OK, I admit it, I love living here in Durham, NC and can't help but boast to friends, family and clients about my new home town. It's easy to do when hardly a month goes by without one national publication or another singling out Durham for accolades.
This year Kiplinger has been stoking us. Back in February they listed Durham as the #9 city for singles in the country and today I see where they ranked us as the #2 city in the country for mid-career professionals siting below national average home prices, strong income growth over the past 6 years, and below national average unemployment. What they failed to mention was our strength in diversity and open mindedness, the fact that we are the culinary center of North Carolina and rapidly becoming one of the top culinary hot spots in the entire Southeast, that we've got a world-class arts scene (DPAC - the Durham Performing Arts Center for example is the best-selling theater in terms of ticket sales in the country and one of the top-selling theaters in the world.) and we've got world-class universities (Duke, UNC and NCSU) medical facilities and tech and medical research facilities (Research Triangle park and American Tobacco Campus) all within an easy drive. Couple this with our outstanding weather and you have to wonder why we're not #1
Last week the Triangle Business Journal noted that Durham was ranked as having one of the strongest economies in America. according to the American City business Journal where it ranked #12 based on a new "On Numbers Economic Index" formula that measures private-sector job growth, unemployment, earnings, housing-price appreciation and construction and retail activity.
It's a great place to live, work and play and if you're considering relocating Durham and the surrounding area should be on your radar. Feel free to contact me if you'd like additional information regarding real estate in the area.
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