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sombody tried to tell me that steel creek was not south charlotte but west charlotte and someone else told me on here that steel creek is not a part of charlotte but its own "unincorporated" community.
oh boy
Steele Creek is neither south Charlotte OR west Charlotte - it is SOUTHWEST Charlotte - and yes, there is a big difference.
Steele Creek is within the Charlotte city limits, but small parts of it are unicorporated, meaning they don't get city services like garbage pickup. But that is all going to change in the next year I believe, just don't remember the exact date.
Charlotte intersects at Tryon and Trade streets in Uptown and that is considered the center point. You can easily divide the city into different segments or directions from there.
Steele Creek is neither south Charlotte OR west Charlotte - it is SOUTHWEST Charlotte - and yes, there is a big difference.
Steele Creek is within the Charlotte city limits, but small parts of it are unicorporated, meaning they don't get city services like garbage pickup. But that is all going to change in the next year I believe, just don't remember the exact date.
Yes that is exactly what I was trying to say. Steele Creek is southwest of uptown but not a part of west Charlotte. So the "use uptown as your center and everything north of it is north Charlotte, everything east of it is east Charlotte, ect..." dosen't work on the western side.
am2, sometimes Steel Creek can feel like a separate town (it is bigger than Huntersville) but yes it is a part of Charlotte. My address is Charlotte, NC not Steele Creek, NC.
I remember in the mid-80s, southwest Charlotte was the area in which city fathers (and the media) assumed all the growth would take place. Ballantyne was not even a twinkle in anyone's eye, I guess and if you had told us all that Union County would become a huge bedroom community for Charlotte, no one would have believed you. In fact, I think folks would have just laughed. It still surprises me, knowing the expectations on patterns of growth that were projected 20-25 years ago.
Steele Creek is a large area and I agree - it can feel like a separate town.
I remember in the mid-80s, southwest Charlotte was the area in which city fathers (and the media) assumed all the growth would take place. Ballantyne was not even a twinkle in anyone's eye, I guess and if you had told us all that Union County would become a huge bedroom community for Charlotte, no one would have believed you. In fact, I think folks would have just laughed. It still surprises me, knowing the expectations on patterns of growth that were projected 20-25 years ago.
Steele Creek is a large area and I agree - it can feel like a separate town.
oh wow. I think that the airport area and NW Charlotte will see the biggest part of CLT to see growth.
The Steele Creek Residents Association's website has a great map of the area. - link Note the "Click here for a larger map of Steele Creek."
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The community's area is about 47 square miles. The area's Census 2000 population was 25,282, but by 2008 the population had increased to over 41,000 according to Charlotte's Quality of Life Study. Most of the population and over half of the area is within the Charlotte city limits.
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The Steele Creek Community dates back to the 1740's and currently is one of the fastest growing residential areas of Mecklenburg County. It also contains one of the highest employment concentrations in the county and is home to several recreation sites.
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The Steele Creek community approximates the old Steele Creek Township, which loses territory as it is annexed into Charlotte. Steele Creek generally includes the area within the green boundary on the map, which is the area of southwest Mecklenburg County south of Charlotte-Douglas Airport and west of Sugar Creek and I-77. The area in blue is within the Charlotte corporate limits as of June 30, 2009.
The industrial areas along Westinghouse Boulevard separate the residential and commercial areas of Upper Steele Creek and Lower Steele Creek.
Sunny, IMO Steele Creek gets a bad rap because it is diverse - ethnically, racially and economically but I guess that's really for another thread.
steel creek should be its own town i always thought, so should ballentyne
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