Is Charlotte Catching Up To Atlanta?

[8SD8-retired_member]

This doesn't have shit to do with where I'm moving.

Someone just told me that THEY'RE moving to Charlotte because it's only a few years away from being equal to the ATL.

That shit doesn't sound right, but they claim to know what they're talking about.

 

[Amajorfucup]

Hell no. Not even close. But dont tell the clowns in Charlotte this.

 

[jasonblacc]

How are the IT jobs down there? I'm in the running for a position down there with my current company. If the money's right, I'm gone, but I want my girl to come with me and she has an IT degree.

 

[Blu Diablo]

Charlotte, at one point, was a nice little low spot and it still has it's decent areas but it has kinda fallen off and it's nowhere near ATL.

 

[FJP]

Charlotte definitely is turning into the new ATL which really isn't a good thing. It reminds me of mid 90's ATL. Flourishing economy, everywhere you go it seems like something is getting built, and lot's of transplants. The only difference is that while you can basically get everything in ATL in Charlotte....its a hell of alot cheaper to live in Charlotte. I love Charlotte. I'm trying to move there but my career at this point won't allow it.

Charlotte is definitely becoming crowded like ATL...But then again it could be because I think ATL is so overrated. From the women..to everything else. The Club Scene has gone down. Seems like everybody is either a fake rapper or a fake dope boy. Shit is hilarious.

 

[Blu Diablo]

How are the IT jobs down there? I'm in the running for a position down there with my current company. If the money's right, I'm gone, but I want my girl to come with me and she has an IT degree.

It may be a good spot for IT because it's a major finance center and those systems need to be maintained.

 

[REDLINE]

I would say no, only because Charlotte traded away Gerald Wallace so I don't see them making the playoffs this year. We'll really have to see what moves MJ makes in the next couple of years to truly see where Charlotte ranks. Atlanta appears to be focused on building a winning team, so in a few years I still see Atlanta being the better city.

 

[woodchuck]

No.

 

[dalandofmilkandhoney]

They aint got enough strip clubs....not gonna happen.

 

[Chiyo]

Ive lived in Atlanta all of my life, but can someone please tell me whats so good about Atlanta?

Public transport is shit
Weather kinda sucks
City isnt that nice
Women selection is ok...but so are all big cities
Cost of living is ok, but thats the south for the most part.

What am I missing?

 

[dray]

Not even close bruh

 

[dalandofmilkandhoney]

Ive lived in Atlanta all of my life, but can someone please tell me whats so good about Atlanta?

Public transport is shit
Weather kinda sucks
City isnt that nice
Women selection is ok...but so are all big cities
Cost of living is ok, but thats the south for the most part.

What am I missing?

 

[jasonblacc]

It may be a good spot for IT because it's a major finance center and those systems need to be maintained.

Props!!!! she works NY Melon so it should be an easy transition for her then.

 

[kwazdog]

Everybody in ATL knows that Charlotte is Atlanta 20 years ago. It's just 1991 in Charlotte. I recall reading an article in the Creative Loafing about this very subject. Charlotte's infrastructure and culture has a ways to go.

 

[CobraKai]

Ive lived in Atlanta all of my life, but can someone please tell me whats so good about Atlanta?

Public transport is shit
Weather kinda sucks
City isnt that nice
Women selection is ok...but so are all big cities
Cost of living is ok, but thats the south for the most part.

What am I missing?

The grass is always greener dude...I'll tell you with no hesitation Ya'll have the most beautiful Black women. Not women as a whole, I'll peg that to my hometown of Miami. As someone who doesn't live there but visits often, I can say ATL is all that, always have a blast and always something to do. You might feel differently when you move somewhere else.

 

[Chiyo]

Stripclubs?

 

[Chiyo]

The grass is always greener dude...I'll tell you with no hesitation Ya'll have the most beautiful Black women. Not women as a whole, I'll peg that to my hometown of Miami. As someone who doesn't live there but visits often, I can say ATL is all that, always have a blast and always something to do. You might feel differently when you move somewhere else.

Most beautiful black women?

Is that really it? This place is all of that over some bitches man?

 

[8SD8-retired_member]

I need to alert my friend that he's in for a RUDE AWAKENING if he's expecting Charlotte to be like Atlanta. I've been to Charlotte a few times in the last six months, and it seems more like a huge assed town than anything.

I did not get the big city vibe from it.

 

[kwazdog]

I need to alert my friend that he's in for a RUDE AWAKENING if he's expecting Charlotte to be like Atlanta. I've been to Charlotte a few times in the last six months, and it seems more like a huge assed town than anything.

I did not get the big city vibe from it.

Nope. (as in yup)


ATL is huge in comparison, lots of nooks and crannies like east atlanta and the higlands that you wont find unless you spend weeks there. I suspect the population count is off by at least 500,000 ppl. So it's probably even bigger than the census reports. There are down sides to this. ATL seemed over saturated before I left almost 2 years ago. I would Imagine life living in Charlotte to be slower and a bit less stressful (By souther standards). This can be a good thing depending on ones "stage" in life.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Charlotte is probably too small to be the next Atlanta but they get compared anyway because they are so close to each other and you get alot of people moving back and forth. One thing about ATL, there is so much traffic at all times of the day for no apparent reason. I'm talking about 8 lane highways backed up, i will never understand it...

 

[woodchuck]

Ive lived in Atlanta all of my life, but can someone please tell me whats so good about Atlanta?

Public transport is shit
Weather kinda sucks
City isnt that nice
Women selection is ok...but so are all big cities
Cost of living is ok, but thats the south for the most part.

What am I missing?

The fact that you're still here. You're an adult. If you don't like it. Leave.

 

[kwazdog]

Charlotte is probably too small to be the next Atlanta but they get compared anyway because they are so close to each other and you get alot of people moving back and forth. One thing about ATL, there is so much traffic at all times of the day for no apparent reason. I'm talking about 8 lane highways backed up, i will never understand it...

Population got's to be 6 mil + .. All the unregistered "out of towners" and transplants staying with friends and family and illegal aliens.

 

[kwazdog]

Ive lived in Atlanta all of my life, but can someone please tell me whats so good about Atlanta?

Public transport is shit
Weather kinda sucks
City isnt that nice
Women selection is ok...but so are all big cities
Cost of living is ok, but thats the south for the most part.

What am I missing?

The fact that you're still here. You're an adult. If you don't like it. Leave.

For example:

Try living in Camden New jersey for 6 months while working the night shift at Walmart.


ATL is/WAS a beacon of hope for financially struggling ppl up north, Students, artist like myself and a black playground for black ppl from "white places" (like Seattle, Arizona and Nor cal).


I used to see fiends nodding out of heron everyday driving around B-more, never seen that shit not even once in ATL out in the open.

 

[CobraKai]

Most beautiful black women?

Is that really it? This place is all of that over some bitches man?

Whoa whoa playa...I only mentioned that cause YOU brought up how the women there are "Comparable to any Big City"

I've been to them all and in my opinion I see the most Gorgeous sisters there. Now where that puts it in ranking is up to you. I'm single so I love it. A married man will feel differently.

In any case, You don't know what you have in the "A" if you live there and have to ask. Multiple Fortune 500 companies, Major Airport, Cheap Housing, Good Night life/Social Scene, Pro Sports etc. I'm not saying its perfect but it's a great spot to be. I suggest you travel a little so you can answer that question yourself.

 

[CurtDawg]

How are the IT jobs down there? I'm in the running for a position down there with my current company. If the money's right, I'm gone, but I want my girl to come with me and she has an IT degree.

There's more opportunity in the banking industry, if you live in Charlotte.
Nascar is big down there also.
Most of the IT jobs are located in...
The Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) area

 

[Kwame Coltrane]

Alot of Charlottes economy is related to the banking industry. So to me, it depends on how this financial crisis plays out

 

[KrafMatik]

I've been here in Charlotte about 6 months now. I love it here but it's nowhere close to Atlanta.

 

[JazzyBenz]

Alot of Charlottes economy is related to the banking industry. So to me, it depends on how this financial crisis plays out

This is a smart man talking real shit!!

Not even close to ATL....4 hrs apart...Leap years away!!

 

[IGet$$]

Charlotte is growing, we just landed the 2012 Democratic National Convention, CIAA is thriving although it does give visitors a false sense of how Charlotte really is. As far as a professional career, if you're not ready to compete for jobs in major markets (Atlanta, New york, DC) then Charlotte is a great place to start building your resume. Even though Charlotte has a strong banking presence (Wells Fargo, BofA, Fifth Third) Carolina Medical is by far the largest employer in Charlotte, so even if you're into IT I would assume Hospitals are implementing plenty of new updates for computer based record keeping systems.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

In some ways, yes but in other ways no.

Charlotte's never going to be on the scale of Atlanta, a true world class city, but it is in that space Atlanta held of "The Next Hot Southern City".
Hosting the CIAA every year and now the Democratic National Convention are big events for the city. Now we need forward thinking leadership to continue the city's growth.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

There's more opportunity in the banking industry, if you live in Charlotte.
Nascar is big down there also.
Most of the IT jobs are located in...
The Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) area

NASCAR's not that big in Charlotte (as can be noted by no one going to the HoF/museum) but in one of the suburbs, Mooresville, which is twenty miles north.

 

[8SD8-retired_member]

In some ways, yes but in other ways no.

Charlotte's never going to be on the scale of Atlanta, a true world class city, but it is in that space Atlanta held of "The Next Hot Southern City".
Hosting the CIAA every year and now the Democratic National Convention are big events for the city. Now we need forward thinking leadership to continue the city's growth.

Atlanta is a WORLD class city?

 

[IGet$$]

Atlanta is a WORLD class city?

Atlanta was considered a world class city when they hosted the 1994 Olympics

 

[4 Dimensional]

Not even close, but nothing to sleep on. its a great start for someone who is trying to make their way to major cities.

 

[freshnclean]

I would recommend Houston over Charlotte. Its a bigger, better city than Charlotte, but yet not as over saturated as ATL.

How are the IT jobs down there? I'm in the running for a position down there with my current company. If the money's right, I'm gone, but I want my girl to come with me and she has an IT degree.

Make sure you network and secure a few situations before you make that move. And as another poster said, instead of Charlotte, its best to try the Triangle(Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) for IT jobs. The 2 industries that are running Charlotte is Banking, and Healthcare. If you're work doesnt pertain to those 2 fields, you will have to go through hell and hot water to find work....And sometimes that may not be enough