, which everyone considers as much a pair as any of the other combos (and Greensboro is the larger)...perhaps they didn't want to use two hyphens with different meanings in the same listing?
It actually would have been LESS inaccurate to list it as "Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Cary" (with or without both "C" towns) since once you get a string of three, it's pretty definitely a cluster of cities--but in fact a LOT of people do in fact think "Raleigh-Durham" is ONE city, with a hyphenated name (like Winston-Salem).
I haven't met a single person who thinks they're one city. Guess we know different people.
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But I do see now that it claims to rank "metros", not cities. The Twin Cities of MN and Dallas/Ft Worth are listed together....but ironically, "Winston-Salem" is listed by itself, not with Greensboro, which everyone considers as much a pair as any of the other combos (and Greensboro is the larger)...perhaps they didn't want to use two hyphens with different meanings in the same listing?
My best guess? They either wanted cities in the same MSA (Dallas-Fort Worth and Minneapolis-St. Paul) or that shared a border (Raleigh and Durham). Winston-Salem and Greensboro don't fit either of those descriptions.
As an outsider not far away, I've never heard of Triangle until I came onto this message board. I've heard of Dallas being referred to as the metroplex. But never triangle.
And I use the term Raleigh-Durham. And I use Dallas Ft. Worth too. Sometimes Minneapolis St. Paul. Sea-tac (Seattle Tacoma)
As an outsider not far away, I've never heard of Triangle until I came onto this message board. I've heard of Dallas being referred to as the metroplex. But never triangle.
And I use the term Raleigh-Durham. And I use Dallas Ft. Worth too. Sometimes Minneapolis St. Paul. Sea-tac (Seattle Tacoma)
I have no doubt that you hadn't heard of The Triangle or The Research Triangle. However, I have met people in many states and cities that have. In fact, I have told people that I am from Raleigh and have often heard people reply back with something like "Isn't that part of that Research Triangle?" or something like that. I've even had people go on to expand the conversation by naming one or more of the universities. Will the understanding of The Triangle be universal? Of course not. Likewise, it also wouldn't be universal for the use of Metrolina for Charlotte's metro. I think that the big differentiator for The Triangle is that the use of "The Triangle" or "Research Triangle" specifically respects the multi-core nature of the metro area. This is something that Charlotte doesn't need to address.
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