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The metro area Charlotte-Gastonia–Concord has an approx. population of 1.5million; slightly larger than the metro area of Milwaukee. I'm not sure I understand why the influx is causing, what many admit to be, an infrastructure problem.
And where you getting 1.5 million at? Charlotte is 2,335,358 for the metro Area and Milwaukee is 1,569,659 for the metro area and Charlotte is slightly larger lol OK.
There's already a cheese cake factory in Fayetteville, its in Cross Creek Mall, which is already built. 'Fayetteville is good for trips, if you come, should also take the time to check out a few museums, parks, and other fantastic things Fayetteville has to offer at the largest city in eastern North Carolina
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You're delusional! Here's EVERY Cheesecake Factory in NC taken directly from theheeseakefactory.com's locator:
1
Charlotte, NC
SouthPark Mall
4400 Sharon Road
Charlotte, NC 28211
704-770-0076
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Durham, NC
The Streets at Southpoint
8030 Renaissance Parkway
Durham, NC 27713
919-206-4082
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3
Raleigh, NC
Crabtree Valley Mall
4325 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612
919-781-0050
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What crack are you on? There is a mall under construction and there is a skyscraper, and a cheese cake factory.
There is a cheesecake factory in the food court, there is a Great Steak, Chick-Fil-a, Cheese Cake Factory, Aunt Anne's Pretzels, Pretzel Time, and a few others. Lets be smart/.
The one at market fair is a mall. Its a STRIP MALL. Which is the same thing and why do you feel the need to troll me?
Do you know what a Cheesecake Factory is? They are NOT in food courts! There is NOT one outside of Charlotte, Raleigh, or Durham. There are 3 in the entire state. ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NONE in Fayetteville!
You have this STRANGE obsession with Fayetteville as seen on other threads. Are you the mayor?
You hit it on the head. The fact that many people ignore is that Charlotte went annex crazy in the 80's & 90's... Covering nearly 300 square miles....an area that could hold Raleigh, Durham, & Cary!!
If Raleigh was allowed to annex land to the size of Charlotte's, one could argue that the "city" limits of Raleigh and Charlotte would be closer in population size than they are now. Raleigh's city population would be between 700,000 to 800,000. Ya'll can go ahead and crunch numbers if you like...
Has Charlotte finally given up on being Mecklenburg County? For awhile, they were wanting to annex everything in the county. I was wondering how they planned on taking over places like Huntersville and Davidson since they are incorporated.
Has Charlotte finally given up on being Mecklenburg County? For awhile, they were wanting to annex everything in the county. I was wondering how they planned on taking over places like Huntersville and Davidson since they are incorporated.
From the looks of Union County, it seems many areas were concerned about this happening even over county lines. Places like Marvin, Hemby Bridge, Unionville, Wesley Chapel etc. were in a rush to defensively incorporate in the later 1990's- early 2000's when unilateral annexation was still the policy in NC.
From the looks of Union County, it seems many areas were concerned about this happening even over county lines. Places like Marvin, Hemby Bridge, Unionville, Wesley Chapel etc. were in a rush to defensively incorporate in the later 1990's- early 2000's when unilateral annexation was still the policy in NC.
I did read - years ago - that Charlotte was looking at jumping the Mecklenburg line. Seemed like a crazy thing to do. It seemed like they never thought about what happens when the growth stops and we're stuck with half the state.
Has NC changed the annexation laws recently? I haven't kept up on it. I know in SC that 75% of the residents being annexed have to agree to it. My development was never annexed which was strange because developments a mile away were annexed prior to them being built.
I have family in Wallburg and it was interesting to hear them go through their incorporation. WS was coming for them. They were part of the 10 year annex plan. Not now!
Has Charlotte finally given up on being Mecklenburg County? For awhile, they were wanting to annex everything in the county. I was wondering how they planned on taking over places like Huntersville and Davidson since they are incorporated.
Charlotte did attempt to annex a part of Cabarrus Country a while back. I think it was the Highland Creek area which straddles the county line. They gave up though due to opposition for the residents. I think Concord might have annexed that area now.
Has NC changed the annexation laws recently? I haven't kept up on it. I know in SC that 75% of the residents being annexed have to agree to it. My development was never annexed which was strange because developments a mile away were annexed prior to them being built.
Yes- North Carolina's law was changed a couple of years ago to also require approval of the majority of the property owners when a municipality annexes (as opposed to a property owner requesting annexation to receive municipal services). More details are here:
City Limits have taken on a whole different dimension since the new law went into effect...now there will be a ton of satellite annexations because developers will want to be in the city limits for the increased density and ability to tap into water/sewer capacity. Cities may not extend water/sewer outside their limits or charge huge rates if an area is not paying taxes because there is no hope for annexation.
As to the comparison above of Charlotte and Milwaukee...geographic features (such as mountains in Seattle, Harbor in New York or a huge lake in Milwaukee) guide development patterns. Charlotte spreads out (which cost more for infrastructure) because that is the geographic nature of the area...plenty of land.
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