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["Jim Ray" <jim AT neuse.net>]

I love Raleigh. I just want to flush the mayor, city council and police
department. That's all. If they can't or won't do the job, get some
folks that can and will.

Given new tax increases and in the words of Ross Perot in reference to
NAFTA, there's going to be a giant sucking sound of jobs and money going
to South Carolina instead of North Carolina.

-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Rob
Rousseau
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 2:59 PM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] One reason I dislike Raleigh and Wake
County

All,
    I really like this area as a whole and I really dislike anyone
putting down one area vs. another.  They all have their traits and
some people gravitate towards one place over another and etc.
One article I found a while back I thought was kinda interesting.
http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/grudge_match_raleigh_smack
s_charlotte/Content?oid=595051
Specifically, this quote:
"While Charlotte's leaders assumed we had the business thing down and
devoted their time to becoming a tourist destination and a hot night
spot (things many believed necessary to attract young, hip
overachievers), Raleigh was concentrating on the one thing guaranteed
to attract them and keep them: business recruitment and jobs. It's a
formula that is clearly working."
  So while Raleigh may not be like Austin, TX or Charleston, I think
that's one that I like about it is that it's not trying to be
something that it ain't.  It just is, be it Five Points, Glenwood
South, Hillsborough St & NCSU, Crabtree Valley, Fairgrounds, Farmer's
Market, Umstead Forest and the several other Parks, including Pullen
Park (with a cool train ride), Oakwood & Mordecai, the largest natural
science museum in the southeast & Downtown & Moore Square, NC Museum
of Art and Walnut Creek.  And although I'm not a Hockey fan, I know
some friends who love the Hurricanes and the NC State football games.
  Personally, I like the smaller towns, like Apex (I'm biased because
I lived there for a while) and now live in Holly Springs (which I've
heard described as a commuter's rest stop between work).  But am close
enough to drive to Raleigh and enjoy the bigger city stuff when I want
to.
  I could go on about why I like Chapel Hill or Durham also, but I
hope you got my point.
Thanks,
-Rob
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