Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill are often referred to as the Triangle. Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh make up the three corners of the Research Triangle, so named in 1959 with the creation of the Research Triangle Park, a research park between Durham and Raleigh. This area is affectionately known as the land of tees, trees, and PhD’s.
The area continues to be voted one of the most desirable places to live in the nation and in 2003, Forbes voted Raleigh-Durham the #2 of “The Best Cities to Start a Business— Or a Career.” This is a place that 1.2 million people are content to call home, and for so many good reasons. The area offers a great quality of life, a low crime rate, affordable housing, top-notch educational institutions, some of the best healthcare facilities in the world, a diverse industry base, and an environment in which it is ideal to raise a family. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill has a thriving business sector. The area is anchored by one of the nation’s largest research parks and three nationally renowned research universities. Industry giants in pharmaceuticals, computer software, telecommunications, and biotechnology call the Triangle home. Having recently celebrated its 40th birthday, Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the premier address for relocating and expanding companies that want access to technology-transfer opportunities made possible by the Park’s close ties to Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University.
The industry base here is quite diverse. Manufacturing, for instance, accounts for 12 percent of the industry base, employing approximately 80,000 people. Information technology has played a major role in the Triangle’s development and success since the early 1960s. Today, the Raleigh-Durham area is ranked 20th in the country for its concentration of high-tech personnel.
Healthcare is extremely important to those who live and work in the Triangle. Two of the nation’s top teaching and research hospitals are located here. Known as the “City of Medicine,” nearly one in three people in Durham’s work force is in a medical or healthcare-related field. Chapel Hill is also a strong center of medicine, with UNC hospitals, while Raleigh and Wake County offer several well-respected facilities, including Rex Healthcare and Wake Medical Center.
Residents in the Triangle have many opportunities to enjoy the area’s beauty. Centrally located between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and the Outer Banks and Atlantic Coast to the east, the climate here is pleasant year-round. There is also plenty to see and do: theater productions, art museums and great collegiate sporting events keep everyone busy.
The Triangle is within a couple hours of all of North Carolina’s natural and manmade playgrounds! The Blue Ridge Mountains, beautiful coastal beaches, fresh water lakes and rivers, state parks and trails for walking, biking and hiking support and encourage an active life style.
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