Show me any list of best places to live in the USA, and for most categories Raleigh is in the top 10, and it has been that way for a long time.
I’m sure most people could move here with little knowledge of the city and just instantly fall in love with it, like we did from Australia – there certainly are worse places to live!
If you’re from New York or Connecticut and CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT your authentic New York-style pizza and NY bagels or your tapas bars, and are going to constantly complain, then don’t come and live in Raleigh!
If you like to walk a lot like us, in summer after going for a walk it can feel like we’ve jumped in a lake, we are that sweaty.
It can get everywhere, all over your car, your deck, your roof, your window screens, your clothes, and it can make sitting outside challenging at times.
When they hit the Southeast area they tend to hug the East coast and being two hours drive inland from the coast, Raleigh usually just gets a lot of heavy rain and some wind.
Because of the continuing growth of people moving to Raleigh, several Elementary, Middle, and High Schools have reached the maximum number of students they can effectively teach.