north carolina is a popular relocation spot and today we're going to be looking at the
10 cities that you should know if you're thinking about relocating to north carolina
the first city is the capital city of raleigh. raleigh is the second most populous city in
north carolina with a population of 482 000 in a metro of 1.42 million. it's located in the
central piedmont about three hours drive from the mountains in boone and two hours to the closest
beach at wrightsville beach. raleigh is home to numerous universities including nc state,
meredith college, william peace university, shaw university and saint augustine university.
raleigh is best known for its popular museums and its unique and authentic music scene. raleigh is
home to the north carolina state farmers market at the north carolina state fair and the carolina
hurricanes the only north carolina professional sports team to win a national championship the
average home price in raleigh is 300 000 charlotte is the largest city in north carolina with 905 000
people in a metro area of 2.66 million it's three and a half hours to myrtle beach and just over two
hours to the mountains in asheville colleges in charlotte are unc charlotte where they host the
country's premier motorsports racing engineering program and queens college is also in charlotte
key industries are of course motorsports as well as banking as charlotte is the second largest
banking center in the united states charlotte is home to carowinds numerous major league
sports teams lake norman which is the largest man-made lake in north carolina and charlotte
is the only city in north carolina with a public transportation system that includes light rail
the average home price in charlotte is 267 000. greensboro is the third largest city in north
carolina with a population of 300 000 in the city limits and 776 000 in the metro area greensboro
is located in the piedmont triad area of the state at the intersection of i-40 i-85 and i-73
greensboro was started as a quaker town in the 18th century and this is the city where the famous
sit-in at the woolworth's counter took place that former woolworths is located in greensboro's
beautiful downtown district and is now the international civil rights museum greensboro
is home to one of the finest collections of modern art in the southeast at the weatherspoon museum
of art at unc greensboro the greensboro science center and wet n wild our favorite places to visit
and the bland wood mansion in greensboro is the earliest example of tuscan architecture in the
nation greensboro is an affordable place to call home with the average home price of a hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars and greensboro does have a whole foods and trader joes winston-salem
is the fifth largest city in north carolina with 252 000 people in the city and 680 000 in the
metro area like greensboro winston is located in the piedmont triad area in the middle of the state
and that triad consists of three cities greensboro winston-salem and high point winston-salem is a
quick trip to see some beautiful mountain ranges being only 90 minutes from boone and 40 minutes
from hanging rock state park it is home to the exclusive wake forest university unc school of
the arts and salem college which is the oldest continually operating women's college in the
united states winston-salem used to be a tobacco town but they've really innovated and similarly to
durham revitalized their former tobacco district into the 330 acre innovation quarter which is
home to 90 different companies and the epicenter of today's key industries in winston-salem those
industries include biotech science and technology and with the inclusion of wake forest university's
baptist medical center adding major medical to the employment options winston-salem is a well-rounded
and growing city winston-salem created the first arts council in the united states in 1949 it's
home to the southeastern center for contemporary art and hosts the national black theatre festival
the median home price of this affordable city is 163 000 wilmington north carolina is home
to the largest movie production studio in the u.s outside of california and before i tell you more
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my videos i just have so much more to tell you so go ahead and click wilmington is the largest city
near the beach and the only major port city in north carolina 127 000 people call wilmington home
and there are 304 000 in the metro area it's the eighth largest city in the state of north carolina
located on the southern end of north carolina's coast and at the end of the line for i-40
wilmington is 10 minutes to wrightsville beach and 4 hours and 47 minutes to the blue ridge mountains
in boone north carolina wilmington is home to unc wilmington the battleship uss north carolina which
is really fun to visit and it's also home to eu screen gems studios maximum overdrive iron man one
tree hill and dawson's creek were all filmed at eu screen gems wilmington has a fabulous historic
downtown with a two mile riverwalk and the largest aquarium in the state fort fisher aquarium
the average home price is 263 000. asheville north carolina is the 12th largest city in north
carolina and the largest mountain city in the state with a metro population of 468 thousand
asheville is five hours to the beach and zero hours to the mountains asheville is home to
unc asheville and western carolina university is really close by tourism and whitewater kayaking
are key industries in asheville and several kayak manufacturers are based in and around asheville
asheville is best known for the biltmore estate and the historic grove park inn as well as its
cool summers which unlike the majority of north carolina has an average summer temperature of
only 73 degrees asheville was recognized by the green restaurants association as the first u.s
city to be a green dining destination the average home price in asheville is 315 thousand dollars
durham is the fourth most populous city in north carolina with 283 000 people in the city
and 593 000 in the metro area durham is about halfway between the beaches and the mountains
at 2 hours and 20 minutes to wrightsville beach and 2 hours and 40 minutes to the mountains
durham grew up as a tobacco town with w duke and sons tobacco company the family also invested in
electrical power duke university and in 1924 the duke family created a philanthropic foundation to
support trinity college in durham which changed its name to duke university duke university unc
chapel hill and nc state convinced the legislature to create the nation's first science park which
became research triangle park the largest research park in the united states with hundreds
of companies including science and technology companies and government agencies colleges in
durham include duke university and north carolina central university durham is best known for duke
university the durham center for performing arts and the carolina theater the carolina theater is
the most prolific major performing arts space in the area with over a hundred concerts and comedy
performances a year and over three thousand film screenings a year the average home price in durham
is 266 thousand kerry is the seventh most populous city in north carolina with 175 thousand residents
carries part of the triangle area and is adjacent to raleigh in wake county
carries about three hours drive to the closest mountains in boone and two hours to wrightsville
beach carrie was the first pud or planned unit development in north carolina and the
city carefully planned for their growth due to the expected impact of research triangle park
kerry is home to sas a software company known for its extremely high employee satisfaction rankings
and epic games creator of the popular game fortnite as well as many others is based in cary
carey is best known for its beautifully planned city its commitment to art through its display of
civic art all over town and it's home to both the men's and women's professional soccer teams and
host the annual lazydays art festival each year the average home price in cary is 404 thousand
dollars boone is a popular college town in the smallest town on our list at 20 000 citizens
in a metro area of 58 000. boone is located at the northwestern tip of the north carolina
mountains and five hours to the wrightsville beach boone is home to appalachian state university and
is a popular destination for outdoor adventure sports education and tourism are the two largest
industries in boone national geographic magazine named boone one of the top 50 adventure towns
in the united states hawks nest tubing park is the largest snow tubing park on the east coast
appalachian ski mountain and beach mountain resort offer traditional skiing popular destinations and
activities in boone include tweetsie railroad the semi-famous land of oz theme park and the
horn in the west musical which has been performed every summer since 1952 until 2020 hopefully it'll
be revived in 2021. the average home price in boone is 289 thousand dollars concord is the 10th
largest city in north carolina at a population of 99 000. it's located in the charlotte metro area
with 2.66 million people concord is three and a half hours to myrtle beach and two and a half
hours to asheville colleges in concord include the cabarrus college of health sciences and the
barba scotia college key industries are banking manufacturing and motorsports concord is home to
the great wolf lodge the carolina renaissance festival and charlotte motor speedway which
hosts the coca-cola 600 every year on memorial day concord's average home price is 253 000.
don't move to north carolina until you watch this video or you might like this video comparing the
two biggest cities in north carolina raleigh and charlotte thanks for watching have a great day