North vs. South Charlotte (Tryon: daycare, taxes, live in)

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by jerseygirl34

28273 is an industrial wasteland. What neighborhoods are there?

Are you for real?

That ignorant quote didn't even deserve a response!

[jerseygirl34]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

Are you for real?

My husband worked off of Westinghouse Blvd. in an enormous warehouse/office park on Granite. All you can smell is the Lance factory and the Continental Tire factory. Then you have S. Tryon. Where is there to live? I'm very much for real.

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by jerseygirl34

My husband worked off of Westinghouse Blvd. in an enormous warehouse/office park on granite. All you can smell is the Lance facotry and the Continental Tire factory. Then you have S. Tryon. Where is there to live. I'm very much for real.

28273 stretches along ways from Westinghouse Blvd & South Tryon St.

Perhaps before you make such a rude remark...you should venture out there and ride around. S. Tryon St. SOUTH of I-485 is quite nice and getting VERY built up!

I have no ties to that area but for you to make a statement like that was NOT called for!

What ZIP do you live in?

[jerseygirl34]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

28273 stretches along ways from Westinghouse Blvd & South Tryon St.

Perhaps before you make such a rude remark...you should venture out there and ride around. S. Tryon St. SOUTH of I-485 is quite nice and getting VERY built up!

I have no ties to that area but for you to make a statement like that was NOT called for!

What ZIP do you live in?

28226, if you must know.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by jerseygirl34

28273 is an industrial wasteland. What neighborhoods are there?

Jerseygirl - you know I love ya - but you are dead wrong on this one! That zip includes must of the southern end of Steele Creek - there are many fine neighborhoods there!

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by jerseygirl34

28226, if you must know.

28226...oh you live where there are 2 low income housing areas I see!

Providence Rd @ Old Providence Rd

and

Johnston Rd near 51!

[lovesMountains]

How about Huntington Forest, Steele Creek, The Crossings - all neighborhoods with homes in the $200's and up!

[jerseygirl34]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

Jerseygirl - you know I love ya - but you are dead wrong on this one! That zip includes must of the southern end of Steele Creek - there are many fine neighborhoods there!

Geez. Sorry. i just think it's an unattractive part of town. My approach was always off of South, down Westinghouse. You really have to agree with me that it is NOt an appealing stretch of road.

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by jerseygirl34

Geez. Sorry. i just think it's an unattractive part of town. My approach was always off of South, down Westinghouse. You really have to agree with me that it is NOt an appealing stretch of road.

So you are basing the WHOLE area (28273) on 1 little part. Shall we base 28226 on the 2 low income housing areas? Is it ALL that way?

[DBGNCSU05]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

NC DOT said they will NEVER widen I-485 in South Charlotte until the rest of the Loop is finished. That is fair! They should NOT get any special treatment.

When the whole I-485 Loop is finished then they will widen. That will be 10-15 years. Who would want to live in South Charlotte and deal with that for at least 10 more years of dead stop traffic. That is the only part of I-485 that is just 2 lanes on each side (South Charlotte).

I have lived in both North & South. I prefer Uptown. But if I had to choose, I would choose North Mecklenburg! If I were to choose South I would choose Fort Mill, SC!

Also...you can NOT say that all those ZIP codes listed are bad. I would NOT want to break down in some parts of ZIP Code 28031 (Cornelius...Smith Circle)! And Cornelius is know for being very upscale.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Very interesting, and I had not heard about that 485 part. I guess I'm a little jaded because all I hear about is the complaining of how the south part needs to be widened. Thanks for sharing that!

Also I will echo your sentiments: uptown is very nice and probably as safe (if not safer) than the 'burbs of Charlotte. One more thing I will mention is that surrounding counties (Union, Cabarrus, Iredell) have lower taxes than Mecklenburg, so be sure to figure that into your budget.