RTP-area local music and culture

[jim.brantley AT gmail.com]

> Only for the past few years, a lot of those settling-down graduates have
> gradually been drifting away from Chapel Hill, towards Chatham, or
> Durham. There's a fun poll for us to conduct: Hey, Durham musicians,
> where did you go to college?

To respond to Ross's poll, I graduated from UNC, then stuck around
Chapel Hill for a few years. Then I moved to Raleigh and stayed for a
few years. Then I wanted to buy a house. I weighed my options, and
Durham was the best option. I've worked in RTP most of this time and
played in bands ("based" in each city) the whole time.

As Bendy said in a previous post, I came for the housing prices and
stayed for the town (including the food, art, music, down-to-
earthness/"grittiness", parks, and the many other benefits tossed
around in previous posts - if I had the time and/or energy I'd love to
do a "what I love about Durham" post to see how that compares with
others of my Triangle musician cohort...).

Anyway, I share your suspicion/theory that I'm not unique in having
made this type of migration over the past few years (I moved to Durham
in 2004). And that's another thing I like about Durham.