I am moving to Durham in June (my wife is going to be starting her residency in Psychiatry!) and would love some info from anyone from there.

First, our favorite topic..Airlines. Who is big there, preferred? Right now I am a DL flyer, but definately willing to reconsider my loyalties.

Second, jobs. Anyone have any good contacts for job hunting. Unfortunately, I will be leaving my job in Miami. Currently I do marketing for FedEx. I would appreciate any networking help you can give.

Third, housing. Any recommended neighborhoods, areas (we need to be somewhat close to Duke.

THANKS!!!!

I spent 7 years in the area, but have only been there twice in the past 5.

Airlines- from what I recall, the big three would be:

Delta- Traditionally the "Southern" airline (prompting the old "when you die, you might go to heaven and you might go to h*ll, but you'll have to change planes in atlanta)

US- Former Piedmont, hub in CLT. Now has former AA (then CO/NW) partner Midway, as a US affilliate, if it survived the US bankruptcy issues.

AA- AA de-hubbed in about '93, but kept some people while I was still there through their marketing with the (then) newly-relocated Midway Airlines. Not sure how many holdovers still exist, though.

Congrats on your wife's residency, and hope you enjoy your time there.

Also- if you provid your current Elite status, mileage portfolio, and travel plans, I'm sure we could provide more recommendations.

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[This message has been edited by arturo (edited 04-03-2003).]

Welcome to "The Triangle". I live "near" Durham (commute to Research Triangle Park for work), but I am not familiar enough with the "good" and "bad" neighborhoods to give you much advice.

I can't give you much advice about job hunting either - I've been employed by the same company for almost 28 years now. If you don't mind the commute to Greensboro (GSO), I thought I heard somebody in your industry (FexEx, UPS, ?) what planning on putting a mini-hub of some sort into that airport. I don't know whether it got off the ground or is still in the planning stages though.

As for airlines, Delta has a fairly strong presence here (with mainline to ATL and CVG and commuters elsewhere) as does US Airways (my current favorite with mainline to their hubs and commuters to quite a few other destinations). Southwest has done good things for the airfares on many routes, but I don't fly them. American presence came back in the form of (mostly) American Eagle. Most other airlines fly exclusively to their hubs from RDU.

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