8 Best Places to Live in North Carolina — From Big Cities to Small Towns. Dobrina Zhekova. Updated Fri, April 14, 2023 at 11:58 AM UTC. 9 min read.

North Carolina is among the top states seeing the biggest boom in population growth. ... Big cities with the highest in-to-out ratio: Rank . City . In-to-out ratio. 1. Charlotte, NC. 1.65. 2.

Two things are driving the growth of North Carolina’s fastest-growing small towns: spillover from nearby big cities like Raleigh and Charlotte and retirees looking to settle down in small ...

One rarely hears “the big town” or “Small City USA.” But in our area, ... there is no legal difference between cities and towns in North Carolina. It notes in other states, ...