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"Nightlife in Charlotte fucking sucks, guys."

please, you just don't know what you're doing

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 2:40 PM. Reason : 3]

2/21/2006 2:40:14 PM

Well, getting drunk/randomly hooking up doesn't appeal to me very much. And there isn't much else to do, unless you happen to like watching teenagers pretending to be antidisestablishmentarian "artists" (aka emo bands).

It's not THAT bad, but there isn't really anything to do if you're not the clubbing sort (I've had shitty luck finding good evening lounges/cafes), and even if you are, there isn't much variety in the clubbing scene.

2/21/2006 2:52:12 PM

i mean uptown is pretty cool

very clean and nicely organized with big pretty buildings

but the bar scene in charlotte is a lot of the same shit you can find in raleigh, just repackedged and reformatted. the house parties ive been to at State blow all the ones at UNCC out of the water though

i dunno, if i had to live in either, charlotte would be my choice simply because it's more urbanized and less like a gigantic suburb. raleigh was just way too small for me after growing up in a real city like DC.

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:04 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/21/2006 3:04:02 PM

the night life starts and stops at disovery place

2/21/2006 3:09:53 PM

DISCOVERY PLACE BE THE BOMB YO

2/21/2006 3:12:01 PM

I TOTALLY SLEPT THERE WHEN I WAS A CUB SCOUT.

HOW BOUT DEM APPLES!

2/21/2006 3:12:58 PM

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"Having lived in South Charlotte and Waxhaw during high school"

There is absolutely NOTHING in Waxhaw. And you had to drive around 30 minutes to get to anything. Am I right?

Quote :

"the only business around is banking/commerce."

What about the engineering firms and all of the NASCAR stuff? Have you been on IBM drive lately?

[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 3:18 PM. Reason : .]

2/21/2006 3:17:31 PM

yea Atlanta Jr.

2/21/2006 3:21:39 PM

Concord is where all the NASCAR shit is, get it right.

2/21/2006 3:23:19 PM

Quote :

"Have you been on IBM drive lately?"

I work by there

2/21/2006 3:33:28 PM

Lucky bastard. Anyone hiring?

2/21/2006 3:35:55 PM

Yeah, I just got hired

2/21/2006 3:42:59 PM

Quote :

"Concord is where all the NASCAR shit is, get it right."

You guys were the ones who brought Cary and RTP into the picture. So I brought in Concord.

Quote :

"I work by there "

I just got offered a job there too!

2/21/2006 3:46:57 PM

I work for a bank though - Charlotte is really big with the banks

2/21/2006 3:57:32 PM

let me guess, that big ass Wahcovia place.

2/21/2006 4:03:23 PM

IF YOU HAVENT LIVED IN CHARLOTTE AND RALEIGH EACH FOR 4-5 YEARS, DONT ACT LIKE YOU KNOW SHIT

also, if you're from mathews or mooresville or any other places NEAR charlotte and you like to say youre FROM charlotte and how it sucks, please stfu because you dont live in charlotte

2/21/2006 4:10:42 PM

I've lived in both for over 5 years

2/21/2006 4:13:04 PM

and you know whats up...i lived in raleigh for about 5 years...lived in charlotte over 20...charlotte is definitely the shit...women, bars, restaurants, pro sports that dont suck, stores, concerts, etc

only bad thing is the traffic...only things raleigh has over charlotte are:

1. NC State
2. closer to the beach

thats about it

2/21/2006 4:19:09 PM

i was born in charlotte, raised in matthews and have lived in raleigh for 4 years

do i get an opinion

this is it:

raleigh is a piece of fucking shit.

2/21/2006 6:30:28 PM

yep

2/21/2006 6:31:23 PM

I wish nc state was at the beach in wilmington. then imagine the possibilities...

2/21/2006 11:17:33 PM

Raleigh is not a city

when people think of a NC city they think Charlotte.

Take the capitol out of Raleigh and this place would dry up in 2 seconds

2/21/2006 11:29:38 PM

yeah, because being in the state capitol is such an advantage for all those companies in morrisville, cary, and rtp

and clearly, all the national publications must be wrong:

#1 Biotech Workforce
#3 Biotech Metro Overall (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Milken Institute, June 2004

#4 Best City for Dating (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Sperlings Best Places, May 2004

#2 Most Educated City (Raleigh, NC)
US Census Bureau-American Community Survey, 2002 (Released May 2004)

#2 Best Place for Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Forbes, May 2004

#4 Best City for Entrepreneurs and Small Business
#5 Best City for Economic Dynamism (Raleigh, NC)
Gold Guide Rankings, May 2004

#6 Best Public School System (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill MSA)
Expansion Management's MSA Education Quotient Rankings, April 2004

#1 City with the Happiest Workers (Raleigh, NC)
Hudson Employment Index, March 2004

#3 High Value Labor Market Quotient 2004
Expansion Management, March 2004

#4 City That Rocks (Raleigh, NC)
Esquire Magazine, April 2004

#3 Best Education In The Biggest Cities (Wake County Schools)
Forbes, February 2004

#1 Hottest Job Market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)
Business 2.0, March 2004

Hottest Town in the East (Cary, NC)
Money Magazine, January 2004

#6 Most Fun City
Cranium, January 2004

#4 Top State for New Business Sites and Facilities
Plants Sites and Parks, January 2004

#13 Hottest Cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Expansion Management Magazine, January 2004

"A generation from now, in 2020, the region will be home to almost two million people, larger than the present-day Charlotte, San Antonio, Orlando, or New Orleans regions. Each month, another 1,650 people call the Triangle home. In 1970, one of every ten North Carolinians lived in the MSA. Today, one of every seven does. In 2020, one of every six will. People in the MSA are mobile: 55% of the residents in 1990 had moved to their current home since 1985, three of every ten had lived in a different county and one of every six had arrived from out of state.

Population growth in the Raleigh Durham area has outpaced growth in every other NC MSA. From 1970-1995 there was an increase of 430,000 people. From 1995-2020, the area is projected to increase by 902,951 people."

Forgive me that I don't resent Raleigh.

2/22/2006 12:07:15 AM

moral of this thread...
the grass is always greener on the other side

2/22/2006 12:17:25 AM

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"oh and NoDa is fucking gay, what kinda hippster idiot came up with that name."

NoDa is an abbreviated form of North Davidson. It is a small old area about 10 mins North East of Downtown. It has a sweet ass Mellow Mushroom on one of the corners (it pwnts the one in Raleigh), numerous artsy places, a theater, and a ton of other stuff that I can't remember. I practically drove by there nearly every day. They've really done a pretty good job at cleaning up the area surrounding uptown. The ghetto areas are near Garinger High School on the East/North East side, where I grew up, then over on the West side, around West Charlotte High School, and West Meck in and around Freedom Drive and what not. The South side is rich and the North side is pretty nice. Some of the places like Myers Park are very nice and not too far from Downtown.

2/22/2006 3:21:12 AM

^^^
Where did you get a listing of all that info/source? Or did you randomly collect it? (I'm curios b/c I want to look up some additional info on both cities).

2/22/2006 6:23:04 AM

Quote :

"and clearly, all the national publications must be wrong: "

I guess so... since Raleigh and Cary suck ass

2/22/2006 8:08:32 AM

http://www.raleigh-wake.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=data-databook.html

that's where i got all the stuff, in the databook

2/22/2006 11:36:28 AM

^^^^^^Great job finding all of that...

But what about Charlotte's rankings?

And can't both cities be nice? I enjoy both.

2/22/2006 11:44:35 AM

"And can't both cities be nice? I enjoy both."

I absolutely agree, I think both are great places to live. Obviously people are going to have preferences. But to flat out say one or the other is shitty is incredibly ignorant.

I'm not positive about Charlotte's rankings, but I imagine they're all right up there too. They might be higher, in fact. The only point I was trying to make is that on a national scale Raleigh-Durham is recognized as being a great place to live. Charlotte is as well.

2/22/2006 1:09:56 PM

That pic of Charlotte on the last page is wrong. I moved to Charlotte in 1994 and the BofA tower was already built. And yet, I do not see it in that pic.

2/22/2006 1:42:59 PM

I moved to Charlotte early 1995 and was visitting during almost all 1994 and the "Nations Bank Building" was definitely up there

2/22/2006 1:53:34 PM

yeah. construction was finished in 92

2/22/2006 1:56:49 PM

yeah i think the pic is wrong b/c i moved in '91 and it was built soon after

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 4:17 PM. Reason : !]

2/22/2006 4:17:21 PM

One good thing about raleigh is that i can charge the shit out of these city people when doing stonework, landscaping etc.

2/22/2006 4:22:55 PM

...the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree/Dollar Value whatever stores are based in Charlotte. The guy that owns them is a bazillionaire and just opened the 6,000th Dollar Tree or whatever it is.

2/22/2006 6:02:20 PM

^
I hate Monroe road ... got my first traffic ticket there . It's Family Dollar btw.

I'm gonna check that link ... I'm curios how the population/square mileage/population density has changed in the last 10 years.

2/22/2006 6:37:47 PM

i'm gonna go visit terpball in charlotte one weekend.

3/6/2006 7:34:30 PM

going to discovery place tomorrow!!!!!!!!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!

3/6/2006 8:32:00 PM

you guys can have RTP....i'm a banker, i'll stay in charlotte.

3/7/2006 8:14:40 AM

haha, yah i guess i'm a "banker" too

3/9/2006 12:40:48 PM

im "bankin" on some brownies from your mom.

3/9/2006 12:51:08 PM