Firstly, thanks everyone for your comments. Now, on to some specifics.
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Originally Posted by TarHeelJ
It's the last photo thread of yours I will waste time entering.
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Nonsense. All I need do is post a photo thread of Atlanta and state that visiting Atlanta is perhaps not equivalent to feeling the kiss of God upon your forehead, and you'll be right there to tell me that I'm obviously wrong.
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Originally Posted by initiald
Good photos, hauntedhead.
Can't we all stop fighting and just agree that Raleigh is awesome even if the state capital building isn't the best. Raleigh has won a Stanley Cup so nyan nyan nyan to everyone who hasn't!
Fayetteville street can get pretty busy on weekends. They still block it off what feels like almost every weekend (or at least once or twice a month) for events and festivals downtown. We have a ton of them. We're the Austin Of The East after all.
Also, about "City of Oaks" - I've noticed that Raleigh is just inside the dividing line between the rolling hills of the Piedmont and the flat, pine trees of the coastal plane. Go south or east of Raleigh and immediately it is flat with nothing but pines.
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Thanks, especially, for your comments. Do you think that Fayetteville Street has potential to become better integrated into the downtown fabric? Though I was there for an admittedly short time, while I was there you could very clearly see the shifts coming and going on that street. During the day, the office workers ruled. At night it dropped dead. It was slow for a good part of the day on Saturday. The rest of downtown has entertainment districts and shopping and all, but Fayetteville's the main street... don't you think it should have some more "oomph" to it?
Also regarding the City of Oaks nickname, it's interesting to me to even visit the Piedmont because here in the mountains, the flora is just different enough to let you know you're not anywhere else in the state. Things just have a different look and feel up here.