Durham tops in Triangle? Bull say some; Bull right on, say others

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - The Skinny’s post Tuesday about Fortune Small Business ranking Durham as the best place to “live and launch” a business in the Triangle triggered a barrage of reactions – negative AND positive.

WRAL.com’s community Web site “golo” carried 94 posts from readers on both sides of the issue – some saying the survey is bull dip and others saying it’s bull right-on about the Bull Durham city.

Thousands of people also read the column - more in fact than those who read about the aerospace firm's decision to build a plant at the Global TransPark, creating  a potential for thousands of new, high-paying jobs.

The fired-up reactions show just how firmly some people hold to beliefs about Durham, rather pro or con.

Reaction to Durham’s pick as No. 12 ahead of Raleigh (20th) and without a mention of either Chapel Hill or Cary rankled some people immediately. At the CNN Money Web site where the survey was posted, the first reaction from a leader labeled Durham as the Triangle’s “armpit.”

Ouch!

At golo, readers began posting their opinions shortly after the story hit the Web:

• The poor gullible people who will read these articles and relocate here. Boy, are they in for a surprise...

• Durham is indeed a nice place, but in the Triangle, Raleigh/Cary is still the nexus.

• Best place to start a business: EMT SERVICES... HOOHA!

• I think that may be a racial stereotype. I live in Durham and love it. Raleigh, Cary and Chapel Hill are overrated.

• I lived in Durham from 1983 until 2006 and loved it. I would move back in an instant!

• How much did the Durham Chamber of Commerce pay them?

• Good for Durham, they need a shot in the arm any time they can get one.

• who cares, the article is about Durham not Raleigh..it's so sad that the people in Raleigh and Cary get so offended, they aren't much different.

• Durham is not a good place to live no matter how you slice it. There is way to much crime and blah blah blah. I use to live in Durham and would never go back.

• I find it ironic the same people who shout diversity and inclusion would not even step foot in Durham. What a double-standard.

Be sure to take a read through ALL the posts.