Cityscape
Cities that are considered Raleigh suburbs are cities that are part of the Triangle metropolitan area. Greater Raleigh consists of all Raleigh neighborhoods outside of downtown, and the surrounding Triangle cities.

Raleigh is divided into at least five subdivisions, each of the subdivisions use the Raleigh address and postcode, starting with 276. Old Raleigh ("inside the beltline") is home to many 20th-century neighborhoods, the City Market, Fayetteville Street Mall (re-opened as a thoroughfare in mid-2006), North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State Capitol, Peace College, Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh Convention and Conference Center, Shaw University, Meredith College, and Saint Augustine's College. The neighborhoods in Old Raleigh include Boylan Heights, Country Club Hills, Five Points, Glenwood, Brooklyn, Hayes Barton, Moore Square, Mordecai, and Oakwood.

East Raleigh is along Capital Boulevard near the I-440 beltline to New Hope Road. Most of East Raleigh's development is along established corridors such as US 1 (Capital Blvd), Business US 64 (New Bern Ave), Poole Rd, Buffaloe Rd, and New Hope Rd. Enloe High School and Southeast Raleigh High School are both in this area. It is bordered to the east by the town of Knightdale.

West Raleigh is near Hillsborough Street and Western Boulevard. The area is bordered to the west by the town of Cary. It is home to the North Carolina State University campus, Pullen Park, and Cameron Village. Also in West Raleigh are Avent Ferry Road, Blue Ridge Road, Lake Johnson, Raleigh Little Theatre, Theatre in the Park, St. Mary's School, and Municipal Rose Garden.

North Raleigh ("outside the beltline") is a large area containing several large and established neighborhoods, as well as quickly developing rural areas. Recently, the area that is considered true North Raleigh begins near the corner of Six Forks and Wake Forest Roads and is bounded by Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) to the east and Falls Lake to the north.

North Raleigh is the location of most of Raleigh's shopping malls: Crabtree Valley Mall, Triangle Town Center, North Hills, and Brier Creek. Also located in North Raleigh are greenway trails Shelley Lake, Lake Lynn, and Lake Crabtree.