<p>I can answer this, but not from a Wake student's point of view.
Winston is a pretty large city. Lots of shopping. LOTS of places to eat. Pretty nice. I wouldn't consider it a very good college town though, but it works. </p>
<p>O and it's VERY involved in the arts. Renoylda (art museum), NC School of Arts, etc. It also has historic places such as Old Salem and such. Renoylda is historic as well. Nearby there are small towns and Greensboro. Charlotte is about an hour away I think. Raleigh is about 2 hours away and chapel hill is about 1.5 hrs i think. I like it, but I've heard a lot of complaints on this board.</p>
<p>Maybe ginnyvere and emsibdn can give Wake Forest points of view.</p>