Buies Creek is located 30 miles from Raleigh, home to large shopping malls, multi-screen cinemas, restaurants, museums, entertainment centers, and major college and professional sporting events. Raleigh was rated the 2006 4th Best Big City to Live In by Money Magazine.

Raleigh is also ranked the 2nd Best Place For Business and Careers in 2006 by Forbes Magazine. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill form the nationally recognized Research Triangle Park. It is home to major corporations, such as IBM, GSK, Cisco, and SAS, and an incubator for innovative entrepreneurs.