Why Raleigh Is the Opposite of Every U.S. City_

Every major American city sits on a reason you can see from space: a deep natural harbor, a river confluence, or a fall line where boats hit rock. Raleigh has none of that. It has no harbor, no navigable river, no mountain pass, and no trade crossroad. It was voted into existence on paper by a fleeing legislature, with a legal location defined simply as anywhere within ten miles of a tavern.