Raleigh/Wake County North Carolina Recognitions - 2008

-#1 Best Place to Live in the US (Raleigh), msnbc, June 2008.

-#2 Best City to Live, Work and Play (Raleigh) Kiplinger's, July 2008.

-#5 Best Medium-Sized City for Familes with Children (Raleigh, NC - Who's Your City? May 2008.

-Top 15 Place for Cultured Retirement (Raleigh, NC) Smithsonian.com.

-#2 Best Place to Buy Foreclosured Homes (Raleigh,NC) Forbes.com, March 2008.

-#4 Major Market in the South (Raleigh-Cary,NC).

-#9 Market in the South for Advanced Manufacturing (Raleigh-Cary, NC).

-Top Ten Great Innovation Market in the South (Raleigh-Cary-Durham, NC) Southern Business & Development, Winter 2008.

-#3 Most Romantic City for Baby Boomers (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) Forbes.com, March 2008.

-#6  Medium -Sized Metro (Raleigh-Cary, NC), Site Selection, March 2008.

-#10 Least Miserable Airport (Raleigh-Durham Intl.) US News & World Report, February 2008.

-#2 Best City for Bargain House Hunters (Raleigh, NC) Forbes.com, February 2008.

-The Best American City for Singles (Raleigh, NC) Every Day with Rachel Ray, 2008.

-#9 Best City for Jobs (Raleigh,NC) Forbes.com, January 2008.

-Top Five Strongest Real Estate Market (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Veros.com, January 2008

-#3 Most Wired City (Raleigh, NC) Forbes.com January 2008.

-# 1 Healthiest City for Men (Raleigh,NC) Men's Health, January 2008.