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I'd say it's fast mirroring VA, with the Triangle being NoVa and Charlotte being Richmond. The NoVa comparison meaning it's fast becoming an area where the "natives" are in the minority with the effect of it being significantly culturally different than the rest of the state. The Richmond comparison is just that it being a large city but still retaining it's southern culture. Also, I'm not calling Charlotte "country". Country and southern are two different things.
Really cannot compare anything in NC to NOVA. NOVA is like it's own country - nothing like the rest of VA or NC- it's international - I think there are more middle eastern and asian folks in NOVA than native Virginians, and that's not even counting europeans and latin americans. And really the only thing Richmond and Charlotte have in common (and so does the triangle) and that's twice as many northerners as southerners. The true, traditional flavor of the state (most states) is away from the large cities.
Really cannot compare anything in NC to NOVA. NOVA is like it's own country - nothing like the rest of VA or NC- it's international - I think there are more middle eastern and asian folks in NOVA than native Virginians, and that's not even counting europeans and latin americans. And really the only thing Richmond and Charlotte have in common (and so does the triangle) and that's twice as many northerners as southerners. The true, traditional flavor of the state (most states) is away from the large cities.
I disagree. The Raleigh area is almost identical to NOVA 10-15 years ago and definitely headed in the direction of present day NOVA. I've also thought that Charlotte had a very traditionally southern feel to be such a large city...It may not be exactly like Richmond, but both are true to their southern heritage even with the influx of transplants.
Raleigh is never going to be NOVA, not in 15 years either - reason is NOVA is part of the DC metro area which is not only the nation's capital but also part of the Boswash NE "mega-city" NOVA has nothing in common with the rest of VA either, other than it's within the state border.
There is a lot more to NC than Raleigh or Charlotte. I know this comes as a shock to all the folks that have moved in to those places. And yes, even if Raleigh and CLT go big time, there is a lot of south left in the state. And am I glad of it, too!!!
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