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We're from Florida, and just moved to Rougemont (northern Durham County), so don't have your exact situation. But we looked at houses in rural Hillsborough, err, Orange County, and it seems to be fantastic. Taxes perhaps a bit lower in rural Orange than rural Durham (county). Probably can't go wrong in-town either. Hillsborough is pretty close to the action (albeit west of RDU). Best wishes.