Raleigh/Durham/RTP is, I think, widely known as a tech center, in the same vein as NoVA, the Bay Area/Silicon Valley, and the like.

Guess how many computer retail stores there are in the actual Park and closely surrounding areas. Nope, try again. No, still wrong. Give up?

Zero.

That's right; RTP has zero computer stores within, say, a 15-minute drive. The closest thing is a Best Buy that's on the outskirts of Durham, and that only opened five or so years ago. In fact, in the entire metropolitan area, the only thing that comes close is a TigerDirect outlet, and it's nowhere near the Park.

(Now guess how many office supply stores there are. That's right. Still zero.)

I like living here, but there's basically nowhere decent to buy computer stuff. When the TigerDirect outlet is, without doubt, the best place for it, you've got serious problems.