Cary, North Carolina, the 7th largest city in North Carolina, was named the “hottest town” in the East by Money Magazine, so the secret's out!!! This is not Cary's only award, or even its latest.

Cary Awards - Top area in NC to:

• start a business
• buy a house
• raise a family
• retire

Cary has been named:

• one of the fastest growing cities in the United States
• the safest city in the South
• the sixth safest out of 327 large cities in the nation

The North Carolina State Treasurer's has awarded Cary with its Governmental Award for Excellence for innovative and progressive programs (2002 and 2003).

Cary is located in the heart of North Carolina's Triangle. Next to Research Triangle Park, it is minutes away from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Raleigh, the state capitol of North Carolina.

Cary's hometown feeling, educational, cultural (such as the Cary Heritage Museum), and recreational offerings make it a wonderful place to raise children. School-age children comprise about 23% of the Cary population.

Employment is high in North Carolina; in Cary, NC, that employment is professional. Cary boasts eight Colleges, universities and professional schools (including the famed Duke University and North Carolina State University), 5 Junior colleges and technical institutes, 24 Medical and Surgical Hospitals, and myriad clinics.

The Town of Cary was founded in the 1860's by Allison Francis Page. This U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain built the hotel in Carey that became the Page-Walker Arts & History Center (on the National Register for Historic Places).

Cary's public transportation includes the new GoTriangle! which serves the entire Triangle area in NC. Cary has also pioneered local transportation with C-Tran, a Town of Cary service. C-Tran offers door-to-door transportation by reservation to and from anywhere in Cary.

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