Situated in north central North Carolina, Raleigh is the capital of the Tarheel state and is a booming city that has witnessed many changes over the past several decades. Gone are the days when Raleigh was little more than a sleepy, southern city in a chiefly agricultural state. Today, Raleigh has more than 320,000 residents and is part of a exploding metropolitan area that 1.3 million residents now call