[AT] Old trains, now NC State

[David Bruce]

I'll second Charlie here.  It is amazing how the whole Triangle has 
grown - heck for that matter much of the state. 
It's not the sleepy little area it was even when I was a student - urban 
yes but nothing like Charlotte, Atlanta or the other major areas. 

I'm sure Charlie's area has grown but at nowhere near the rate.  Same 
for this are (NW of Winston-Salem).  Locally we were growing houses and 
vineyards instead of tobacco until the recent economic downturn
Now not so many houses - in fact my neighbor is a finish carpenter 
(contractor) by trade.  He recently installed some vinyl siding on a 
detached garage for me.  He said he hadn't worked a new house in 18 
months. 
So now he is doing other things like the siding.  He is staying busy but 
finish carpentry is a small part of his income now.  A sign of the real 
estate market here and we were never in the "go-go" category when things 
were good.

In the mid '60's an aunt and uncle lived in Cary (he was an engineer for 
Southern Bell).  I remember visiting a couple times but by the time I 
was a student at State (they had moved to Charlotte some years 
previously) I couldn't find their street - no way I could even come 
close now.
David
NW NC

charliehill wrote:
> LMAO Gene.  You wouldn't believe how things have changed.  When I was a 
> Freshman at state you could go about 4 miles north of the center of town and 
> you were in country that looked as if only the indians had ever seen it 
> before.  Now North Raleigh is closing in on the state of Virginia.  Well not 
> exactly but it's about half way there.
> You can pass through Apex and never know you left Raleigh or Durham or 
> Chapel Hill for that matter.
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