Chapel Hill: “As Close to Magic as I’ve Ever Been”
Posted Oct 5, 2017
In the first of a series profiling small towns and cities in the United States, The Guardian has recognized Chapel Hill as a place that “blends liberal philosophy and Southern culture in a way that borders on the utopian,” according to author Emma John. It was Thomas Wolfe that described life at UNC with the words “as close to magic as I’ve ever been.”
(Chapelboro.com)
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