Raleigh seems to be the place

[jacqui]

I am still researching and I am thinking Garner may be better but I am not sure I will be visiting next week and hopefully I can find someone who will show me around.But can someone tell me what areas are diverse I want to be a around a mixture of races. I am an African American and what my children to be around all types of races.

[Francois]

Originally Posted by aleksandra33

It just seems that Raleigh is maybe a little more family oriented.

Cary is actually the most "family oriented" area in the Triangle; it has grown from a sleepy local town just 30 years ago to a population of almost 100,000, almost all of the growth being "transplants" and (sorry to stereotype) of the "Soccer Mom" type. People moving here from the North actually outnumber "natives" in Cary, which is why it is often referred to (sometimes affectionately, sometimes not) as the "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" (often by "Yankees" themselves ). Because of this demographic, you'd be more likely to find neighbors in similar situations (i.e. recent emigrees) there than in Wake Forest of most of Raleigh, except for a few places in North Raleigh. I think the school situation (shuffling around) is worst in North Raleigh.

[just_sayin']

What everyone has said is 100% correct. The redisctricting is getting ridiculous, and it is the (in my opinion) unworthy price of all of the growth in the area. Going to school 20 miles and changin schools often is something that kids ALL kids in wake county will have to deal with. They used to gaurentee 3 years in the same school district, but that got dropped this year with the announcing of redistricting 11,000 kids (that's one student in ten in the whole county that is changing schools.... just this year)