Living in the Triangle 
Durham is an integral part of a growing tri-city area called the
Triangle, which also includes Raleigh and Chapel Hill. In the heart of
the Triangle, nearly ten miles from Duke, is Research Triangle Park,
one of the oldest and most successful high-technology research parks in
the country. The park houses the national laboratories of Glaxo Wellcome
Inc., the National Humanities Center, and the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences. In addition, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is eleven miles away, North Carolina State
University is twenty miles away in Raleigh, and North Carolina Central
University is in Durham itself. This mix of research, industry and
teaching institutions makes for an active intellectual, cultural, and
recreational life in Durham.
The
Triangle's range of cultural attractions rivals that found in much
larger, and more expensive, cities. The $20 million downtown Durham
Arts Center has become a national model for community arts programs.
Area attractions include the highly acclaimed American Dance Festival,
touring Broadway shows, outstanding art exhibits, libraries, concerts
in the park, and performances by renowned symphonies, opera, and ballet companies.
Three
rival NCAA schools make this area a year-round haven for sports fans.
In addition to college football and some of the best basketball
anywhere, Durham is home to the Durham Bulls, a Triple-A minor league
baseball team for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Carolina Hurricanes,
NHL hockey's 2006 Stanley Cup champions, play in Raleigh's RBC Center.
Other competitive sports
popular in the Triangle include soccer, lacrosse, tennis, track and
field, golf, ice hockey, and swimming. Duke University maintains a
championship golf course, tennis courts, swimming pools, running
trails, hiking paths, and a faculty club, all available to the resident
staff In addition, white-water canoeing, hiking, camping, horseback
riding, and racquetball can be found within a 20-mile radius of the
city.
The area's four distinct yet mild seasons make it possible to
enjoy many of these activities year-round. Durham averages 230 days of
sunshine and less than seven inches of snow a year. Located in the
hilly, forested Piedmont region of North Carolina, Durham is only three
hours from the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains to the west and
clean, spacious beaches to the east. Historic Williamsburg, Virginia;
Washington, DC; and Atlanta are all approximately five hours away by
car.
Check out the sites below to learn more about the benefits of living in North Carolina:
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DUKE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DUKEHEALTH.ORG 
DHTS STRATEGIC WEB SERVICES