If you think Raleigh is bad, visit Durham! It has the added joy of a massive number of one-way streets and no grid pattern to speak of!
In all the years I lived in Durm, I had very few reasons to go downtown (except Bulls games, jury duty, incorporating the business). Every single time I went downtown, I got fouled up in the loop and those blasted one way streets.
Worst of all, one wrong turn, and a girl will find herself in some very dangerous 'hoods.