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It's lined with 1980s-1990s vinyl clutter that is beginning to show middle age and the percentages of rentals have crept way up in those neighborhoods.
I think this is a problem all across Charlotte and its suburbs. Why are they allowing these cheap developers to build like that?
The main drag on the area is 74. It's decaying, the commercial centers are partially empty, highway construction is discouraging re-investment and new business start-ups. It's lined with 1980s-1990s vinyl clutter that is beginning to show middle age and the percentages of rentals have crept way up in those neighborhoods.
The problem with I-74 in Matthews is that it's a state highway - the town doesn't have any control over the road itself, only the development/zoning. The widening at both ends of the highway, except for the area through Matthews, which cannot be widened due to the current development, is definitely a negative for the area. Matthews is still trying to find the best way to deal with the eventual bottleneck that will occur in the main 74 corridor through Matthews, i.e., the intersection near Butler.
I have lived in the Mathews area for seven years. The area from Charlotte has been spreading into Matthews up 74 like a cancer. Except for Costco I refuse to shop in that area. I'm tired of loud music, reckless drivers, and disrespectful people.
The problem with I-74 in Matthews is that it's a state highway - the town doesn't have any control over the road itself, only the development/zoning. The widening at both ends of the highway, except for the area through Matthews, which cannot be widened due to the current development, is definitely a negative for the area. Matthews is still trying to find the best way to deal with the eventual bottleneck that will occur in the main 74 corridor through Matthews, i.e., the intersection near Butler.
US-74, different than I-74.
Widening will eventually reach US-74 in Matthews, just probably not in my lifetime. For whatever reason, the Monroe Bypass will merge into 74 in Stallings, leaving that one light at Matthews Mint Hill Road (old 51) before I-485.
One of the original designs for the Monroe Bypass was to have it either continue without a traffic light to 485 or be built on a different location than the exiting US-74 and have everything merge somewhere near 485.
There's more to come before it gets better, with both the planned McKee Road extension and almost-complete Chestnut Road extension also supposed to tie in to 74.
Not all renters destroy a neighborhood, some of us take alot of pride in our homes. Just saying.
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Cheap developers ruin areas!
