Give Me the Low Down on Charlotte, NC

[NYPantherFan]

Looking for some helpful advice - my family and I are looking to make the move from Western NY and Charlotte has come up as a potential landing spot. I work in the mortgage industry and Charlotte has several opportunities with companies I am looking at. So I'm hoping the friendly people from the Huddle can give me some insight on the city.

 

Mainly I'm looking for some of the nicer areas/neighborhoods to look for houses either in the city or surrounding areas. But any information on the city would be great!

 

 

[4Corners]

don't move here

[Chimera]

We are over the limit on New Yorkers

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[Herbert The Love Bug]

Don't come here. Last thing we need is more yankees coming down here

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[TheRumGone]

He's a panther fan cut him some slack

[Kevin Greene]

http://www.bigbuttbbq.com/catering.html#!aboutus/c1alk

Yankees come down and show them what up all the time.

[Night Prowler X]

If you're raising a family, or plan on it in the near future, Charlotte is a great place to live.

If you're single and want to live in a city with culture, run away from Charlotte as fast as you can.

[Zod]

If you're raising a family, or plan on it in the near future, Charlotte is a great place to live.

If you're single and want to live in a city with culture, run away from Charlotte as fast as you can.

 

Spot on.

[Anybodyhome]

Didn't we just see this same thread?

 

Thought so...

 

[Doyle]

Come on down.  We'll have you squealing like a pig in no time.

 

 

[SCP]

Charlotte and the surrounding areas are great for raising a family. My biggest issue with the transplants down here now is they get here then bitch about everything and rip on the south. So yah, don't do that.

[SCP]

Ft Mill/Tega Cay SC area is awesome. Better schools and lower taxes and it's a 15 minute drive to BofA stadium. Might as well move here, every other Yankee already is.

[Anybodyhome]

So I'll just copy and paste from the other thread:

 

Highest sales taxes in the state, highest property taxes in the state.

Infrastructure is atrocious. Interstate system has been struggling to catch up for 20 years. Traffic is horrible.

Uptown/downtown is rather sterile and generic- nothing to really make you remember, "Charlotte!"

Usual mix of upscale restaurants and art galleries trying to make in-roads.

 

There's just no real draw to the city. There are so many more smaller cities around that have much better selling points than Charlotte- Greenville SC, Charleston, Asheville...

 

And to add:

Since moving to the east coast in 1992, I've lived in Greensboro, Asheville and Eastern NC and own a couple properties on the southern NC coast. My wife, who is originally from NYC area and has lived here since 1985, has been offered a couple opportunities in Charlotte over the years and, despite the fact we had PSLs for 17 years and travel to Charlotte many times during the season, there is nothing that is drawing us to live there.

[Chimera]

He's a panther fan cut him some slack

 

His wife is a Steeler fan.