I came here from Detroit 2 years ago. It really depends on what your looking for. I'm 30, single, make around 60g, no kids, and love beer and white girls from time to time. I like it because the beach is 2 hours away, dc Is 4 hours, Charlotte is 2.5, and the airport can get you around fairly easily. Raleigh is known for all the craft beers it has but I believe most are shit, if rather drink Stella than most of the bs here. In terms of women, it is fine fine fine white girls but good luck picking them up unless you do online dating. I feel it's hard to pick up a cute white girl and not some trash chick out here if you go out with a group of black guys or solo. Either you need to go out with a group of white friends so you seem less threatening, or have co workers or friends set you up or you basically need to play the numbers. It's a lot of black women but coming from the north I feel raleigh has some of the ugliest and just plain stupidest black girls in the country. Just dumb from the dates I've been on with them. If you are in to black bars and clubs, hit up west street or the warehouse district, that's where the all black spots are located. On glenwood there is a club called solas that is the trendy club where young cute black girls go. If your into either bars or white girls or just chillin hearing good music and having a beverage, hit up the bars on glenwood or Fayetteville. They are your basic mixed bars with no cover, cheap drinks and bad white girls with a few black people scattered. Food is pretty good, weather is great, my black friends and myself have never had a issue with police here . None of us have ever been pulled over. Most people here are transplants. The sportsbar by my house is a Baltimore ravens hub and my other favorite spot is a steelers hub on Sundays and there are other spots in particular for giants, Red Sox, Florida state, Michigan wolverine, patriot, and redskin fans. If your into strip clubs there are three I know about in raleigh. The capital caberet is the big one by the airport that is mixed and 10 dollar cover . It's the generic wannabe Vegas set up. There are a couple others that are black oriented but they are kinda trash but then again I'm not a strip club guy. If you have other questions pm me