Get to Know Raleigh

As North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh is a star on the map and in real life, frequently topping the lists of the country’s best places to live. It’s the largest of the three cities in the Research Triangle and boasts all the advantages of being a capital city, including a museum for every interest, a booming dining scene, and a strong and diversified economy with major employers in tech, health care, and government. But Raleigh is far from a concrete jungle, instead living up to its nicknames as “City of Oaks” and “City in a Park.” The city has 180 miles of greenways and more than 200 parks, which are beloved for their natural beauty and for the many attractions inside, including an amusement park with a miniature train and a 1911 carousel, unusual and updated playgrounds with splash pads and zip lines, and lakes with boats for rent.

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Living in the Research Triangle

The Research Triangle, or just the Triangle, is the three-sided region encompassed by the invisible lines that connect its three anchor cities: Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. This alliance came about in the late 1950s when academics at the three major research universities in each city — North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Duke in Durham, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — proposed the creation of a research park to allow the three schools to collaborate. The result, Research Triangle Park, which borders all three cities, quickly became an enormous success. As a result of RTP’s development, the Triangle has become an incredibly vibrant place to live, attracting newcomers with a combination of historic architecture, Southern charm, a delicious food scene, and an atmosphere of college town coolness married to high-tech employment opportunities and investment.