Raleigh, NC

So, I recently decided to move to Raleigh, on little more than a whim. Heading out sometime in July.

Now, I'm looking to hear from people who've been (bonus points for having lived) there. Great places to go? Cool stuff to see? Parts of town NOT to live in? Anyone know anyone who needs a wayward (and currently unemployed) copy editor/former reporter/ photographer?

Really, I'd just love to hear what people think of the area and if there's anything I should make sure to make time for in the next year or so.

 

You're in a real good jumping off point to visit a lot of the mid-Atlantic and the upper south. It's a couple hours to Richmond, three or so to Charlotte and four or five to D.C. (depending on traffic).

 

Lots of cool stuff in Raleigh.

For the artistic sorts, there's Five Points (Dunno if the Rialto still has showing of Rocky Horror ... wouldn't be surprised). The Museum of History is there. Obviously, the state Capitol and downtown, where the ever-shrinking News & Observer staff still resides. There's a big Division I school (North Carolina State University ... and it has a School of Design), two women's colleges (Peace and Meredith) and two HBCU schools (Shaw and St. Augustine's).

North Raleigh is swanky and getting pricier by the minute. South Raleigh used to be what the name suggests, now it's essentially Garner and Clayton is what Garner used to be. Heading west and you get to Research Triangle Park and Durham. More expansion is occurring east, but there and south are your best bets to find a place that won't decimate your checkbook.

Plenty to do, ma'am. Jump in and have fun. PM, if you wish, for more details.

 

was born in Raleigh. Don't remember anything about the place because i was 3 when my folks moved us to Kentucky, but I've always wanted to go back.

 

Plenty to do in Raleigh. They have a great summer concert series. Plenty of good minor league baseball in Durham and Zebulon; soccer in Cary; Carolina Hurricanes; Carolina/Duke/N.C. State.

Traffic is a 90 minute prison shower during mornings and afternoons.

 

Get married. Have kids. Become huge into zoning laws and how often your neighbors cut their grass. Go to bed at 10 every night.

(Sorry, but...grew up in Raleigh. It is what it is.)

 

Sorry I let this slide, but wanted to give a hearty thanks to all who offered up info here and via PM. Been in Raleigh about three weeks, and am enjoying it, though it's verrry different (geographically) from home. Still trying to figure out how to get places, and don't understand the way the roads change names.

Ah, life in a new place.