Durham - The Bull City
The secret is out: Durham is a great place to live. No matter how you slice it, the quality of life, available opportunities, and prospects for growth are better here than just about anywhere in America. It's easy to see why — natural beauty, low cost of living, big city amenities, accessibility to the coast and mountains, and great weather for most of the year. But don't just take our word for it. Here are a few of the recent accolades heaped on the Bull City.
- #1 Best Cities for Working Women (Forbes)
- #1 America's Most Tolerant City (The Daily Beast)
- #1 America's Foodiest Small Town (Bon Appetit)
- #2 Best College Town (Livability)
- #2 The Next Top 10 Cities For Tech Jobs (Fast Company)
- #2 America's Brainiest Cities (The Daily Beast)
- #3 Best place to go in 2016 (Jetsetter)
- #4 U.S. per-capita venture capital investment (City Lab)
- #6 Best Places for Young Adults (The Business Journals)
- #6 Healthiest Housing Market in the U.S. (The Wall Street Journal/Local Market Monitor)
- #7 "Best Places to Live" (U.S. News and World Report)
Praise for Durham seemingly never stops, so check the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau for the most recent accolades.
Durham also has received some great coverage in national and local media in recent years:
- Vogue's Why Durham Is North Carolina’s Hippest City
- Salon's The best places to live in America: How college towns perfected the city
- The Atlantic's Is a Different Kind of Silicon Valley Possible?: Durham is trying to build a successful start-up sector that addresses the industry's diversity problems from the get-go
- Forbes lists Raleigh/Durham as one of "10 Up And Coming Cities for Entrepreneurs"
- BuzzFeed's 34 Amazing Things That Will Make You Fall In Love With Durham N.C.
- Google selects Durham as part of Tech Hub Network
- Southern Living Names Durham "The South's Tastiest Town"
- The Chronicle explores the history of Durham's food culture
- New York Times: A Corner of Durham, N.C. Comes to Life
- New York Times' The Pour
- New York Times' 36 Hours in Durham, N.C.
- New York Times’ Choice Tables
- New York Times’ 41 Places to Go
- New York Times’ 36 Hours in Research Triangle
- Huffington Post: Insanely Beautiful Public Gardens You Need to See
- Movoto: 27 Things People From Durham Can’t Live Without
- 24/7 Wall St: The ten most educated cities in the U.S.
- Delta Magazine
- Duke Magazine: Bull Rising
- Business Insider: Durham named one of the hottest American cities for 2016
Watch Decidedly Durham, a video about the Bull City, and peruse this site to see why we love Durham – and why we think you’ll love it, too.
What's with the bull?
"The Bull City" is just one of many names used for Durham. Learn about its origins and other monikers at What’s in a Name?.
Learn More
Raleigh-Durham is one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. With the dizzying pace of change in the area, it can be hard to keep track of restaurant, bar and nightlife openings and other exciting developments. Here are a few sites that track the latest comings-and-goings in the Triangle.
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