What's So Great About Raleigh And The Triangle Anyway?

What's So Great About Raleigh And The Triangle Anyway?
OK well let's start with the weather...It's great, we have a mild winter, then spring arrives in the nick of time, a short summer (sometimes), and beautiful fall days and evenings.









Rare Snow                                                                            St.Patrick's Day  March 17th (T-Shirts!)



   Fourth Of July, Archer Lodge                                                      Fall Festival, Reins from Above
 Here are a few other reasons.
#10 Best Schools in The Most Affordable Zip Code (Clayton NC).....BusinessWeek September 2009

#3 Best Place To Launch A Small Business (Raleigh NC).......Fortune Small Business September 2009

#1 Best Place To Live In The US (Raleigh NC).........MSNBC June 2008

#2 Best Place To Live Work & Play (Raleigh NC).......Kiplinger's July 2008

#5 Best Medium Sized City For Families with Children (Raleigh NC) ....... Who's Your City? May 2008

#1 Best Place for Young Adults (Raleigh NC)....... Biz journals May 2008

Top 15 Place for Cultured Retirement (Raleigh NC)......Smithsonian.com April 2008

#5 Recession Proof City (Raleigh NC).......Forbes.com April 2008

#2 Best Place to Buy Foreclosed Homes (Raleigh NC).....Forbes.com March 2008

#4 Major Market in The South (Raleigh-Cary)

#3 Most Romantic City for Baby Boomers (The Triangle).....Sperlings Best Places March 2008

So what do you think?  Not too shabby?