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Chapel Hill, NC vs DeLand, FL

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#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#60 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#66 2005 Best Places to Live

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Between my wife and I, we've lived in Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and it's Chapel Hill we prefer. Franklin Street is always lively with an eclectic mix of  More

I 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  More

someone told me they live in the hills/mountains right near chapel hill, and the summers are much cooler there, while the town itself is easily accessible. is this  More

~ DeLand Police 'Killed' Teenage Girl ~ « Thread Started on Feb 19, 2008, 1:38am » Mom: Police Told Daughter To Stop Calling Before Murder-Suicide-- 'The Day She  More

DON'T MOVE TO DELAND,DELEON SPRINGS! The Deland Police department have some type of dirty dealings with the mexican criminals in Deland. They can do anything illegal and  More

Home of Stetson, University(the Harvard of the South), St. John's River(beauty beyond description, teaming with every sort of fish and wildlife), compassionate rednecks,  More