North Carolina is home to one of the nation’s safest places to live, new rankings show. Cary, just west of Raleigh, is No. 6 on a list of cities boasting lower crime rates and crime-related costs, ...

A North Carolina “boomtown” now ranks as the safest place to live in the state. The Raleigh suburb of Apex is No. 1 on a list of small cities boasting lower crime rates and crime-related costs ...

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