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Raleigh Real Estate Overview

Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. The City of Raleigh estimates its population to be 342,194 as of July 1, 2005, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the nation and the second most populous city in North Carolina, behind Charlotte. Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill make up the three cities of The Triangle, so named in 1959 with the creation of the Research Triangle Park, a research park between Durham and Raleigh (mostly located within Durham County). The Triangle is equivalent to the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area of Raleigh-Durham-Cary. Its total population as of 2004 was over 1.46 million. The estimated Raleigh-Cary metropolitan statistical area population as of 2004 is 914,680.

Raleigh Transportation

• Air: Raleigh-Durham International Airport is just northwest of Raleigh on I-40 between Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.
• Interstate highway: I-40, I-440 Beltline, I-540
  • The Beltline makes a loop around the city. Visitors and even long-time residents are frequently confused by the terms "Inner Beltline", "Outer Beltline", and "Outer Loop". The Inner and Outer Beltline are the same road. Inner and Outer refer to the positions of the lanes of traffic. The Inner Beltline runs clockwise; the Outer is counter-clockwise. The Outer Loop refers to I-540, which does not completely encircle Raleigh.
  • United States Highways:
    • US-1 (known in parts of Raleigh as Capital Boulevard)
    • US-64
    • US-70 (known in parts of Raleigh as Glenwood Avenue)
    • US-264
    • US-401 (known in parts of Raleigh as Capital Boulevard)
• Passenger Rail: Amtrak Carolinian, Piedmont and Silver Star offer daily service to Charlotte, Richmond, Washington DC and Miami
• Local Bus: Within Raleigh, the CAT system. The Triangle Transit Authority operates buses that serve the region and connect to municipal bus systems in Durham and Chapel Hill; this authority is planning a regional rail system to run through Durham, the RTP, Cary and Raleigh.
• Bicycle: Most public buses are equipped with bicycle racks. A small minority of roads are equipped with bicycle lanes.

Capital Boulevard is a significant road in Raleigh. Its southern terminus is near the capitol building in downtown Raleigh, where it splits into McDowell Street (one-way heading north) and Dawson Street (one-way heading south). The northern terminus of Capital Boulevard is at the Raleigh city limits (where the street changes its name). Because this road was the major route of traffic to and from the government buildings of the state capital, a great deal of light industry, commercial work, and service industry grew up along it. In recent years, this development has expanded northward. The portion of Capital Boulevard between downtown Raleigh and the I-440 beltline is a limited access highway. Major highways US-1 and US-401 follow Capital Boulevard until 401 splits off north of the I-440 beltline and becomes Louisburg Road.

Raleigh Neighborhoods

Alyson Pond, Avent Ferry, Avent West, Bakers Landing, Barton's Creek, Beachwood, Bloomsbury, Bluffridge, Bluffs Of Kildaire, Boylan Heights, Brentwood, Brookhaven, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Cameron Park, Cameron Village, Caraleigh, Carnegie Park, Carriage Bluffs, Chadleigh Pointe, Clandon Forest, College Park, Crosswinds, Delta Ridge, Deplyn Park, Downtown Raleigh, Dunbarton, Durant Trails, Eaglechase, Five Points, Five Points East, Foxcroft, Fuller Heights, Glen Arbor, Glen Forest, Glenforest, Glenwood, Glenwood South, Gorman-Burt, Hamstead Crossing, Harrington Grove, Hawthorne, Hayes Barton, Heatherstone, Historic Oakwood, Hunter's Knoll, Idlewild, King Charles, Kirby-Bilyeu, Lake Anne, Lake Pointe, Laurel Hills, Longview Garden, Meredith Woods, Millbrook, Mordecai, Mt. Vernon, Neuse Crossing, North Bend, North Boylan, North Haven, North Hills, North Raleigh, Northshore, Oak Park, Oaklyn, Oakwood Park, Oberlin Village, Parliament Pointe, Pullen, Pullen Park Terrace, Ravenwood, Richland Townhom, Roanoke Park, Roylene Acres, Runnymede Road, South Park, Stone Quarter, Stonebridge, Summer Pointe, Summerfield North, Sunset Hills, The Springs, The Village-Westgate, The Wedges, The Woods, Trailwood, University Commons, University Park, Valley Lakes, Vanguard Park Plus, Vestavia Woods, Village Lakes, Wake, Waterford Landing, Westlake, Westover, Whitehart, Winchester Pointe, Windsor Ridge, Windsor Woods.

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Also: City of Raleigh, North Carolina Official Website