Consistently ranked as one of the best places to live, the Triangle area has also received the following accolades.

Area Overall - Tampa Bay Partnership Regional Economic Scorecard, September 2007

Gold Rating - Expansion Management's Education Quotient, January 2007

Most Wired City - Forbes.com, August 2006

Greatest Home Price - Appreciation Market Veros, July 2006

Star Quality of Life Metro - Expansion Management "Quality of Life Quotient, May/June 2006

Best Value Public Colleges - Princeton Review, March 2006

Most Educated City - American Community Survey, January 2006

Top 100 Places to Retire - Ranked twice by Where to Retire, 2005 & 2006

Best Place for Business - Ranked #2 by Forbes, May 2004 & May 2006

Top 20 Best Places to Live, Work, & Play - Homebuilder.com, November 2005

Top "Seven Cool Cities" for Young Professionals - Kiplinger's Personal Finance, October 2005

Best Public Education System - Expansion Management, April 2005

Top 20 Best Places to Live - Wake County ranked #13 by American City Business Journals, May 2004

Next Boomtown - Ranked #1 by Business 2.0

Best Place to Live - Ranked #1 by Employment Review, June 2003

Best Place to Reinvent Your Life - Ranked #3 by AARP Magazine, May/June 2003

Best Place for Business and Careers - Ranked #3 by Forbes, May 2003

Picture Perfect Metro - Ranked #4 by Plants, Sites & Parks, March 2003

Best Cities for Education - Ranked #1 by Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition

State Business Climate - Ranked #1 by Site Selection, November 2002

Healthiest Place to Live - Ranked #1 by Outlook, July/August 2002

Schools

Wake County Schools
www.wcpss.net, www.ncreportcard.com

Colleges:
www.duke.edu, www.unc.edu, www.wfu.edu, www.ncsu.edu

Recreation & Entertainment

Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek: www.alltelpavilion.com

Exploris:
www.exploris.org

Hedingham Golf Club: www.hedingham.org

NC Museum of History: www.ncmuseumofhistory.org

NC Museum of Natural Science: www.naturalsciences.org

Raleigh Country Club:
www.raleighcc.com

River Ridge Golf Club: www.golfriverridge.com

Durham Bulls Ball Park: www.durhambulls.com

North Carolina State Fairgrounds: www.ncstatefair.org

Medical

Duke University Medical Center:
www.mc.duke.edu/index3.htm

Wake Medical Centers:
www.wakemed.com

Rex Hospital:
www.rexhealth.com

Duke Health Raleigh Hospital: www.dukehealthraleigh.org

Shopping

Crabtree Valley Mall:
www.crabtree-valley-mall.com

North Hills :
www.northhillsraleigh.com

Triangle Town Center Mall:
www.triangletowncenter.com

The Streets at Southpoint:
www.thestreetsatsouthpoint.com

Airports

Raleigh-Durham International Airport:
www.rdu.com