Obviously I am biased here. Raleigh is making all the "top places to live" lists for technology, 20s/30s crowds, etc... NCSU has some good things happening academically that are going to be coming through the pipeline. I've had numerous discussions with the higher ups here at state, and they are pretty excited about the direction the school is moving towards. I passed along your name to my contacts in that department - so hopefully that means something!
Like I said before, if you end up in Raleigh, bars would fear you and I walking through their doors.