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Best to live?
Best to visit?
Crime
Diversity
Education - K-12 and colleges
Food
Nightlife
Public Transit
Scenery
Shopping
Sports
Theme Parks
Water Amenities (Beaches, lakes, Rivers)
Weather
Please do not consider the proximity to LA as a positive for the OC.
• Keep in mind these two areas are comparable by population
Orange County has 3,010,232
Charlotte CSA is 2,454,619
Last edited by Ice Cream Man; 04-10-2013 at 09:58 PM..
OC is much denser and has a lot more to do...it has mountains to the east and beach to the west...it is much more affluent then most of Charlotte. It has LA only 30 minutes to the north and SD only 1-1.5 hours to the south. Hell, OC alone has more people in the whole Charlotte CSA LOL.
When I used to live in LA, I'd go down to OC frequently to hang out. It actually has decently walkable suburbs just because of how dense the suburbs are.
Best to live? Subjective, matter of opinion
Best to visit? Subjective, matter of opinion
Crime Orange County
Diversity Orange County
Education - K-12 and colleges Orange County by a mile
Food Orange County
Nightlife Charlotte, but O.C. still has Newport and Laguna
Public Transit Charlotte by far
Scenery Orange County
Shopping Orange County
Sports Tied, unless you count NASCAR as a sport then Charlotte
Theme Parks Orange County
Water Amenities (Beaches, lakes, Rivers) Orange County, are you kidding?
Weather Orange County, are you kidding?
Please do not consider the proximity to LA as a positive for the OC.
• Keep in mind these two areas are comparable by population
Orange County has 3,010,232
Charlotte CSA is 2,454,619
My responses above in bold.
I can see Charlotte beating O.C. in two areas: public transportation and friendliness/hospitality of the people. While I think I would like Charlotte and find it a great city, I would rather live in Orange County in this stage of my life.
I know that Charlotte has light rail, but I don't think that it beats OC in public transportation. OCTA has more buses in a smaller area running more frequently with two and a half times the ridership of CATS.
Best to live?
Best to visit?
Crime
Diversity
Education - K-12 and colleges
Food
Nightlife
Public Transit
Scenery
Shopping
Sports
Theme Parks
Water Amenities (Beaches, lakes, Rivers)
Weather
Please do not consider the proximity to LA as a positive for the OC.
• Keep in mind these two areas are comparable by population
Orange County has 3,010,232
Charlotte CSA is 2,454,619
Oh my God... please... Charlotte, the suburbanites' boring dream
I found that city so booooring that I was literally struggling to keep my eyes open
It should also be realized that as a county, OC is the nation's sixth-largest and has a ton of advantages in terms of recreation, industry, entertainment, etc. By itself, it could easily compete with many other metros across the country, so I don't see this match-up as being some sort of knock against Charlotte which is probably what it was conceived as.
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