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Paris is the city of love, Venice the underwater city, Chicago the windy city, New York the city that never sleeps, you get the point... but what is Charlotte?
We try to be "Race city" but why? Because we have (some would say undeservedly) the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Concord has the race track and Mooresville already has the moniker Race City.
We have no identity, even as a financial capital we're only second to New York's Wall Street/Manhattan district.
If I were someone in the position to do so I would have Charlotte embrace the title of "The Queen City", not just in name but in philosophy. Organize the biggest, Gay Pride parade the world has ever seen. Call it Charlotte's Coming Out parade as being America's LGBT friendliest city.
Be one of the few to embrace the civil unions and equality for all human beings. I bet it will do wonders for the community spirit.
Call it Charlotte's Coming Out parade as being America's LGBT friendliest city.
Why would you want to call it something that it clearly isn't?
Even if you rolled the magic dice again and came up with a different theme, do you really feel there's a need to be so contrived?
Why would you want to call it something that it clearly isn't?
Even if you rolled the magic dice again and came up with a different theme, do you really feel there's a need to be so contrived?
It's not NOT the gay friendliest city in the country. We're not anything right now, that's the problem. It's the perfect time to build an identity. It's not contrived, it's just trying to establish something where there is a vacuum
Eventually it wouldn't feel so contrived as it becomes our natural state.
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Paris is the city of love, Venice the underwater city, Chicago the windy city, New York the city that never sleeps, you get the point... but what is Charlotte?
We try to be "Race city" but why? Because we have (some would say undeservedly) the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Concord has the race track and Mooresville already has the moniker Race City.
We have no identity, even as a financial capital we're only second to New York's Wall Street/Manhattan district.
If I were someone in the position to do so I would have Charlotte embrace the title of "The Queen City", not just in name but in philosophy. Organize the biggest, Gay Pride parade the world has ever seen. Call it Charlotte's Coming Out parade as being America's LGBT friendliest city.
Be one of the few to embrace the civil unions and equality for all human beings. I bet it will do wonders for the community spirit.
Using your definition of Queen City, you'd have to make that a drag queen parade, & even that sort of steps on an old identity belonging to Baltimore. They used to be known for a street that specialized in clubs that had performances by drag queens.
Philly is The City of Brotherly Love & The Quaker City. Those names are tied together but used separately. Charlotte could be the Scotch-Irish City. The Presbyterian capital of the East Coast. Y'know, work out something based in reality.
Using your definition of Queen City, you'd have to make that a drag queen parade, & even that sort of steps on an old identity belonging to Baltimore. They used to be known for a street that specialized in clubs that had performances by drag queens.
Philly is The City of Brotherly Love & The Quaker City. Those names are tied together but used separately. Charlotte could be the Scotch-Irish City. The Presbyterian capital of the East Coast. Y'know, work out something based in reality.
That's so true LOL
Hey I'm just throwing out ideas here. I just think it'd be fun to be fabulous.
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