Charlotte brehs, put me on yall city

[Bryan Danielson]

Again, there is a lot one can do here and if you need more options, CLT is fairly close to others options.

With that if anyone is struggling for shyt to do here…

Yall would HATE it in Raleigh

 

[African Peasant]

what specifically are yall looking for?

Like damn near everytime we hear something like this, when people break down what they looking for a lot of times it can be pointed out.

This.

What are OP is exactly looking for?

Stop treating cities like amusement park.

 

[murksiderock]

what specifically are yall looking for?

Like damn near everytime we hear something like this, when people break down what they looking for a lot of times it can be pointed out.

This is fair. Anybody who is new anywhere, needs some direction.

Atlanta. Been there my whole life and not feeling the changes to the city/getting priced out/needing a change of scenery. Everywhere I like is either too cold(Denver/Chicago) or too far/expensive(LA). Got a family too so I'm not just out here on some bachelor shyt neither.

Charlotte is a comfortable move, of yall choose to, because it is similar enough to Atlanta, and its close. It aint different enough, to give you culture shock....it would feel 'familiar', though not a spitting image of Atlanta.

I don’t know who “they” is.

It feels like people not from charlotte or out of state say that…. Nobody in Charlotte call this place the next Atlanta.

ATL got an stigma to it that overall no one in CLT wants attached to this city that. (No shade, no shots, no disrespect)

Also got more black people than ATL here (a coli breh posted a receipt in a thread earlier this year, so Not my words)

Charlotteans hate being compared to anywhere for some reason, but the closest comps to what Charlotte is, are Atlanta and Raleigh. When you have to explain to people in shorthand, "what is Charlotte like", saying that its a larger version of Raleigh, or a smaller version of Atlanta, gets the point across quick.

Obviously anybody can point detailed differences out if you want to get specific. Most places are like this, though. What is Dallas like? Kind of a smaller Houston. What is Buffalo like? A bigger version of Rochester, smaller version of Cleveland. What is Vegas like? Smaller, inland version of LA. Etcetera. All of these cities have details where they differ from the city its compared to, but the city in comparison provides a quick guage for people to draw a frame of reference to!

Cities don't truly end at the city borders, and what I mean by that is, there is no physical barrier stopping people from traveling in and out of the main city of a region. To this point, it isn't accurate to say Charlotte is blacker than Atlanta, for several reasons, because if you gonna say that, you might as well say Charlotte us bigger than Atlanta---->and nobody is going to both cities and having that impression, even slightly.

Atlanta is a more culturally black city than Charlotte because not only is Atlanta really black in-city, its really black in the surrounding suburbs. Charlotte is really black, borderline culturally black, but Charlotte is culturally white in a way that Atlanta isn't, because inside the city has that redneck beers and racing Nascar thing going, and surrounding suburbs of Charlotte, are on aggregate much whiter than Atlanta's.

Black population of both cities in 2023:

Charlotte city: 292,101 (32.1%)
Atlanta city: 233,941 (45.8%)

Atlanta metro: 2,092,478 (33.2%)
Charlotte metro: 605,814 (21.6%)

Even if you made the argument that Charlotte city has more black people, its still 13.7 percentage points less black than Atlanta city, which is pretty fukking dramatic. Yall argue for percentages when yall shytting on West Coast cities, Charlotte as a ratio just has way fewer black people...

And once you count in the surrounding suburbs, you talking somewhere with ~2.1 million black people, to one with ~600k. That's 3½ times less black than Atlanta, with a nearly 12-point drop in percentage, people can tell this difference when they are in the cities, bro. Mf's don't stop living at city borders, and at any rate the city of Atlanta is more black anyway.

With that said, Charlotte is pretty black, I'm not making the argument that it's isn't. But you said Charlotte has more black people than Atlanta, which just really isn't true.

 

[Professor K.]

Some other brehs kinda answered this question, I saw it last night but had to sit on it cuz I had jokes based off the sentence structure but aint wanna come off wrong while you in my “lame ass city”


Look man, one of the bigger problems for CLT is there is a little “too much” to do.

It’s like going to a restaurant that has like 1000 things on the menu so you take 30 mins trynna decide what to order vs going to a 5 Guys (ass city) where there is only like 4 things on the menu and you can pick faster.

It's pretty cool here actually, breh just tried me on the grammar and had to add that for dramatic effect

After last night down uptown I have a better feel for the city/nightlife and I see what you're saying about so many options. My only issue left now is I haven't really seen anywhere we would necessarily live. But breh above here gave a nice breakdown of the different areas so I'll check for that next trip

 

[murksiderock]

What i mean is that there is nothing in Charlotte can be identified as a "Charlotte" thing. No unique accent, music, food. There is no particular fashion, or a brand that is popular in Charlotte. Architecturally, it just look like any other southern city. The food scene is just okay, but Charlotte doesnt have a local cuisine, or even a unique take on a popular food item.

Both big NC cities have this issue. They both have a unique culture, it just isn't easily noticed or notable because both are still establishing themselves on a mainstream stage; both cities are still evolving in what their culture is...

It's there, though!

Tell people to stop moving here then lol. I keep hearing “it’s slow” and all that. Well people move here daily. Can’t be too slow. Charlotte used to be slow paced and it used to be easy to get around and do shyt. Good luck trying to get into any place during the peak hours of a Saturday afternoon I just hit 10 years here and Charlotte in 2025 is waaay different than Charlotte in 2015. I need my Charlotte bros to back me up here but shyt was lowkey better when we had to Epicentre and when it was easy to park and chill in Noda and shyt.

Bro a lot of places are alot different than they were a decade ago. That is not a uniquely Charlotte characteristic at all

I think calling Charlotte "slow" is somewhat unfair too, but you also have to establish someone's frame of reference on comparison. I've lived in both Charlotte and Atlanta, its absolutely slow coming from Atlanta, but to some people that is a positive.

Charlotte is fast-paced relative to what it used to be, but a lot of cities are lol. Charlotte is fast paced for Carolina, because the Carolinas are a notoriously chill and slow paced place.

Charlotte is not fast paced compared to many places, outside of those contexts.

Cherokee l


look in North Charlotte, WT. Harris, University, Northlake Mall area.

East Charlotte is where all the Hispanic people live

West Charlotte is Black (Freedom, Beatties Ford, Tuck, West Blvd

Avoid anywhere where you would have to take Independence (east Charlotte)

South Charlotte is white

North Charlotte is Black ( probably don't look by 85 and sugar greek or graham)

I love Charlotte. Moved here from Detroit in 2013 and love it

As of 2023, South Charlotte is:

47.6% white/15.7% black/6.7% Asian/12.4% Latino

North Charlotte is:

28.8% white/45.1% black/7.7% Asian/15.1% Latino

East Charlotte is:

28.2% white/36.6% black/6.8% Asian/26.7% Latino

West Charlotte is:

21.2% white/58.3% black/4.4% Asian/12.2% Latino

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Both big NC cities have this issue. They both have a unique culture, it just isn't easily noticed or notable because both are still establishing themselves on a mainstream stage; both cities are still evolving in what their culture is...

It's there, though!

Bro a lot of places are alot different than they were a decade ago. That is not a uniquely Charlotte characteristic at all

I think calling Charlotte "slow" is somewhat unfair too, but you also have to establish someone's frame of reference on comparison. I've lived in both Charlotte and Atlanta, its absolutely slow coming from Atlanta, but to some people that is a positive.

Charlotte is fast-paced relative to what it used to be, but a lot of cities are lol. Charlotte is fast paced for Carolina, because the Carolinas are a notoriously chill and slow paced place.

Charlotte is not fast paced compared to many places, outside of those contexts.

As of 2023, South Charlotte is:

47.6% white/15.7% black/6.7% Asian/12.4% Latino

North Charlotte is:

28.8% white/45.1% black/7.7% Asian/15.1% Latino

East Charlotte is:

28.2% white/36.6% black/6.8% Asian/26.7% Latino

West Charlotte is:

21.2% white/58.3% black/4.4% Asian/12.2% Latino

I get it bro. I’m just saying calling Charlotte slow in 2025 is kinda getting old now. My job is like 50% driving around the Charlotte area. When I first moved here it was easy to get around, it’s not as easy now. You got hundreds/thousands of people moving here because “Charlotte is a slow paced city” well look are what’s happening now. People are complaining about parking rates and rates to hang out in certain places.. I’m talking about true Charlotte folks. These people are really taxing now and treating this place like it’s Atlanta or New York or some shyt lol. I have no problem with it btw. I’ve been here long enough where I don’t have to hangout in Uptown anymore paying 30 plus to park to check out some event. I know Charlotte is a slower pace compared to other cities.. I mean I go to Nashville once a year and Charlotte def feels slower paced than there. I mean Raleigh feels slower than Charlotte to me. It’s all good though. That Charlotte is slow paced stuff is only going to go so far now since all these got damn people keep moving here… or to the little towns and cities surrounding it.

 

[Towlie]

The only thing Charlotte and ATL have in common is both cities are made up of transplants.

No one in Charlotte says we're the new ATL or baby ATL or nothing like that

Charlotte would never be ATL cause ATL is made up of a huge metro area with a small city population.

Charlotte's metro area will never grow like that besides maybe Concord.

The city is huge square mileage wise. Double the size of ATL

 

[murksiderock]

I feel you, but to a degree outside of like 5-8 cities. No one else really has that either.

No one saying CLT is NY, the 3 cities in Cali, Chi, Philly, MIA, 2 cities in Texas and etc.

Once you get past a few of the major cities in the country… it’s slim pickings for what you asking

also the last part is incorrect….. if you want a unique take on a popular food item check out my boy Chef Reynaldo

There are plenty of cities with a more notable culture than the Carolina cities. All it means is those places are more established in the national consciousness, and have been for longer.

NC cities have culture, it isn't as easily noticed because they are new to the mainstream limelight.

By the way, plenty of people prefer Raleigh over Charlotte, because while they are 'mostly' the same kind of city, the contrasts between the two can be more appealing to different people. But what this really highlights is how similar the cities are in the first place

I've said this before to you, and I'llsay it again. Native NC'ers like yourself tend to dramatize and exaggerate the differences between Raleigh and Charlotte; NC is all you guys have ever known, so you make these dramatic differences between the cities. People who come from the outside in, and venture to both cities, aren't biased for one city over the other, and can tell just how alike these places are.

Look up any criticism of Charlotte and Raleigh, and its literally the same shyt nothing to do, boring, suburban, spread out, lack of culture, too hot in summer, bland landscape and architecture....no culture, nothing to do

You natives exaggreate tge differences between the two but if they were that different they wouldn't draw the same critique literally across the board.

Charlotte is bigger and has a centralized downtown, where majority of the events and entertainment are. More major league sports, larger and more connected airport, more big name entertainers hit Charlotte. Raleigh has a more sophisticated education network from the ground up, is dead equal is festival style events with Charlotte, so its easy to see why mf's in Raleigh don't think Charlotte has more popping, its always events going on.

If people want to scratch a major league sports itch, they just go to Charlotte and come back, but our one major league team is more popular than any team in Charlotte, besides the Panthers, so Charlotte's "sports" thing gets overrated. Yall love Nascar and drag racing, Raleighites have high level D1 college athletics.

As the bigger city Charlotte has more luxury retailers than Raleigh (food, cars, clothes), but thats common; Atlanta offers way more of the same over Charlotte. Bigger cities have "more" of most stuff. Raleigh has a better arts scene and ask anybody who been in both cities, Charlotte nikkas are not fashionable Raleigh has more if a hustler's spirit, more creatives, Charlotte more blue collar minded (even though your largest industry is white collar, if you really know the city, Charlotte is blue collar as fukk).

People in Raleigh tend to have an authenticity to them that Charlotteans don't; a similarity Charlotte has to Atlanta is that whole "keep up with the Joneses", fantasy balling shyt. Mf's realky wanna "look the part" in Charlotte, rather than "be" the part.

These are specific differences that are minute in the grand scheme. Both cities are vastly suburban landscapes, designed the same, with cultures diluted by people from elsewhere. Both cities have a handful of popping areas outside downtown. Both cities have similar weather. If you are a visitor to both, you note Charlotte is larger, and larger appeals to some people, doesn't to others.

The gap in size between Atlanra and Charlotte, is bigger than the gap in size between Charlotte and Raleigh. People can discern this with their own eues and experience.

Again, there is a lot one can do here and if you need more options, CLT is fairly close to others options.

With that if anyone is struggling for shyt to do here…

Yall would HATE it in Raleigh

 

[Pressure]

Ain’t no way you were here 4th of July weekend and couldn’t find shyt to do.

 

[murksiderock]

I get it bro. I’m just saying calling Charlotte slow in 2025 is kinda getting old now. My job is like 50% driving around the Charlotte area. When I first moved here it was easy to get around, it’s not as easy now. You got hundreds/thousands of people moving here because “Charlotte is a slow paced city” well look are what’s happening now. People are complaining about parking rates and rates to hang out in certain places.. I’m talking about true Charlotte folks. These people are really taxing now and treating this place like it’s Atlanta or New York or some shyt lol. I have no problem with it btw. I’ve been here long enough where I don’t have to hangout in Uptown anymore paying 30 plus to park to check out some event. I know Charlotte is a slower pace compared to other cities.. I mean I go to Nashville once a year and Charlotte def feels slower paced than there. I mean Raleigh feels slower than Charlotte to me. It’s all good though. That Charlotte is slow paced stuff is only going to go so far now since all these got damn people keep moving here… or to the little towns and cities surrounding it.

Raleigh is slow paced, outside of the same contexts Charlotte is also fast paced in.

Raleigh is fast compared to what it used to be, and as the second largest city between DC and Atlanta, and the 3rd largest city in the 4-state radius of Virginia/North Carolina/South Carolina/Georgia (only Atlanta and Charlotte are bigger cities in this 4-state region), Raleigh is faster paced.

Richmond is a little smaller than Raleigh but I'd say Richmond is faster paced than either Rgh or Clt because its laid out completely different from Carolina cities. But Raleigh is in fact, the 3rd biggest city, in a 4-state region of the Southeast, that has ~36.5 million residents. 10.7% of Americans live in just those 4 states, and for the most part, if you are from those states but not Atlanta or Charlotte or NoVa, Raleigh is a pretty big and fast city.

All that to say, I agree Raleigh is slow as well and I didn't even intend to bring Raleigh into this, but you'll see Bryan couldn't help but bring up Raleigh in like his secind or third post. So the same way he defends Charlotte, I'm gonna defend Raleigh when mentioned too But another thread of similarity between the two, is how many more people are in Raleigh too, compared to 10, 20, 30 years ago. I don't think Raleigh has bad traffic or is tough to get around (I actually think Raleigh is really easy to navigate), but I'm in the minority. Bunch of people complain about traffic and shyt here.

Keep this shyt about Charlotte and its weaknesses, Bryan

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Respectfully My brother @murksiderock

I have NEVER heard no one compare or say Charlotte is a bigger Raleigh (All seriousness no trolling)


(now time for the jokes)

But I have heard people call Raleigh a nicer Durham or bigger Rocky Mount

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Raleigh is slow paced, outside of the same contexts Charlotte is also fast paced in.

Raleigh is fast compared to what it used to be, and as the second largest city between DC and Atlanta, and the 3rd largest city in the 4-state radius of Virginia/North Carolina/South Carolina/Georgia (only Atlanta and Charlotte are bigger cities in this 4-state region), Raleigh is faster paced.

Richmond is a little smaller than Raleigh but I'd say Richmond is faster paced than either Rgh or Clt because its laid out completely different from Carolina cities. But Raleigh is in fact, the 3rd biggest city, in a 4-state region of the Southeast, that has ~36.5 million residents. 10.7% of Americans live in just those 4 states, and for the most part, if you are from those states but not Atlanta or Charlotte or NoVa, Raleigh is a pretty big and fast city.

All that to say, I agree Raleigh is slow as well and I didn't even intend to bring Raleigh into this, but you'll see Bryan couldn't help but bring up Raleigh in like his secind or third post. So the same way he defends Charlotte, I'm gonna defend Raleigh when mentioned too But another thread of similarity between the two, is how many more people are in Raleigh too, compared to 10, 20, 30 years ago. I don't think Raleigh has bad traffic or is tough to get around (I actually think Raleigh is really easy to navigate), but I'm in the minority. Bunch of people complain about traffic and shyt here.

Keep this shyt about Charlotte and its weaknesses, Bryan

Richmond seemed really nice the one time I visited.

Also Raleigh ain’t bad lol. I just like Charlotte more. I only get up to Raleigh for work mostly so I’ll end up seeing different parts of it when I go. There was this really nice part of Raleigh that me and my co worker drove up on sadly after covering that mass shooting that happened in a nice neighborhood where I saw a ton on black folks. I was like I’d probably live out here if I lived in Raleigh. We went to that neighborhood then to a nice shopping area that was near there

 

[murksiderock]

Respectfully My brother @murksiderock

I have NEVER heard no one compare or say Charlotte is a bigger Raleigh (All seriousness no trolling)


(now time for the jokes)

But I have heard people call Raleigh a nicer Durham or bigger Rocky Mount

Because you from NC and I keep telling you that you natives have inherent biases and see these cities as more different than they are

I've lived in both cities and I'm not a native. They aint that different, brougham...

Richmond seemed really nice the one time I visited.

Richmond is fukking awesome. Its small though. But it's an amazing city...

 

[Bryan Danielson]

It's pretty cool here actually, breh just tried me on the grammar and had to add that for dramatic effect

After last night down uptown I have a better feel for the city/nightlife and I see what you're saying about so many options. My only issue left now is I haven't really seen anywhere we would necessarily live. But breh above here gave a nice breakdown of the different areas so I'll check for that next trip

yes CLT got a lot of spots for black people to go to or Lounge at, you gotta just figure out what vibe you want. I remember around March there was an Aggie Takeover things going on and a party at this spot on Central and when I was down there. I saw another black spot or lounge/club that I didn’t even know about.

There’s a bunch of stuff all over, you either just need to ride around or find your “tribe”

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Because you from NC and I keep telling you that you natives have inherent biases and see these cities as more different than they are

I've lived in both cities and I'm not a native. They aint that different, brougham...

Richmond is fukking awesome. Its small though. But it's an amazing city...

i wasn’t born in NC…. but I been here most of my life, so I claim it off of Longevity

I never wanted to be that type of cat like MJ to claim Brooklyn or Curry claiming Cleveland while neither of them really lived there more than a few months (though I was in DMV longer than both combined)

Got family in Philly, DMV, Jersey, NY, Alabama, Delaware, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Trust me…. I traveled around a lot in my life