{"id":3125,"date":"2026-06-24T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:06:08","slug":"these-north-carolina-cities-rank-as-some-of-the-nations-best-run-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3125","title":{"rendered":"These North Carolina cities rank as some of the nation\u2019s best-run places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two North Carolina municipalities rank among the best-run cities in the United States, each cracking the top-25 in a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3124\">Love Island&#8217;s Corbin Feels &#8216;So Horny&#8217; After &#8216;Wet&#8217; Makeout With Bombshell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durham ranked as the 17th and Raleigh the 21st best-run city in the United States, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-run-cities\/22869\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">personal finance website WalletHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best-run cities in America use their budgets most effectively to provide high-quality financial security, education, health, safety and transportation to their residents,\u201d said Chip Lupo, WalletHub Editor, in a news release. \u201cMany of the top cities also have a very low amount of outstanding government debt per capita, which can prevent financial troubles in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WalletHub reviewed 148 of the country\u2019s largest cities to create a \u201cquality of city services\u201d score across six different service categories.<\/p>\n<p>The Bull City ranked No. 26 for its quality of city services. Here\u2019s where Durham ranked among the six categories:<\/p>\n<p>The city recently passed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/counties\/durham-county\/article316104696.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">$767 million budget<\/a> without a property tax increase but with an increase to water and sewer bills. The budget also includes funding for a crossing guard pilot program, a one-hour free parking pilot program, buses free for another year and funds for the city\u2019s 5-year plan to reduce homelessness, The News &amp; Observer previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3122\">Taylor Swift Gives Surprise Show at Travis Kelce&#8217;s Tight End University<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durham is home to North Carolina Central University and Duke University, the Museum of Life and Science, Durham Performing Arts Center and the Durham Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The Capitol city ranked No. 11 for quality of city services. Here\u2019s what Raleigh ranked among the six categories:<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh recently passed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/counties\/wake-county\/article316051823.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">$1.76 billion budge<\/a>t with a property tax increase and funding for 24 new police officer positions, a dozen new firefighter positions and cuts 45 vacant positions within the city. The city is home to several universities, museums, state and local government facilities and recently hosted the Carolina Hurricanes for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/sports\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/article316220962.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley Cup parade and rally.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the city of Raleigh launched an interactive construction tracker map to help identify closed roads and projects underway throughout the city, The N&amp;O <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/asked-and-answered\/article314892257.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3120\">Amid Pride Month, feds investigate school bathroom use by NC trans students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greensboro ranks 34th and Charlotte ranks 53rd on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Here are WalletHub\u2019s top-five list \u201cbest-run\u201d cities:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two North Carolina cities in the Triangle cracked WalletHub\u2019s top-25 best-run cities, evaluated on budgets, services, debt per capita and quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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