Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina. The mayor is Tom Fetzer. It is located in Wake County. Raleigh is home to such illustrious universities as North Carolina State University, Meredith College, Shaw University, and Peace College.

Raleigh, North Carolina
Population (1998 estimate): 259,423
Density: 2,945 people per square mile
Population change (1990-1998): +18.5%
Land Area: 86 square miles
Jobs: 166,673
Unemployment: 1.6%
Per Capita Income: $30,392

Sources: Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Foax, let's face it: Other than NC State, Raleigh is a malarial hellhole. State was a super place to go to school, but let's tally the scorecard:

• worse smog than LA
• Worse traffic than LA between Raleigh and RTP (where all the jobs are)
• Chainstore dining or soulless, overpriced yuppie feedbags.
• Subdevelopments, subdevelopments, subdevelopments!
• Too cold to truly be considered mild in the winter, yet hotter than the hinges of Hell in the summer.
• Culturally about 6-18 months behind the rest of the country!

What was once a charming, bucolic Southern state capitol, the place once descibed as "a vale of humility betwix two mountains of conceit (VA and SC)," has had the charm extracted from it like coal from Mingo County West Virginia hilltopping strip mine - blow the cap off with high explosives and cart away the rubble for quick profit, leaving a smoking hole in the ground.

Too flat to interesting, too hot to be a weather mecca, too big to low stress, yet not big enough to have the amenities of a real city. It has no center, having spread like a gas to occupy all available volume.

Can you beleive this was once voted Money Magazine's "Best place to live in the USA"?