so its been a couple of years since ive been in raleigh. I will be there this weekend. what major changes are there and what are places i have to check out while im there

8/4/2010 11:31:03 AM

long time no see man...

Hillsborough St is in the middle of being completely re-vamped. Centennial Campus has grown by leaps and bounds. All the old stomping grounds pretty much look the same though. Hit me up on FB if you wanna go get a beer or something.

8/4/2010 11:47:43 AM

Here's a thread with videos on the later pages for the Hillsborough St. changes:

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=416339

8/4/2010 1:07:17 PM

really roundabouts that actually happened?

8/4/2010 4:47:49 PM

unfortunately yes

and as expected, the morons in Raleigh don't understand how to use them.

8/5/2010 10:20:49 AM

Prepare to be cut off by jackasses who can't figure out how the multiple lanes work

8/5/2010 10:42:16 AM

I've driven through dozens of times, and I think people are grossly overestimating the number of people who can't navigate a roundabout because it makes them seem like they have some sort of rare skill.

8/5/2010 12:46:09 PM

The Fayetteville/Wilmington St area has improved significantly over the past few years.

8/5/2010 1:45:17 PM

i heard this rumor that jackpot is closed and you cant smoke in bars. is this true

8/5/2010 1:50:25 PM

^^^agreed 100%

Quote :

"unfortunately yes and as expected, the morons in Raleigh don't understand how to use them."

Even with the occasional jackass (who you can easily spot coming) I greatly prefer this to a traffic light that I got stuck at every. single. time.

Grow a sack ppl, and stop complaining.

^you can't smoke in bars anywhere in NC. And yes, Jackpot closed (or is closing,i dunno never went).

8/5/2010 2:00:54 PM

Also

Apparently people don't understand how to navigate 4 way stops either.

its nice you guys have avoided issues with these traffic patterns; but too many people around here cant grasp them

8/5/2010 2:15:44 PM

dude you are SOOOOOOOOOOOO good at driving. im very impressed.

8/5/2010 2:53:21 PM

I was wondering if there would be some good comparison pictures somewhere online (1990 vs 2000 vs 2010) of Hillsborough Street, but haven't really found anything online. Went to historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu to look for pictures, Hillsborough Street Search gave me these results http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog?q=Hillsborough+Street&qt=search&per_page=20&commit=Search Which have TONS of photos from 2010, and a few pictures from the 2000 (although 85% of them are Hillsborough Street's Homecoming parade in 2008). There were zero photos from the 90s. Guess the transition from film to digital threw them off. Anyone know of any better site or area that has some pictures of how the NC State area looks now versus when TWW was first started?

2003 Hillsborough:


Feb. 2010 Hillsborough



[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 3:53 PM. Reason : Found this one]

8/5/2010 3:49:46 PM

The trick with the traffic circles is to only pass on the inside. If you try it on the outside someone is going to put your ass into the wall.

8/5/2010 5:15:52 PM

RUBBIN'S RACIN'

8/5/2010 7:18:19 PM

^^^ haha the violin guy is outside Hillsborough St Textbooks, definitely walked past him every day

8/6/2010 8:47:06 AM

what happened to the Q-shaq? (obviously haven't been on campus for a while)

8/6/2010 9:45:24 AM

It was terrible and no one ate there.

8/6/2010 3:52:34 PM

Actually lots of people ate there for lunch, but they didn't do a very good dinner business. Closed temporarily a couple of times and re-opened. Then one night apparently one of the partners in the franchise loaded a bunch of the kitchen equipment into a truck, cleared out the bank account, and split town. That was the end of that.

Jasmin is a pretty good replacement though.

8/7/2010 10:27:50 PM

i was downtown a few weeks ago for the first time in years. The new Fayetteville Street Mall area is quite nice.

8/10/2010 7:40:45 PM

That picture made me miss global village.

8/20/2010 9:29:08 AM