<p>is Durham like nyc or chicago?</p>
<p>no that would be like comparing a quail egg to an ostrich egg.</p>
<p>Lol… thanks, could you provide another comparable, more known city that is like durham?</p>
<p>Durham isn’t big, there isn’t much to do there, and it’s pretty ghetto. Soooo, Watts?</p>
<p>Worcester, Ma. New Haven, Ct. Buffalo, Ny.</p>
<p>durham has the most doctors per sq. mile than any other place in the country.</p>
<p>While Durham is no New York, it’s still a lot better than most people preconceive it to be:</p>
<p>-Highest concentration of PhD’s in the country</p>
<p>Geographically well-positioned:
-Can reach to the beach or the mountains within a few hours
-Major natural resources (Eno River, Umstead, Duke Forest, Duke Gardens)</p>
<p>Major cultural and artistic events:
-American Dance Festival, hosted by Duke and Durham
-Largest documentary film festival in the United States, Full Frame, hosted in Durham
-Durham Performing Arts Center—largest arts center in the South</p>
<p>Amazing food and restaurants:
-Food&Wine voted Durham “America’s foodiest small city”
-Highest concentration of 4 and 5 star restaurants outside a major urban area, many close to East Campus</p>
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<p>Detroit. Gary, Indiana. </p>
<p>There are nice parts of Durham, but it generally has the reputation of being one of the most ghetto cities in the state of North Carolina.</p>
<p>Lets put it this way, its not a college town like Chapel Hill, which most people, regardless of whether they support Duke or Carolina, will admit is one of the best towns in the country. </p>
<p>Durham is the third largest city in NC (after Charlotte and Raleigh), but it lacks the banking money that makes Charlotte bearable, and the state funding that makes Raleigh nice. The Duke campus is very nice, but other than that there really isn’t much to say about Durham.</p>
<p>Durham is not NYC, but if you go to Duke, you won’t be going out into the city very often anyway. Don’t get me wrong, there are many, many upscale places to go if you ever needed, say, a nice restaurant to take your parents or just wanted to go shopping at a nice mall, but Duke really is a self-contained campus. And if its not actually a part of Duke, its close enough (5 minutes walking distance) that you can pretty much consider it as such.</p>
<p>Most acclamations regarding Durham are misquoted, and actually regard the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) as a whole (including the PhD concentration statistic). Of the three cities that make up the triangle, Durham’s by far the most “ghetto.” To be fair, that’s partly because Raleigh and Chapel Hill (especially Chapel Hill) are hardly ghetto at all.</p>
<p>Durham itself is very meager in college-related things. Restaurant and club selection is slim. Some people said above that there are nice restaurants in Durham? Perhaps there are, but none that are close enough that people go there often. However, Raleigh and Chapel Hill do have some excellent restaurants spread around here and there. If you bring a car, then those options are available (though still not that widely popular it seems). If you don’t, then there’s really no way of accessing those restaurants. While the Triangle has much to offer, it’s all really spread out.</p>