Reviews & Comments
Chapel Hill, NC
re: Nice Town But... - 6/28/2007 -
10/1/2015They did and Durham is unrecognizable in pretty much every way. We have been here for over 10 years. CHapel hill has not chenged but they are trying to work with Durham to see how they turned everything around. THere were a lot of outside investors working to revitalize Durham. THis has not happened in any other city of the Triangle. DUrham has one of the largest broadway performing arts center in a city of its size, many national and international groups like FULL FRAME film festival is held here, and so is the American Dance Festival. Foodies all over including Bourdain make this their stop for food, and he said his favorite restaurant in the triangle was one of Durham's , Vin Rouge. Duke is here, so is the acclaimed Nasher Museum, and the list of attractions go on. Nothing like that in sleepy college town Chapel Hill, still full of crime due to it being full of students and as the requirements have it, 70% must be from NORTH CAROLINA.
Those that come from large international cities to work in the research triangle park, one of three in the nation, chose to live in Durham or Raleigh. My stats come from living here in many of these cities, working at both Duke and UNC, and RTP, from working at the Chamber of commerce and from my husband who is an Urban planner for 16 years in Chapel Hill. Telling it like it is.....
Chapel Hill, NC
re: re: - 4/2/2009 -
10/1/2015For that person that was in Durham in 2011: you won't recognize it now, that's all there is to say.
Chapel Hill, NC
re: re: - 4/2/2009 -
10/1/2015Apex near Cary, also called Concetration Area for Relocated Yankees in these parts. My husband being one of those, was sold a place in remote Apex. Again, walking distance to no-where and nothing there to do except to get in the car and drive to Durham or Raleigh.
Chapel Hill, NC
re: Nice Town But... - 6/28/2007 -
10/1/2015Yes Victor you are correct and unlike in Durham, there is not a great pressure from the University to keep the media quiet about the crime. Durham downtown is actually safer, it swarming with adults from ALL OVER THE nationa and globe and Durham graduates and students. UNC with its requirement of having 70% State residents as students, has less diversity in its population, and there is frankly NOTHING TO DO THERE, but there are a lot of bars for the kids.
Chapel Hill, NC
Bert's take on Durham Metro Area -
10/1/2015I am not sure if Bert has actually been to the Triangle, but for starters, Durham, as Chapel Hill residents know and envy, is and has been for 5 yrs now a vibrant revitalized downtown that Chapel Hill mayor envies and is publically trying to emulate. Durham, is home to RTP (THe reasearch Triangle area), which is home to many international Pharma like Merck and Bomerieux, Glaxo... and others such as Credit Suisse. Companies and executives relocating here all know the best restaurants are all in Durham, and so says ANTHONY BOURDAIN HIMSELF, his favorite quoted being VIN ROUGE, also in Durham.
Durham downtown is home to GOOGLE, and to DPAC, and home of the AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL and FULL FRAME International Film Festival. Durham is also known for attracting what published economists call "the creative class" for it's entertainment, music festivals, art and foodies hotspot.
Durham is also progressive and is where many of the area's liberal academics chose to llve. It is wooded and also where you can find more diversity, global feel and independent thinking scientists and millenials. Cary as we all know here in the Triangle attracts Northern migrants and others relocating from India, and those that prefer a quiet, boring place to raise their children, quoting these many families' words. Cary is also not a walkable town and does not have a DOWNTOWN area.
Chapel Hill is full of students, and so is their downtown.
My husband and I have been here for over 12 years and have lived in all but 2 of all these metro area cities, Cary being one of them. We have properties in both Durham and Chapel Hill, and Raleigh is known for having GLendale Avenue, when on a Saturday, pubs and dance clubs are open until late hours.
That's the triangle cities in a nutshell. My husband is an Urban Planner in CHapel Hill and I have worked for DUKE, UNC, Non-profits, Icon Headquarters in RTP, and for the Chamber of Commerce.
Our choice for LIVING in this area: Duke Forest, DURHAM.
Bert: YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET DOWN HERE AND VISIT SOMETIME.