Another in the string of back-handed compliments from this magazine-- aren't they the same ones who had their "Top 20 Douchiest Colleges" list, that had Duke at #2, because they said (roughly) "we don't want to be responsible for voting Duke #1 in anything"... even when Duke wins, it seems like a loss...
To be fair, I hear from someone close to me (who has now lived on 4 of the 6 populated continents) that she now chooses to live in Durham because it has become such a cool, dynamic town in the last 5-10 years, especially on the restaurant front.