West Chapel Hill
West Chapel Hill is where UNC faculty go when they want a yard but still want to walk to a co-op. Meadowmont and Southern Village do the new-urbanist thing with varying conviction; the older stretches off Estes and Smith Level keep the wooded, ranch-house Chapel Hill that predates the IPO money. Dating here skews graduate-degree earnest. Expect coffee at Caffe Driade, a hike at Carolina North Forest, dinner at Lantern if the other person picked the place. The tradeoff is real: you get quiet, trees, and good schools, and you give up the Franklin Street walkability that made you move to Chapel Hill in the first place.
West Chapel Hill by the numbers
West Chapel Hill runs female-leaning, about 41% men to 59% women.
Median individual income in West Chapel Hill is about $47,100.
North Carolina registers voters by party, and Durham County is about 50% Democratic to 9% Republican, with a near-equal 41% Unaffiliated bloc - a deep-blue Research Triangle county.
The median renter in West Chapel Hill pays about $1,560 a month.
About 10,200 West Chapel Hill residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Caffè Driade
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Carolina Coffee Shop
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Talullas
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He's Not Here
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The Heel & Horn
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The Cave
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The Kraken
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Goodfellows
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The Gathering Place
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Zayka Indian Grill & Bar
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The Northside District
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Franklin Motors