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Number 1 Place to Live! Raleigh North Carolina!

If you've ever been to Raleigh, or are thinking of a move to our area, here's an article that confirms what you may already know. Yesterday in Businessweek's poll of the top places to live, Raleigh North Carolina was rated as the number 1 place in the United States to live!Picture by Linda Jandura

Businessweek based their poll on 16 different criterias including : "the number of restaurants, bars, and museums per capita; the number of colleges, libraries, and professional sports teams; the income, poverty, unemployment, crime, and foreclosure rates; percentage of population with bachelor’s degrees or higher; public school performance; park acres per 1,000 residents; and air quality. Greater weighting was placed on recreational amenities such as parks, bars, restaurants, and museums per capita, educational attainment, school performance, poverty, and air quality"

Data for this survey came from the US Dept of Labor, US Census Bureau, Realty Trac, and others.

Cary NC has been in the top 10 consistently for the lowest crime rate or best place to raise a family. This year it was rated Number 5 in Best Places to Retire.

Picture by Linda Jandura

In 2009 Apex was rated number 3 in best small towns to live in by the Forbes poll.

We residents, whether we're transplants or natives, have always known Raleigh is a great place to live, But now it's official!

When you want more information or would like to talk about homes and the moving process, feel free to give me a call or email me anytime! To search for homes in the Raleigh, Cary, or Apex area, go to Www.NCHomesFinder.com and click on Search for homes.

Posted Thursday Sep 22