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Dorthea Dix: looking down the road to a model urban park

The Rocky Branch Greenway, skirting the bucolic Dix campus.

Raleigh has again been deemed the best place in America to live, this time by BusinessWeek.com. The reasons are several — good public schools, the universities, diverse cultural institutions, lots of bars and restaurants, low crime, strong (relatively) economy. Near the top of the list, great parks. read more