<p>Son is looking for a school in an urban environment. Would NC state qualify as an urban school or more of a rural environment? Is there easy access to an airport there, or is it a couple of hour drive to the nearest airport?</p>
<p>Raleigh is the capital of NC and the 2nd largest city in NC. Here are a few links:</p>
<p>[Visit</a> Raleigh, North Carolina! Official Tourism Site - Raleigh Hotels, Attractions, Events and more! ::](<a href=“http://www.visitraleigh.com/]Visit”>http://www.visitraleigh.com/)
[Raleigh</a>, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina]Raleigh”>Raleigh, North Carolina - Wikipedia)
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triangle_(North_Carolina[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triangle_(North_Carolina)</a></p>
<p>RDU airport is an international airport and is about a 20 minute drive from campus.</p>
<p>NC State is a relatively urban environment (downtown raleigh is about a ten minute walk away), filled with lots of rural people.</p>
<p>AKA: if your son is interested in the area, your good, if he is interested in urban people, you are in the wrong place. NC State is quite filled with a large redneck population.</p>
<p>^^^That is a gross and unfair generalization. My S and his friends who attended NCSU are def. not rednecks. Our h.s. sends a lot of kids to NCSU every year, all from an upper middle class suburban area.</p>