When will Charlotte enter the "world's best cities" league? (construction, quality of life)
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Ipsos-Mori, a London based firm, surveyed people from five continents as to the world's greatest cities. NY, Paris, and London were voted the world's best. L.A. and D.C. were the only other US cities among the top 20.
I think that Charlotte needs to advertise internationally to raise its profile. What does NY have that we don't?
We have:
1. world class shopping in South Park and North Lake;
2. World class museums;
3. World class dining (e.g., Merts, 131 Main, and Firebirds); and
4. An international finance center.
Unlike NY, we have friendly people, awesome schools, and great weather. Many people in NY pay $40k/yr for private elementary and high school schools that probably aren't even as good as Hawk Ridge.
Perhaps if the Chamber of Commerce advertised Charlotte in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, we would get visitors from those places.
Also, NY is building scores of 50 stores+ towers right now that is fueled, in part, by foreigners' purchases of second homes. If Charlotte attracts those visitors and they see how awesome it is, we could suddenly have 30 fifty story+ towers under construction in Uptown, and our skyline would grow by a factor of 10.
What do y'all think?
By the way, I hope that y'all had a happy Rosh Hoshanah!
Hmm, can you actually not like a "world's best city"? I've been to all the cities on the list, to visit it's nice, to live - not so much. I can't stand the fact that in London and NY, taxes and traffic have made it cost-prohibitive to have a car there. London even more so where it's a form of social control to tax drivers so much that they don't want to drive in London. Anyway that is a peeve of mine. NYs infastructure IMO is horrible and embarrasing. For the amount of money and wealth there it hasn't really changed in 50 years - I am speaking primarily of the transit system. I spent a lot of time there in the last two years and with this summers heat, I finally knew what it must be like be completely in a conventional oven waiting for a train.
I know lots of Europeans who look at the Carolinas as great - from a natural beauty and friendliness point of view (and I agree). There's "just enough" to do that you're not bored. Anyway NY is less that a 2 hr plane ride so I can get that uber big city experience pretty much on demand.
Subways in NYC have their characters. Most people don't bat an eye. Just another day on the J Train. No big deal.
Bum enters light rail in Charlotte. Asks for any change. Says "god bless". Leaves 2 stops later. Complete strangers talk about weirdo as soon as he exits, and how crazy that was.
Small example of many I've noticed over the years.
Others may have a different POV. That's cool, too.
That has nothing do with not minding your own business.
The best thing about Charlotte is what we are, not what we are not.
I'll take Charlotte any day over NY City as a place to live.
I'll take the state of NC any day over NY state.
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Originally Posted by noname13
In response to the original poster. Obviously you are not a world traveler. You state World class dining? The dining in Charlotte is OK, not bad, but NOT WORLD CLASS.
You have clearly never gone to Mr K's on South Blvd for some World Class Hamburgers, Corn Dogs, Ice cream dipped in chocolate on a cone, and fountain drinks.
Last edited by cheesecracker; 09-07-2013 at 07:13 PM..
This new 1,050 foot tower was built with foreign capital, and most of the units, with prices reaching $10k/sf, were bought by foreigners. There currently are nine more towers between 1,000' and 1,400 under construction or about to start in NYC, including the second one posted below. The two penthouses in the first tower both sold for over $90m.
If we could attract that foreign money by an overseas advertising campaign, we could transform our skyline from having only four or five towers taller than 500 feet to over 100! This is especially true, since, unlike paying $10k/sf in NY or London, a similar unit in Charlotte would cost only $100/sf. Foreigners would readily pay 1/100th of the prices in NY, London, or HK. We need to let the world know that Charlotte has arrived!
Last edited by ShlomoLowenstein; 09-08-2013 at 08:24 AM..
This new 1,050 foot tower was built with foreign capital, and most of the units, with prices reaching $10k/sf, were bought by foreigners. There currently are nine more towers between 1,000' and 1,400 under construction or about to start in NYC, including the second one posted below. The two penthouses in the first tower both sold for over $90m.
If we could attract that foreign money by an overseas advertising campaign, we could transform our skyline from having only four or five towers taller than 500 feet to over 100! This is especially true, since, unlike paying $10k/sf in NY or London, a similar unit in Charlotte would cost only $100/sf. Foreigners would readily pay 1/100th of the prices in NY, London, or HK. We need to let the world know that Charlotte has arrived!
Seriously dude, you've beaten this joke into the ground.
If it brings with it the stench of New Yourk I hope never.
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