Raleigh

The Charity: AMF (Ailing Mothers and Fathers)

The Guy: Dave Fajgenbaum

I met Dave at a leadership conference my junior year of college. I call him Clark Kent. He was a quarterback for Georgetown's football team, pre-med, and had started a non-profit in memory of his mother. AMF helps support high school and college who have lost family members and are dealing with this personal trauma. (But Greg, Georgetown is in DC- not NC. What gives? David, and his Mother lived in NC).

Top Five things to do in Raleigh:

Five: Have a walk around the downtown area

Four: Check out one of the free museums

Three: Go to Nash Park

Two: Have a night out on Glenwood Avenue

One: Check out the Capital Building

Things I passed on: The Confederacy.

Good places to stay: Andrew and Em’s apartment. The place is sweet.

Raleigh’s Ratings. On a scale from 1 to Boston: 7

Raleigh has great friendly people, free stuff (not just the swag I got), and a simpler city life.

Raleigh doesn’t have mountains, ocean, or complications.

The story: Raleigh, home of the free. I mean like home of the free stuff. My first impression of Raleigh was that I picked up some tourist information and it had a list of free attractions, then I got online and they had a list of free attractions. Then I went into the city on the Triangle Transit (TT) which was free for the day. Then I transferred at a bus depot, and got a free ice cream, and free swag. Then I walked around to the free museums, and toured the capital, for free. This place just seemed like it was simpler life. I walked around at the end of the work day on Thursday, and, well, everyone was done working. Imagine, actually finishing work at 5. Everyday. That is how it felt. I bet they start on time too. I was impressed. It felt like a city that was the definition of normalcy. Things ran the way they should. I liked Raleigh and think it has a lot of potential to become the new hot destination for jobs, and living.

Also, donate to the good cause(s).