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Neither Charlotte nor Raleigh deserve to even be considered on that list. It's literally dimishes their credibility. I even find Houston surprising. I'll actually be heading to Lisboa, Madrid & Paris soon.
This was a poll of 953 North Carolinians. That's about 0.01% of NC's total population. In the real world, Charlotte gained 17,695 people in the most recent census year estimate (2015). That made Charlotte the 10th largest numerical growth city in the Nation. No other Carolina city made the top 15.
So when an opinion poll of 953 people states that Charlotte is unpopular and nearly 1,500 new residents per month says something totally different; I'd put my money on the census as being most accurate.
With that said, I can believe that many NC natives are turned off by how large Charlotte has become compared to most other NC cities. NC traditionally is NOT a "big city" state. It's only natural that when a NC city like Charlotte begins to emerge, many natives will avoid such a place.
In other words, Charlotte is probably more attractive to folks outside of NC than it is to folks who are born and raised in NC. Much of rural PA, Georgia, and Texas hates the likes of Philly/Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Dallas/Houston. Statewide opinions (in most states) are almost always skewed towards the suburbs and rural areas.
Neither Charlotte nor Raleigh deserve to even be considered on that list. It's literally dimishes their credibility. I even find Houston surprising. I'll actually be heading to Lisboa, Madrid & Paris soon.
Raleigh absolutely deserves to be on that list.
I always knew the future Food Hall would bring us more notoriety
The most recent visitor spending data for NC shows that $21.9 billion was spent in 2015. Guilford had $1.3 billion, Wake had $2.1 billion, and Meck had $5 billion. What's interesting is the visitor spending vs county population.
For example, Meck is 10% of the state's population with nearly 23% of the state's vistor spending. Guilford is 5% of the state's population with roughly 6% of the state's visitor spending. So far, Meck and Guilford maintains a larger proportion of visitor spending than their relative populations.
Then there's Wake county, home of NC's capital city. Just being a capital city alone should be reason enough to attract visitors right? Well, Wake having 10% of NC's population vs only having 9.6% of NC's visitor spending is interesting. Why does Guilford and Meck out perform our state's capital city on visitor revenue? That's an interesting thread topic for sure.
At any rate, until Wake's visitor spending gets above 10% of NC's total visitor spending; it's wise not to brag about any thing having to do with Raleigh's tourism. Charlotte shouldn't brag either, but the Raleigh faithful should really tone it down when it comes to this topic. I'd stick to bragging about clean neighborhoods, low crime, good schools, and the new Ikea in Cary.
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Neither Charlotte nor Raleigh deserve to even be considered on that list. It's literally dimishes their credibility. I even find Houston surprising. I'll actually be heading to Lisboa, Madrid & Paris soon.
It's the writers"opinion" that Raleigh does deserve to be on this list. I didn't take it as a best of list. More of a list of places worth visiting in 2017. In Raleigh's case worth visiting if you're a "foodie". Nobody in their right mind would call Raleigh a top travel destination.
Urbancharlotte once again you missed the boat. Visitor spending has nothing to do with anything. Nice try though.
It's the writers"opinion" that Raleigh does deserve to be on this list. I didn't take it as a best of list. More of a list of places worth visiting in 2017. In Raleigh's case worth visiting if you're a "foodie". Nobody in their right mind would call Raleigh a top travel destination.
Urbancharlotte once again you missed the boat. Visitor spending has nothing to do with anything. Nice try though.
I guess worth visiting. Like an overlooked or surpringly nice place to visit.
This was a poll of 953 North Carolinians. That's about 0.01% of NC's total population. In the real world, Charlotte gained 17,695 people in the most recent census year estimate (2015). That made Charlotte the 10th largest numerical growth city in the Nation. No other Carolina city made the top 15.
How many times do we have to go over the fact that the Charlotte land area is enormous? To not be in the top ten would be astonishing since it's so physically large. In fact, 9 of the top 10 cities in numerical change have a huge city limit. No shock there. Denver is the exception; it's a little more than half the size of Charlotte and added more people.
Of the top 15, the impressive ones are Seattle, DC, San Francisco because these cities are tiny in comparison to their growth.
The least impressive on the list is Jacksonville. That one's a joke.
Neither Charlotte nor Raleigh deserve to even be considered on that list. It's literally dimishes their credibility. I even find Houston surprising. I'll actually be heading to Lisboa, Madrid & Paris soon.
I would have loved to have read this reply if Charlotte had made the list and Raleigh didn't.
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