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Top Ten Places to Live in North Carolina

Durham
Durham

Also, the area has the most live music venues in North Carolina. This family-friendly area also has a children's museum, 200-plus parks and a 152-mile greenway system for safe biking and hiking. Raleigh and Durham is a great place for sports fans, with college athletics and professional hockey, soccer and baseball teams.

Greensboro
Greensboro

Greensboro is part of the Piedmont Triad (which also includes Winston-Salem and High Point) and is nicknamed the "Gate City" with good reason: It's a short jaunt to and from all the major cities in North Carolina. Spend a day in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west or head east for a beach weekend.

Raleigh
Raleigh

Also, the area has the most live music venues in North Carolina. This family-friendly area also has a children's museum, 200-plus parks and a 152-mile greenway system for safe biking and hiking. Raleigh and Durham is a great place for sports fans, with college athletics and professional hockey, soccer and baseball teams.

Asheville
Asheville

Learn what makes Asheville, North Carolina a best place to live, including information about real estate, schools, employers, things to do and more. Learn what makes Asheville, North Carolina a best place to live, including information about real estate, schools, employers, things to do and more.

Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill

Learn what makes Chapel Hill, North Carolina a best place to live, including information about real estate, schools, employers, things to do and more.

Charlotte
Charlotte

The city is home to the Carolina Panthers NFL team and was able to defy sports tradition by actually replacing a professional sports franchise it lost, the Charlotte Hornets NBA team (now the Bobcats).

Greenville
Greenville

Greenville does have a strong local parks and recreation infrastructure. The area is a gateway to the coastal areas of the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras, 100-plus miles to the east. Greenville is located just above sea level on a flat coastal plain along the banks of the Tar River.