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Triangle Accolades - Voted Best Place to Live

Below is a sampling of our area’s accolades, but by no means a complete list.

2011
#4 – Top 100 Overall Places to Live (Raleigh, NC) - RelocateAmerica.com, August 2011

#1 – Best Places for Business (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes Magazine, June 2011

#1 – Healthiest of the 100 Largest U.S. Housing Markets (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Builder Magazine, March 2011

2010
#1 – Safest City in the Southeast (Cary, NC) - Triangle Business Journal, November 2010

Top 5 – Fast Growing Cities in the U.S. (Raleigh - Durham, NC) - Forbes.com, October 2010

#10 – Most Notable High-Growth Ares in the U.S. (Cary, NC) - Gadberry Group, 2010

#1 – 10 Markets Most Likely to Appreciate (Raleigh - Cary, NC) - Forbes Magazine, September 2010

#1 – Best Places to Retire (Durham, NC) - Money Magazine, September 2010

#1 – Best Quality of Life in U.S. Large Metro Areas (Raleigh, NC) - Portfolio.com/bizjournals.com, May 2010

#3 – Most Innovative U.S. City (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, May 2010

#3 – Best Place in the Country for Business and Careers (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, April 2010

#1 - Most Wired Cities in the United States (Raleigh Metro Area, NC) - Forbes.com, March 2010

#3 - Five-year jobs growth (Raleigh-Cary, NC) – Triangle Business Journal, February 2010

#3 - Top small business markets in the country (Raleigh Metro Area, NC) – American City Business Journals, February 2010

2009
#3 - Best place to move to in the United States (Apex, NC) - Forbes.com, July 2009

#1 - Best place for businesses and careers (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, March 2009

#1 - Fastest growing Metro area in the country (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, March 2009

2008
#1 - Best place to live in the US (Raleigh, NC) - MSNBC, June 2008

#2 - Best city to live, work and play (Raleigh, NC) - Kiplinger's, July 2008

#5 - Recession-proof city (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, April 2008

#4 - Major market in the South (Raleigh-Cary, NC)

Top 10 - great innovation market in the South (Raleigh-Cary Durham, NC) - Southern Business and Development, Winter 2008

#20 - Best place to live and launch (Raleigh, NC) - CNNMoney.com, March 2008

#1 - Best place for business and careers (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, March 2008

#9 - Best City for Jobs (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, January 2008

Top 5 - strongest Real Estate market (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Veros.com, January 2008

#3 - Most wired city (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, January 2008

2007
#7 - Top appreciating Metro area (Raleigh, NC) - Money, December 2007

#1 - Top business climate (Raleigh, NC) - Site Selections, November 2007

#16 - Top Real Estate Market (Raleigh, NC) - Expansion Management, October 2007

#3 - Economic development hot-spot (Wake County, NC) - National Policy Research Council, September 2007

#3 - Techiest city in America (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - U.S. Census Bureau, 2006, Released 2007

#12 - Most affordable Real Estate market in the Nation (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Forbes.com, August 2007

#12 - Best market for female execs and women business owners (Raleigh, NC) - Bizjournals, August 2007

#15 - Most educated workforce (Raleigh, NC) - Business Facilities, July 2007

#8 - Fastest growing large city (Cary, NC) - U.S. Census Bureau, 2006, Released 2007

#15 - Fastest growing large city (Cary, NC) - U.S. Census Bureau, 2006, Released 2007

#1 - Sellers market-residential (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes.com, June 2007

#7 - Business Boomtown (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Inc., May 2007

#13 - America's best jobs in the hottest cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Business 2.0, May 2007

#1 - School district in the Nation for Certified Teachers (Wake County, NC) - National Board of Certified Teachers, January 2007

2006
#8 - Safest city (Cary, NC) - Morgan Quitno Press, October 2006

#13 - Overall quality of life

#12 - Best sports city (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - The Sporting News, August 2006