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You could do well in either, but I think Charlotte is better for young people. What industry are you in? That could make a difference. Charlotte attracts a lot of young people who are priced out of other major east coast metros and generally has more of a business/career mindset than Tampa.
As a young, non-married professional it's easy to find people like yourself in both metros since they are both pretty large in size. Don't expect it to have the same concentration as places like DC, Seattle, SF, NYC, etc. People who move to these metros are often at a different stage of their life from you, so be cognizant of that.
I personally would hesitate to move to a place with such a disproportionate share of old people (Tampa). Priorities are different for people at different stages of their lives. It's easy to think it won't impact your life, but it does. Public investments and priorities will be focused on things that don't matter to you. There are very tangible implications as well, such as housing prices/investments: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...-02?mod=encore
Charlotte's greatest appeal is for young families. It's affordable and has a great quality of life with beautiful suburbs. It's improved by leaps and bounds to become more attractive to young people, but still has lots of room for improvement.
Just for comparison, out of the 53 largest metros, Charlotte has the 10th highest share of households with children. Tampa is ranked #52, the second lowest. Like I said, be cognizant that these metros are more catered to specific groups and your groups is not the largest.
I love both metros. I lived in Orlando for about a year about 12 years ago and fell in love with that whole Orlando/Tampa Bay corridor. I live in Charlotte now and have to say, Charlotte would have to be the pick here. Tampa will do very well in the 2020's, but Charlotte will be one of the national leaders during the 2020's in growth and prosperity. I can see so much going on right before my eyes nearly on a daily basis. Extremely livable here and I just love it. Again, I think Tampa will do really well, but I have to give the nod to Charlotte.
You could do well in either, but I think Charlotte is better for young people. What industry are you in? That could make a difference. Charlotte attracts a lot of young people who are priced out of other major east coast metros and generally has more of a business/career mindset than Tampa.
As a young, non-married professional it's easy to find people like yourself in both metros since they are both pretty large in size. Don't expect it to have the same concentration as places like DC, Seattle, SF, NYC, etc. People who move to these metros are often at a different stage of their life from you, so be cognizant of that.
I personally would hesitate to move to a place with such a disproportionate share of old people (Tampa). Priorities are different for people at different stages of their lives. It's easy to think it won't impact your life, but it does. Public investments and priorities will be focused on things that don't matter to you. There are very tangible implications as well, such as housing prices/investments: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...-02?mod=encore
Charlotte's greatest appeal is for young families. It's affordable and has a great quality of life with beautiful suburbs. It's improved by leaps and bounds to become more attractive to young people, but still has lots of room for improvement.
Just for comparison, out of the 53 largest metros, Charlotte has the 10th highest share of households with children. Tampa is ranked #52, the second lowest. Like I said, be cognizant that these metros are more catered to specific groups and your groups is not the largest.
Great info. Interesting on the share of households with kids data point. One could assume Tampa has more singles with no kids?
23% of Tampa households have children, interesting.
Wow. This interesting. Thanks for sharing the article. Has anyone made the leap recently from either side? I was not that impressed with Charlotte in my visit in 2011. I know a lot can change in 10 years. I was recently relocated from Miami to Tampa, so I thought Charlotte was a boring city. But from a family perspective, maybe different.
Wow. This interesting. Thanks for sharing the article. Has anyone made the leap recently from either side? I was not that impressed with Charlotte in my visit in 2011. I know a lot can change in 10 years. I was recently relocated from Miami to Tampa, so I thought Charlotte was a boring city. But from a family perspective, maybe different.
A lot has most certainly changed in 10 years for Charlotte. But it's always going to be a much better city in which to live than visit IMO.
A lot has most certainly changed in 10 years for Charlotte. But it's always going to be a much better city in which to live than visit IMO.
I would assume so... Because my visits there have been very underwhelming. I'm sure it's a great place to live in though.
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