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Well considering Charlotte's city population is larger than Colorado Springs' metro population, I would think it feels larger as well. I also didn't notice any difference between the city feel while I was in Denver as compared to Charlotte.
No. I admit that Charlotte is not completely devoid of culture. One can buy yogurt. That's cultured.
Then there's NASCAR for the ubersophisticated.
Depends what your definition of "culture" is and what you're looking for. I've lived most of my life in places full of "culture" and seriously don't miss it living here now. Each place is what you make of it and "culture" is in the eye of the beholder.
We were in Cotswold yesterday near our church and found the area to be nice and had many nice shops and places to eat. It IS the south so most places will have Southern American food. Just try to find biscuits and gravy in the NE. Its all regional.
My husband commented yesterday that the place we were at reminded him of a place you'd find in Boulder (The Flying Biscuit Cafe). I wouldn't call Charlotte a major city in the sense of a place like NY, Miami or even Denver. You have Uptown which is a small area with tall buildings and a grid pattern that you would find in any city, then you have everything else in a more suburban, open, tree filled landscape. You have pockets of "taller" buildings outside of Uptown - South Park, Ballantyne - but nothing compared to the height of the buildings in Uptown.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and lived a good long time in NE NJ. To me this is suburbia pretty much everywhere in Charlotte except the small box of Uptown. And other than specific foods, there's nothing from NYC that I can't find here, even all types of people -- they just seem more relaxed here.
Depends what your definition of "culture" is and what you're looking for. I've lived most of my life in places full of "culture" and seriously don't miss it living here now. Each place is what you make of it and "culture" is in the eye of the beholder.
We were in Cotswold yesterday near our church and found the area to be nice and had many nice shops and places to eat. It IS the south so most places will have Southern American food. Just try to find biscuits and gravy in the NE. Its all regional.
My husband commented yesterday that the place we were at reminded him of a place you'd find in Boulder (The Flying Biscuit Cafe). I wouldn't call Charlotte a major city in the sense of a place like NY, Miami or even Denver. You have Uptown which is a small area with tall buildings and a grid pattern that you would find in any city, then you have everything else in a more suburban, open, tree filled landscape. You have pockets of "taller" buildings outside of Uptown - South Park, Ballantyne - but nothing compared to the height of the buildings in Uptown.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and lived a good long time in NE NJ. To me this is suburbia pretty much everywhere in Charlotte except the small box of Uptown. And other than specific foods, there's nothing from NYC that I can't find here, even all types of people -- they just seem more relaxed here.
I agree, "culture" is completely subjective. When I go back to San Fran I enjoy the vast number of amazing Asian restaurants that you just don't find in Charlotte, there are a few great spots but there aren't a large number of them. But then I can't find good barbecue or even good bar food in California. Also the abundance of African Americans brings a whole different scene to the city, there is soul food, the black history museum, and music that predominantly white cities like Denver don't have. Like you said, besides food, there is just about nothing you can't get here, and for the people that say Charlotte does not have culture just doesn't like the culture in Charlotte. By definition every city has culture, whether or not it is good enough is completely up to you.
You really can't take the city's populations and compare in that way.
Atlanta is made up of a LOT of nearby areas and the greater Atlanta population is around 6.1 million.
Colorado Springs, with surrounding areas, is around 600,000.
That is a HUGE difference.
I moved here to Charlotte from the greater Los Angeles area. LA proper only has 3.8 million people in it (2012). That seems to be not so bad, until you look at the greater area, which consists of 18 million. Again, huge difference.
The same is true of Charlotte. Charlotte proper has roughly 800,000 people in it. The greater area has almost 2.5 million.
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