Daughter Relocating to Raleigh Durham Area

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Daughter Relocating to Raleigh Durham Area Apr 24, 2019 16:05:19 GMT

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Post by auntkelly on Apr 24, 2019 16:05:19 GMT

My 24 year old daughter has a job offer in the Raleigh - Durham area which she will probably accept on Friday.

She will work on a large corporate campus between Raleigh and Durham (closer to Durham than Raleigh). She doesn't know anyone in the area.

If you are familiar with the area, will you please suggest some areas where she might want to live? She wants a nice apartment in a safe area. She'd like to live in an area where lots of other young professionals live. She loves the idea of being able to walk to restaurants and shops. She'll have a car and doesn't mind a bit of a commute to work.

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Daughter Relocating to Raleigh Durham Area Apr 24, 2019 16:35:51 GMT paget and auntkelly like this

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Post by FuzzyMutt on Apr 24, 2019 16:35:51 GMT

Carrboro is FANTASTIC! The commute may look weird on the map, but the idea is to go to the first Hillsborough exit and head down Old 86 (easy commute.) Vibrant fun community. Think Boulder or Portland (ME or OR) in small Carolina town right next to Chapel Hill. I can't recommend it enough. Free public transportation, Chapel Hill (3 minutes away) is a great walking town with lots of farmers markets, art scene, comedy... I can't recommend the community enough!

I lived at Autumn Woods apartments when I moved to the area, and it wasn't cheap. But it was well managed AND the people that live there are typically professional, or fellows at UNC.

The Southpoint area of Durham has some great apartments and is very very convenient (shopping/commute.)

Durham itself has come back from a relatively negative reputation. The food scene in the whole area is phenomenal. It doesn't have a small town feel, the theatre scene is very very good.

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Daughter Relocating to Raleigh Durham Area Apr 24, 2019 19:34:21 GMT auntkelly likes this

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Post by lizbc on Apr 24, 2019 19:34:21 GMT

If the job will be in the RTP (Research Triangle Park) area, Morrisville would be a good place to look. There are tons of nice apartment complexes around. In particular, a few around my general neighborhood (Cary near Morrisville) include Grace Park and Bradford. Both have restaurants and shops as well as apartments.