Why is Research Triangle Park (RTP) often datelined like a city by local media?
Despite its ever-growing reputation, RTP is simply a business park, not a city nor other municipality. To be most accurate, stories about RTP should be datelined “Durham, N.C.,” the nearest major city. Stories also could be accurately datelined “Durham at Research Triangle Park.” Some media get confused by the Durham postal substation called ” RTP, NC 27709″ and mislabel the Park as a city. No doubt other media that steadfastly insist on the misuse of datelines have an ulterior motive of signaling Raleigh’s dominance in the region. Fortunately, the Triangle always has been distinctive as “polycentric,” with no single dominant city-a geographical fact reinforced by the Federal government’s 2003 MSA definitions, which created one metro centered around Durham and another called Raleigh-Cary.
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