Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A North Carolina suburb once ranked as the state’s top “boomtown” — and the accolades keep coming. Apex, just southwest of Raleigh ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. U.S. News studied population and search data to determine the most desirable cities. The Raleigh suburb of Apex ranks No. 10 in the ...