The Piedmont Triad.........

What in the world is the Piedmont Triad? You hear it everywhere you go in north central North Carolina. Piedmont? Triad? Let's see, triad means three of something grouped together. The airport is called PTIA for Piedmont Triad International Airport, The state itself is a rough triangular shape.

Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill are known as the Research Triangle. Lots of triangles in North Carolina! The early colonist wore tri-corner hats; naw, that has nothing to do with it. If the research triangle is a collection of intellectual chattel that synergizes around three great universities then what in the world is the Piedmont Triad? A group of three cities clustered together on the Piedmont.
So, what is a piedmont? "A plain lying at or near the foot of a mountain", the latin root is pedimontium  meaning literally "foot of mountain".

The Appalachian Mountains are just west of three major cities that are clustered together in central North Carolina. So, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point and surrounding counties are the Piedmont Triad.  Obviously, the piedmont runs the length of the Appalachians, but this Mid-Atlantic trio of cities seized the claim of Piedmont Triad to describe a land of economic opportunity and growth and a highly desirable standard of living. Everything from education to the arts and from manufacturing to sales abounds in the Piedmont Triad. The quality of life is enhanced in every way.
What is the Piedmont Triad? A group of three major cities and the surrounding counties that synergize  opportunity, quality of life and growth. It is one of the most beautiful areas in the country and offers the highest levels of living and education at affordable prices.
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