Security in Raleigh is very good. Believe it or not, American universities have school policemen with guns, ha! Life is also very convenient. Hillsborough Street in front of the school has almost everything from 30 years ago. A & ampp Supermarket, Wachovia Bank (now it should be changed to Wells Fargo Bank), cinemas, post offices, Pizza Hut, fast food restaurants, bookstores, holiday hotels, topless bars (there used to be two, boys and girls, professors often go, especially ladies' night = free for ladies), rental rooms and so on. Now I don't know what to do. In the United States, you must have a car everywhere, but you can wait for half a year and get used to it before buying a used car. It is common to buy used cars in America. Getting a driver's license is a piece of cake, not as difficult as in China.