Charlotte is better than ATL

[UserNameless]

palebones & pinktoes*

Also just older folks with families, retirees , techies , biotechies, academicians, military types ...









Negroes want a never ending, IG-worthy party scene tho

 

[staticshock]

This is actually a good question and should be considered when moving to any city.


When I had moved to Columbus, Ohio back in the early/mid 2000s, I was tryna find a burb to get an apartment in. Somebody I worked with suggested Hilliard. I went and spent a few hrs there and saw TWO Black ppl TOTAL.

I cant live like that.

When someone says Atlanta these days I don’t even think about the actual city of Atlanta. Black folks have a strong hold on the majority of the suburbs.

 

[010101]

Also just older folks with families, retirees , techies , biotechies, academicians, military types ...









Negroes want a never ending, IG-worthy party scene tho

trick culture is the main attraction you know what time they on..........*

 

[Buckeye Fever]

When someone says Atlanta these days I don’t even think about the actual city of Atlanta. Black folks have a strong hold on the majority of the suburbs.

Atlanta is a great city. I know the violence is serious, but there is so much there in terms of suburbs where you wont even encounter that violence, and you will be living around other Black ppl in those suburbs

Usually, when someone "escapes" to the burbs, it is around white ppl.

I only been to ATL 3 times, but I always enjoyed myself when I was there. My uncle moved there from Chicago over 20 yrs ago. He aint leavin Atlanta

 

[staticshock]

Atlanta is a great city. I know the violence is serious, but there is so much there in terms of suburbs where you wont even encounter that violence, and you will be living around other Black ppl in those suburbs

Usually, when someone "escapes" to the burbs, it is around white ppl.

I only been to ATL 3 times, but I always enjoyed myself when I was there. My uncle moved there from Chicago over 20 yrs ago. He aint leavin Atlanta

shyt really is amazing.

we got subdivisions in different suburbs with 8 bedroom homes and they’re all black owned




They pushed most of us out the city around the time the olympics came, and we made the suburbs our own. You can find anything you need in a suburb and you won’t run across a white person for a good 3 or 4 days.

only time I have to go downtown is for a Hawks or falcons game or to a black own restaurant, but other than that suburbs here have everything we need and they’re only a good 5-40 min from downtown/midtown

 

[AVXL]

@AVXL there isn’t really strong black culture in Charlotte. They’re working on it tho . Will never come close to Atlanta’s level because the social infrastructure is too white washed . From private citizenry , to government to business .

So what runs Charlotte? I’ve always thought it was a banking and NASCAR town

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Does Charlotte have desirable black suburbs like Atlanta, or are all the black folk inside Charlotte proper?

I’ll have to let the Charlotte born and raised bruhs tell you more but I was just in a neighborhood called Hyde Park and there were a lot of black folks living in nice homes there. The bruh I talked to said it’s a black neighborhood and was shocked that I knew nothing about it.

 

[UserNameless]

So what runs Charlotte? I’ve always thought it was a banking and NASCAR town

Banking is still king . But there are your usual , traditional employers that many many black Charlotteans work for: Government, Healthcare , k-12 education , airlines , retail

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Does Charlotte have desirable black suburbs like Atlanta, or are all the black folk inside Charlotte proper?

That’s a good question, you never really hear about black suburbs around Charlotte. I’ve always assumed most well-to do Black folks live within Charlotte itself.

 

[jwonder]

They still both wack and bible belt cities.

 

[Hollywood Co]

When someone says Atlanta these days I don’t even think about the actual city of Atlanta. Black folks have a strong hold on the majority of the suburbs.

Exactly

As someone who is from Atl, grew in the Carolinas and now back in Atl, Charlotte is a growing city but not necessarily for all black folks.

I know it’s a slower city but Columbia SC probably has a more diverse black population and culture than Charlotte.

 

[AVXL]

Exactly

As someone who is from Atl, grew in the Carolinas and now back in Atl, Charlotte is a growing city but not necessarily for all black folks.

I know it’s a slower city but Columbia SC probably has a more diverse black population and culture than Charlotte.

i got family in Blythewood but I’m usually at my in laws house when we’re down there. I can’t really speak on Columbia’s black culture all the way but I do get more of a sense of it there and people in Columbia just drive up to Charlotte for that big city feel

 

[Bryan Danielson]

So what runs Charlotte? I’ve always thought it was a banking and NASCAR town

Definitely Banking..... but not NASCAR.

No one gives a fukk about NASCAR. Matter fact, I’ve worked with a lot of white people over the years and not once have I heard one discuss going to a NASCAR game yet alone liking it.

I would add that it’s ran by Tech, Food, and Arts/Culture now at this point too

 

[AVXL]

Definitely Banking..... but not NASCAR.

No one gives a fukk about NASCAR. Matter fact, I’ve worked with a lot of white people over the years and not once have I heard one discuss going to a NASCAR game yet alone liking it.

I would add that it’s ran by Tech, Food, and Arts/Culture now at this point too

Yea ok cool. I say that because Atlanta is a consumer products (think Chik Fil A, Home Depot, Coca Cola), logistics (Delta, UPS, Hartsfield Jackson Airport, 4 major highways) and now emerging tech hub for the Southeast in addition to being the home of the Civil Rights movement and a cultural Mecca for black people. It’s these areas where black people get strength in Atlanta to influence shyt (the city has also had a black mayor for over 4 decades in a row).

In what industries or in what ways are black people running Charlotte (legit question b/c I don’t know)?

 

[Big Boss]