I've never been to Durham. Been to Raleigh and liked it. Don't plan to go to Durham for a long time, if ever.
I keep imagining some poor soul who just bought the Century 21 or Coldwall-Banker franchise in Durham or the poor family that just put their house on the market. Imagine holding an open house and nobody shows up.
I live in what they call North Raleigh, but I'm outside the new beltline, 540. My stepdaughter has a house at Hyco Lake and we use to go through Durham and up 501 to get there; not anymore; we drive up 50 to Creedmoor and go back through the country.
It takes a little bit longer, but after what happened to that cab driver, we all decided not to take a chance getting stopped over there.
And, no, I am NOT kidding.