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UNC Charlotte is good engineering school and I guarantee they don't have fake classes like the liberal arts college in chapel hill
Looks like Clemson is best uni in south now, UNC finally got exposed. Pushing black kids into easy major like that is soft bigotry of low expectations. Not surprising given white liberals run it
Best university in the south ? .. would come as a surprise to UVA, Duke, Vandy, Emory, Tulane, Rice, U Texas and quite a few others ...
Beaufort County with Hilton Head had hhighest incomes in state but few jobs there. Income doesn't just come from jobs and a lot of wealthy people retire in SC near the beach.
My opinion Greenville and upstate had best collection of employers in state.
No way Charleston and Columbia growing faster. That does not pass the eye test.
Eye test isn't working... census population report for the last 10 years... Charleston grew by 30 %... Columbia by 14.7%.... Greenville by 8.1 %
Youre starting to sound like a high school kid ... my school is better than your school type thing...I like Greenville ...a lot.. but you can easily get the data ... if you start making it up.. you lose your cred.
Not in 1,000 years. Greenville does not even lead the SAL in attendance, what makes you think a city not at the top in Single A baseball can support the NFL?
When the Panthers played in Clemson for 1 year while BofA stadium was under construction, they did well to get 50k to a game with a lot of free tickets. Face it, the market is not there. Be happy with Single A baseball.........one thing you will never hear said from Greenville, "that's it from Greenville, Sports Center is next" or "you are looking live at sold out Bon Secours Stadium in downtown Greenville"........you do hear that from Columbia.
And, to be honest, the Panthers begged to play at Carolina for the first season, we had a crazy AD at the time who refused to let them play at Williams-Brice. But, it was clear that the Panthers wanted to play in Columbia by a long shot.
Wish they would come back and do a few pre season games now that Mikee is gone.. Would be the icing on the cake with all the hotels/retail growth downtown/Vista now compared to the 90s when they had their first opportunity to play here.... Mayor Benji.. I hope someone on your staff is reading this!!!!!! Get with USC and DO IT>>>>
Then.. get with the DOT and get them to allow tracks to be built in the middle of I-77 for highspeed rail...
I'm not sure if its worth engaging but just to quantify the differing levels of income and population:
Greenville Median Income for 2013: $44,853 (compared to $44,163 for the state as a whole.) Charlotte Median Income for 2013: $53,251. The average income for those 'low paying' banking/finance jobs in Charlotte is $68,311.
Greenville metro area population is 638,721; the city of Charlotte alone is 792,862 - the metro is 2,217,035
The cost of the Fluor building at Clemson was something like $5 or 6 million- Fluor gave about 3 million but that included employee contributions as well. Other alumni/donors kicked in an additional million. I used to walk by it every single day during construction & have a friend whose grandfather has a statue in it. Or did 15 years ago.
The cost of the Panthers Stadium was $250 million- almost 20 years ago. Cost would be atleast 1 1/2 that amount now and if you put it closer to the coast get ready for more costs in foundations and meeting code in terms of wind loads.
Clemson tickets start at $330 per year; Panther tickets start at $410.
South Carolina barely affords to fund its roads and universities and some would argue its not funding either adequately. I do not see how we can validate throwing a minimum of $200 million towards what would probably be a $400 million dollar construction project.
Basically there is no logical means to support a team in South Carolina. Especially when its fan base would be boxed in between Atlanta and Charlotte's fan bases and have to compete with Clemson, USC and to a lesser extent UGA for attendance.
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