[xienze]

Dude, Raleigh is home to the Research Triangle Park, one of the largest research parks in the country. Pretty much all the major tech companies have a presence here. Plus, three major universities all in the same general area. It's not some podunk little town.

[jadell]

Technically, RTP is fully inside Durham. Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill each house one of those major universities, and the region as a whole is known as "The Triangle" or "The Research Triangle."