Chapel Hill ranked as best college town in North Carolina

Posted Sep 13, 2019
There’s usually a ton of energy abuzz when stepping into a college town. According to the site Reviews.org, a list of college towns was gathered and was narrowed down to cities with fewer than 250,000 residents. When it comes to college towns across North Carolina, Chapel Hill takes the number one spot, according to pollsters with Reviews.org. (CBS 17)

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