That area is a huge car culture city. You’re lucky if these major roads even have sidewalks.
For someone living in Europe, this seems slightly surreal :-p
You might have a bit of a shock in SE Asia then
I’ve never been there unfortunately. How is the car culture there? How does the people without cars get by?
Scooters/motorbikes (not the e-scooters you stand on). There are also various degrees of public transit. But, while there are some exceptions like Singapore, a lot of large SE Asian cities are congested sprawl that takes forever to get around.
Raleigh itself has a nice if small downtown area. But much of the remaining Research Triangle area is spread out industrial parks (as well as some university campuses, Durham), suburban residential, etc.