Population: 47,500
Percent single: 55.9%
The local visitor's bureau offers its own Top 10 list to visitors, with the University of North Carolina campus an unsurprising choice for the top spot. Still, don't miss jewels like the unbridled romance of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, or any of the hundreds of amazing restaurants that have been featured in national magazines and on the Food Network. Conservative curmudgeon Jesse Helms, commenting on the town's lefty politics, once suggested it be walled off. Like James Taylor sang, "Can't you see the sunshine?"
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