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Pullen Park obviously is the best park in the downtown area. Short walk from Hillsborough st.
So I’m curious as to what you guys, in both Charlotte and Raleigh, normally do?
I’m going to be very brief now and post more later.
Things I typically do literally day to day uptown (because I’m there everyday)
- Mecklenburg Aquatic Center to swim and workout
- Greenways
- Frazier Creek Dog Park to let my dog play with other dogs
- The neighborhood parks (1st Ward, 4th Ward parks)
- Bike, especially with my little dog
- Movies
- Elmwood Cemetary (ok. It sounds stupid but it’s fun to play Pokémon go there. And I play Pokémon Go because it takes me to places I haven’t been so it’s fun. I’m not a weirdo)
- Eat at local places & 7th street market
- Stroll, there is absolutely always something going on. Today a lady was playing a violen at trade/Tryon and a block down a couple people and were singing and performing Michael Jackson. You can find something like the symphony playing at Romare Park, holding an outdoor movie - so it makes strolling great.
- Free things. Wednesday nights the museums are free, for example. Wells Fargo museum sounds boring but is neat (take your picture like you’re in jail, print money of yourself)
- Kid things if I have younger kids around (great excuse for Rays Splash Planet, indoor water park)
- Bars
I don’t club and I hate art. I like to glance and that’s it. I’m very outdoorsy
You’ll rarely see me on Tryon Street or Romare Park. Uptown is much, much more than that and as a resident, things like dog parks are more important to me than where visitors go. I like the smaller details people don’t pay attention to.
I’ll post more details later.
Last edited by Charlotte485; 01-26-2018 at 11:38 AM..
I still take my dog out. I still go out for a jog or a ride or out to eat most nights... I’m healthy and live an active lifestyle. I’m not overweight.
So on a daily basis you just drive home from RTP and go home and watch TV? Your neighborhood has no sidewalks? You have a wife that cooks? My boyfriend and I prefer to eat out. It’s such a great relaxer after a long day.
I bike on my commute home. Literally, 1.7 miles in 14 minutes. Because I knew it would be too late to do anything.
I’m not knocking sedentary lives. It’s just not my thing. 7:30 & on is my home time.
Charlotte485, fwiw, Wake County (Raleigh) and Orange County (Chapel Hill) are ranked as the two healthiest counties in the state: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/...tcomes/overall . Union Co is #3 and Meck is #8. Durham Co is #15. So I'd say both areas have plenty of folks who favor an active lifestyle.
So I’m curious as to what you guys, in both Charlotte and Raleigh, normally do?
I’m going to be very brief now and post more later.
Things I typically do literally day to day uptown (because I’m there everyday)
- Mecklenburg Aquatic Center to swim and workout
- Greenways
- Frazier Creek Dog Park to let my dog play with other dogs
- The neighborhood parks (1st Ward, 4th Ward parks)
- Bike, especially with my little dog
- Movies
- Elmwood Cemetary (ok. It sounds stupid but it’s fun to play Pokémon go there. And I play Pokémon Go because it takes me to places I haven’t been so it’s fun. I’m not a weirdo)
- Eat at local places & 7th street market
- Stroll, there is absolutely always something going on. Today a lady was playing a violen at trade/Tryon and a block down a couple people and were singing and performing Michael Jackson. You can find something like the symphony playing at Romare Park, holding an outdoor movie - so it makes strolling great.
- Free things. Wednesday nights the museums are free, for example. Wells Fargo museum sounds boring but is neat (take your picture like you’re in jail, print money of yourself)
- Kid things if I have younger kids around (great excuse for Rays Splash Planet, indoor water park)
- Bars
I don’t club and I hate art. I like to glance and that’s it. I’m very outdoorsy
You’ll rarely see me on Tryon Street or Romare Park. Uptown is much, much more than that and as a resident, things like dog parks are more important to me than where visitors go. I like the smaller details people don’t pay attention to.
I’ll post more details later.
It's not even really a debate for those of use who do spend a lot of time downtown in both cities. Downtown Charlotte has strived to be much more vibrant and energetic than downtown Raleigh over the past few decades and it shows. Raleigh has a lot going for it, old stock of buildings, warehouses, etc.. As I stated earlier in this thread or in another one, downtown Raleigh simply seemed content to be a larger version of Downtown Greenville, NC. While Charlotte was more or less influenced by Atlanta or Atlanta envy so it's pushed harder to seem "world" class with some success and failures. But that's the rub, if you're trying sooner or later you'll find pockets of success and now Charlotte has much more momentum. Though Raleigh and city leaders have finally put down the pick forks and pushing to be more accommodating to pursue a larger and more vibrant downtown presence. Then, both Durham and Chapel Hill aren't sluggish neighbors, so it kind of takes the shine away from Raleigh.
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