Hot spot for 'cruising' uptown attracts crowds...(CO article) (Charlotte: school, price)
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but uptown is safe! It is a million accidents waiting to happen. The citizens should be downright angry that this is being allowed to happen.
Hot spot for 'cruising' uptown attracts crowds | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/07/03/2425560/police-to-focus-monday-on-cruising.html - broken link)
but uptown is safe! It is a million accidents waiting to happen. The citizens should be downright angry that this is being allowed to happen.
Hot spot for 'cruising' uptown attracts crowds | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/07/03/2425560/police-to-focus-monday-on-cruising.html - broken link)
You can't blame them, it's where all the girls be!
Until they give the curfew laws some teeth AND charge the 22 year olds that associate with these kids with accessory, this is going to continue to be an issue.
but uptown is safe! It is a million accidents waiting to happen. The citizens should be downright angry that this is being allowed to happen.
Hot spot for 'cruising' uptown attracts crowds | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/07/03/2425560/police-to-focus-monday-on-cruising.html - broken link)
John Ballard says the lure is obvious: "This is where everybody hangs. ... This is where all the girls be."
This story is written in a much more positive tone than it should be. I love how they completely gloss over than an 11-year-old was hanging out in this environment at 11:30 p.m. as if that's edgy/cool.
This story is written in a much more positive tone than it should be. I love how they completely gloss over than an 11-year-old was hanging out in this environment at 11:30 p.m. as if that's edgy/cool.
There is a whole segment of the population here that does, indeed, think that is cool. Part of the story is between the lines . . . where are these kids' parents? Obviously, they are the same disengaged parents who don't know what their kids are doing at school (assuming their kids are still in school) - and further, don't give a rat's ass.
Uptown Charlotte is becoming Downtown real fast . . .
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It is a million accidents waiting to happen. The citizens should be downright angry that this is being allowed to happen. 
