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Old 10-05-2014, 02:43 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Is Charlotte the new Atlanta? - Charlotte Business Journal

Thought this was interesting. The author is the same author who wrote So, how weird is Charlotte? - Charlotte Business Journal
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:12 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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No.

Atlanta is approaching world class. Once it got the Olympics, ATL moved in a different tier. Charlotte will always be little sister desperately trying to mimic her sibling.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:23 AM
 
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Um no Charlotte is Charlotte outs not the next anything
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Old 10-05-2014, 09:28 AM
 
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Charlotte will always be little sister desperately trying to mimic her sibling.
LOL. The day Charlotte becomes Atlanta is the day I leave Charlotte.
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Atlanta is approaching world class. Once it got the Olympics, ATL moved in a different tier. Charlotte will always be little sister desperately trying to mimic her sibling.
Desperately? Enlighten me with examples.
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:46 PM
 
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Here's the original listing upon which the Charlotte Business Journal article is based: America's Top 5 Cities To Keep On Your Radar

If you read some of the headlines for the other cities, you'll see that the writer is engaging in a bit of exaggeration for effect: "It seems like everyone's moving to Richmond," "San Diego is the new Silicon Valley," "Minneapolis is the new... everything," etc. Don't read too much in the "Charlotte is the new Atlanta" headline.

But of course, people won't see this and it will devolve into another typical thread of this type.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:13 PM
 
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Oh no... Anything but this.
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Concord, NC
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Charlotte has a larger economy then Atlanta (weird, right?)
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Old 10-05-2014, 03:54 PM
 
Location: State of Being
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I hope Charlotte is not the new Atlanta.

Atlanta was a neat place to visit and somewhere I would consider living 30 years ago. I don't even like to visit there these days. Traffic is hell, crime is high.

So yeah, I hope Charlotte is not the new Atlanta.

PS> yes, I read the article. The writer was being sensational. Charlotte is Charlotte. I don't know why these writers have to bring Atlanta into it.
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Old 10-05-2014, 04:45 PM
 
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Charlotte has a larger economy then Atlanta (weird, right?)
Uhhh, no it doesn't. But Charlotte has a larger GDP per capita.
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