"Charlotte a crappy city"

[Brooklyn Bully]

I did 18 years in Charlotte. Loved my time there. But I am beyond happy where I am now. I'll never move back. But if the only thing I can knock is that Charlotte is a bit dull ... yes me, mister asshole, then that says something about the city. :)

 

Now DURHAM ... THAT was a crappy city.

[ncmonzta]

I did 18 years in Charlotte. Loved my time there. But I am beyond happy where I am now. I'll never move back. But if the only thing I can knock is that Charlotte is a bit dull ... yes me, mister asshole, then that says something about the city. :)

 

Now DURHAM ... THAT was a crappy city.

 

Don't talk about Durham.  I grew up there.  Where else can you have a nice neighborhood right down the street from the projects on every side of town? nowhere, that's where!!! Downtown is only for jail,court, and crackheads and that's the way it should be. 

[†William Moore†]

Ever been to Atlanta?

Now that's a crappy city.

Charlotte is not that bad. There are a hell of a lot more cities that are worse than Charlotte, like 75% of the north east

lol what? atlanta? Much better than the town of nothingness known as Charlotte. Hardly a crappy city, have you ever lived there or are you just projecting?

[Hotsauce]

lol what? atlanta? Much better than the town of nothingness known as Charlotte. Hardly a crappy city, have you ever lived there or are you just projecting?

I have lived and own houses in both.

Thanks for playing.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Where you live is much like college, it is what you make of it.

 

losers who let their space define them instead of vice versa tend to be the ones who whine the most about a city "having no personality".

 

 

[Happy Panther]

I moved to the area in 1990. My uncle had to blow through town on a business trip around then and I offered to give him a ride to the airport. Meet me at 5:00 uptown at this restaurant. It was closed and he luckily hailed me down as I was driving by.

 

The uptown area would simply shut down at 5:00 on a Friday. Part of the problem is that the population had been moving further and further out of town and developments like Hornets Stadium weren't downtown. There weren't the condos and lofts uptown that we have now.

 

Anyway much different now. We do have good restaurants but it isn't NYC or anything.

[MadHatter]

Now I live in VA, was raised in M.D. I have family in Wilmington and love visiting. It's so friendly with people when I visit (compared to D.C. and va)

I have never been to Charlotte and never seen a home Panthers game. Plan on finally making the trip this season. Anyways. ..

This is what was said to me by a coworker the other day. They said there was not a lot going on in the heart of the city even on mid Saturday when they were there. Another coworker that lived there for a few years agreed that it was "crappy". People were unfriendly and didn't like her because she was a Yankee (even though she is from wva and MD)

All I have heard of the city is that it's one of the fastest growing cities in the country and very pretty. Who is correct? Do their statements have merit?

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Not sure why they would say they did not like her because she was a Yankee.....because about 80% of the people in Charlotte are from the Northeast.

[Happy Panther]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/13/4691085/uptown-dead-after-hours-just-try.html#.UwJbU_nw_As

 

Urban planner Michael Gallis, working late one afternoon in his uptown office, was stricken by an attack of the munchies.

 

So he pulled on his suit jacket, walked out his office door at 437 S. Tryon and ambled across the street to the Papers & Paberbacks newsstand in the Wachovia Center at 400 S. Tryon, where he expected to buy a Snickers bar. “I figured it would take about two minutes,” he said.

 

The newsstand and the restaurant in the Wachovia Center were closed.

 

The two-minute trip escalated into a 30-minute, 10-block trek as Gallis, becoming more determined with each step, desperately sought a candy bar after 5:30 p.m. in uptown Charlotte.

 

 

 

From 1993. There is an update in today's observer which I have not read.

[Brooklyn Bully]

But once he got one, where did he deep fry it? #southjoke

[Happy Panther]

But once he got one, where did he deep fry it? #southjoke

Hopefully in the tears of a Yankee.

[Guest Dark Knight]

I didn't really care for Charlotte when I lived there but it's far from a crappy city. It's very clean & has grown by leaps & bounds in just the last 20-30 years.

I like Asheville much better but Charlotte isn't bad.

[Squirrel]

Much better than it used to be.   I remember when Charlotte was hosting the NCAA final four and had to create a street for activities for visitors because downtown was so dead.  BTW calling it uptown is so retarded.    But I will have to agree with some poster here no culture in Charlotte.

[Darth Biscuit]

I've lived in or near Wilmington all my life... certainly not a metropolitan area to say the least...  

 

I've been to Charlotte many times and hung out downtown quite a lot both during the day and night...

 

Is it NYC?  No.  Is it nice, absolutely.

 

I would live there in a heartbeat.

[Johnny Rockets]

Much better than it used to be.   I remember when Charlotte was hosting the NCAA final four and had to create a street for activities for visitors because downtown was so dead.  BTW calling it uptown is so retarded.    But I will have to agree with some poster here no culture in Charlotte.

Why? I hear it used pretty much by everyone and to me it's never come across as something that doesn't sound right. Not diasgreeing, just curious to the reasoning.