Here’s the article from a non-pay site source. Raleigh isn’t even talked about other than that one time mentioned.
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Poster child Raleigh. Must be why I’m content.
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Joybird needs to focus on making furniture. I found a chair on their site I loved, and it was highly rated. Thankfully I googled them first and found out they are a 1-star rated company that never delivers. Possibly a victim of their own success during the pandemic where they can’t meet demand.
Sorry off topic! Warning to others though.
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Both the Raleigh and Durham metros are listed among the metros with the largest percentage of high performing high schools.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/slideshows/metro-areas-with-most-top-ranked-high-schools
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Take it with a small grain of salt I guess since this is promoted by LinkedIn, but the triangle is listed as third in metros for top hiring interest after Austin and Seattle. https://twitter.com/linkedinnews/status/1509297869987135488?s=21&t=xd8_bT2wKLs4-lCJ1thesw
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Here’s the actual linkedin story.
Charlotte makes the list too at #10.
I do have to laugh that they don’t think that Charlotte is an easy drive to the coast.
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Charlotte isn’t an easy drive to the coast.
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Maybe if you’re going to Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach it’s pretty easy? I feel like it’s a straight shot on 74 from Charlotte all the way. Maybe not as convenient going to other beaches though…
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Charlotte beaches in SC 
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But it’s hardly inland Sunbelt.
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US 74 is a 200-mile rural highway route with at-grade intersections and 50-mph sections. It’s close to 4 hours to go from Charlotte to Wilmington. Raleigh is probably the edge of what could be considered easy day trip to the beach, and mostly because of the interstate which makes it a 2-hour trip. Charlotte, like Atlanta, is firmly an inland Southern city.
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Charlotte is only 3 hours from Charleston, however. Atlanta is 3.5 from Savanah.
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Never been to Charleston from Charlotte, but at least that’s mostly or all interstate. But 3 hours (and with Charleston traffic, it’s another 30 minutes plus to a beach I’m sure), that’s still not exactly what I’d call an easy drive. Certainly not for a day trip or anything. In the end, there are probably a dozen or so beaches you can get to from Raleigh in much less time than one beach from Charlotte. And again, Raleigh is probably being generous to call it easy drive to the beach (go early to beat the stampede on a summer Saturday).
Charlotte can claim the easier drive to the mountains however.
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Another top 20 ranking from - who the heck is this - reported on cnbc.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/05/these-are-the-10-best-cities
Raleigh came in number 7.
Released in May, the list is based on an analysis of the 100 most populous U.S. cities, ranked based on categories like median rent price, average income for residents under age 25, unemployment rate and the “potential for social opportunities.” The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 survey provided data on local unemployment rates, median income and the concentration of young residents with college degrees. Zumper used its own platform’s data for median rent prices.
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I take exception to Raleigh’s B grade for college grads as a % of population.
For comparison, the other NC cities’ rankings and a few other usual suspects:
Charlotte: 17
Nashville: 22
Austin: 24
Greensboro: 61
Durham: 63
Richmond: 70
Winston-Salem: 90
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Appears they may have changed the title and link. I tried Googling the article and came up with this:
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I question this list. How does a young grad afford to live in SF? Maybe if you’re a CS major.
If you went to Berkeley, I guess. CNBC isn’t exactly known for being in touch with the financial struggles of recent grads.
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I suppose that they take into consideration the higher salaries that one might expect to make in San Francisco? Frankly, I’d think that the rapid acceleration of costs of housing in Raleigh and other “lower cost” boomtowns might actually heighten the appeal for places like S.F. where higher salaries have been more common than in places like Raleigh where I can imagine the salary market hasn’t kept up with the rapidly escalating prices.
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NC State student…err…grad…wins the women’s cheese rolling race in England this past weekend. 
After reading a story online, she graduated last month and is originally from Smithfield, though her family now lives in Clayton. She’s a 4th generation State student.
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