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Find answers to questions commonly asked about Durham by members of the media.
We suppose it depends on what you're looking for! Durham has a thriving dining and drinking scene, is the hub of regional entrepreneurship and technology, and is a leader in healthcare and research. Contact Victoria Wresilo, PR Manager, at victoria@discoverdurham.com to learn what the locals are raving about.
The Bull City doesn't fit the mold of the stereotypical South. However, Durham is proudly Southern in a modern sense of the word. Aware of our roots and how they have formed our past, present and future, we're scrappy, creative, close-knit and, most of all, diverse. Durham has Southern traditions and hospitality, but it always has been a progressive and tolerant community. Durham has been enriched by a diverse, historically Black history with no racial majority and people representing 30+ Latin American countries and cultures. Duke University, North Carolina Central University and Research Triangle Park bring Durham new residents from all over the world.
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Firstly, because it's inaccurate. "Raleigh-Durham" is the name of the international airport that is co-owned by the cities of Durham and Raleigh as well as Durham and Wake Counties. It is most accurate to refer to the region encompassing Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill as the "Research Triangle," or the "North Carolina Triangle region."
Second, the term Raleigh-Durham is misleading to those outside of North Carolina, who truly do not know that Raleigh and Durham are two separate and distinct cities located 28 miles apart. The term Raleigh-Durham perpetuates the misperception that Raleigh and Durham are a singular place.
Thirdly, Raleigh-Durham is a misused shorthand term for the two-metro Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area, the former five-county Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan statistical area (redefined in 2003) or Nielsen's Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville designated market area.
It is a term first coined to refer to the proximity of three major research universities to Durham-based Research Triangle Park - Duke University in Durham, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. "The Triangle" also has been broadened to refer to the three college towns themselves (Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh), or the resulting region. The Research Triangle region is "a family of communities" centered around two metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) — the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill MSA and the three-county Raleigh-Cary MSA.
No, it is equidistant from the three major universities located in those cities, but the park is based in Durham County and encompassed on three sides by the City of Durham. A relatively new portion is spilling down toward the cities of Cary and Morrisville. It is most accurate to say that RTP is in Durham and midway between Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
No, both Durham and Raleigh are served by the co-owned Raleigh-Durham International Airport, located midway between the two cities in Morrisville, NC.
Until the 1980s, the The Herald-Sun published both a morning Herald and an afternoon Sun in Durham. Now simply a morning edition, The Herald-Sun is the only seven-day newspaper based in Durham.
Despite its ever-growing reputation, RTP is simply a business park, not a city nor other municipality. To be most accurate, stories about RTP should be datelined "Durham, NC," the nearest major city. Stories also could be accurately datelined "Durham at Research Triangle Park." Some media get confused by the Durham postal substation called "RTP, NC 27709" and mislabel the park as a city. No doubt other media that steadfastly insist on the misuse of datelines have an ulterior motive of signaling Raleigh's dominance in the region. Fortunately, the Triangle always has been distinctively polycentric, with no single dominant city — a geographical fact reinforced by the Federal government's 2003 MSA definitions, which created one metro centered around Durham and another called Raleigh-Cary.
No, the dateline for Raleigh-Durham International Airport stories should be "Morrisville, NC" or "Raleigh-Durham International Airport, NC." A dateline for the region should be "Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill," "Raleigh-Durham-Cary," or "Research Triangle Region, NC."
In the best case, rankings are compiled objectively by an outside consultant, and in the worst case, they are compiled subjectively by a few people at the publication. Most rankings that treat "Raleigh-Durham" as a city are not really rankings of cities but of multi-community metro areas, such as the eight-county Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area (CSA). There are some rankings that do measure individual cities, but they should use the true name of a city (e.g., Durham or Raleigh). Some rankings that refer to Raleigh are really measurements of an entire region, which may include Durham, Cary, and/or Chapel Hill.
Yes! We'd love to host you and help you explore Durham. If you're interested, please email victoria@discoverdurham.com
