The accolades keep coming. Durham has been proclaimed one of America’s ‘best neighborhoods’ by Men’s Journal’s, well, Best neighborhood’s feature. That’s twice in one week, not bad. We love it but it’s good to see our fair city finally getting its due. And if you go to Elmo’s get the meatloaf. I’ll tell it to your face, it’s some good.
Here’s the Durham Excerpt:
12-Hour Test Drive: The Triangle’s Quiet Corner
WATTS-HILLANDALE/ DURHAM, NC
Chapel Hill gets more press, and Raleigh has more heft, but Durham is where sweet tea sidles up to espresso. 8 am: Stroll down Ninth, the strip serving Duke University, and stop at Elmo’s Diner. It’s great for gossip and a heaping plate of biscuits. 11 am: Clear your arteries with hoops in Oval Park, and note the park bulletin board’s for-sale-by-owner houses. Plenty of early-20th-century bungalows change hands this way because of the locals’ DIY ways. 6 pm: Head downtown for a Bulls game. Since Bull Durham the team has gone Triple A and gotten a swish stadium.
- Timothy Gray
Median Home Price: $161,710
Cost of Living Compared to Rest of U.S.: 2% lower
Sunny Days Per Year: 217