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Why do companies say they are in Raleigh-Durham and they are in Durham or vice versa? Why not just say Durham? Even worse are the ones that say Raleigh and th
by brh_jr 14y ago
Why do companies say they are in Raleigh-Durham and they are in Durham or vice versa? Why not just say Durham?
Even worse are the ones that say Raleigh and they are in Durham or Cary.
Do companies in other cities do this same misdirection?
- mumrah 14y agoIt's just an annoying convention around here. My best guess is because the street address can be one of 5 or 6 cities (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Wake Forest, Morrisville, Apex, etc) and so people talk in terms of the metropolitan area which is Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill or the "triangle".
- javery 14y agoMost of us actually live in Raleigh so we want to make sure people searching for Raleigh in the thread find us. (from North Raleigh it's about the same time to either Downtown Durham or Downtown Raleigh)
- philhippus 14y agoRaleigh* Durham; So I start Monday?
- joeyo 14y agoI think it's because of the airport code (Raleigh-Durham/RDU). Because of that, people who aren't from the area think that the two cities are a lot closer than they actually are. As a former Durham native, I've always said Durham-Raleigh. :-)
- brh_jr 14y agoWell for techies it seems it should be Durham-Raleigh, because most of the jobs are there. I don't consider RTP to be a real place it is really just Durham.