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Cary's not a suburb of Raleigh. It has all the attributes of a city...a downtown, shopping, large employers, small businesses, etc. 1980 was almost 40 years ago. Since then Cary has grown 650% and Raleigh has grown 380%. I think Wake County's growth as a whole is the more interesting story.
Cary is fairly independent.
More Cary residents stay in Cary for work than leave Cary for work. It has been true for several years.
Many people just stay in Cary without leaving town.
Cary is fairly independent.
More Cary residents stay in Cary for work than leave Cary for work. It has been true for several years.
Many people just stay in Cary without leaving town.
"Suburb" is subjective and fairly meaningless.
I don’t think there is a town in Wake where the majority work in the city they live in. Raleigh is closest but even then the Park pulls too many. I believe Cary and Raleigh are the only one’s that retain 40+%. The rest are like 15% or worse.
I don’t think there is a town in Wake where the majority work in the city they live in. Raleigh is closest but even then the Park pulls too many. I believe Cary and Raleigh are the only one’s that retain 40+%. The rest are like 15% or worse.
Cary is one.
I'll have to dig, but TOC was proud to announce a few years ago when we turned the corner.
Cary is fairly independent.
More Cary residents stay in Cary for work than leave Cary for work. It has been true for several years.
Many people just stay in Cary without leaving town.
"Suburb" is subjective and fairly meaningless.
You're right, Cary has become an employment center.
Please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this but I think this wasn't the case not so far back in the past when Cary was a true suburb, maybe even a "bedroom community" (i.e. far more people sleep there than work there). It seems like as recently as the late 1980's, Cary was a more affordable suburb to live in for people who worked in Raleigh.
Also, the level of growth in that entire area is certainly atypical when compared to most of the state and the country.
My perception is that people who live in that area (not you, just people in general) sometimes don't always take a step back to realize that when they think other places that aren't growing at that rate are stagnating. But also, people who don't live in that area elsewhere in NC who aren't there very often don't realize the magnitude of how much that area has changed.
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