Charlotte vs. Tulsa (comparison, population, life, quality)
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Does Oklahoma still have that ridiculous 3.2% beer law? That could be a factor in your decision.
Don't be ignorant.
Tulsa's landscape is more varied than Charlotte's. I don't think he was saying that Oklahoma was more varied than North Carolina as a whole. But Tulsa is a very hilly and green city. From what I've seen of Charlotte it looks kind of flat in comparison. The only problem I have with Tulsa is the north side, it's absolutely terrible and so are the people who live there. But I'm sure Charlotte has it's bad parts.
I think this comparison is ridiculous..Apparently to some people every city and town in America is better than Charlotte. Charlotte is a major city that punches heavily above its weight. While Tulsa is a nice small city, Charlotte easily beats it in every category. Tulsa is comparable to Greensboro and Winston-salem. To the person that said that Charlotte has no scenery it is obvious you have never been here. Charlotte leads the country with 49% tree coverage.
I think this comparison is ridiculous..Apparently to some people every city and town in America is better than Charlotte. Charlotte is a major city that punches heavily above its weight. While Tulsa is a nice small city, Charlotte easily beats it in every category. Tulsa is comparable to Greensboro and Winston-salem. To the person that said that Charlotte has no scenery it is obvious you have never been here. Charlotte leads the country with 49% tree coverage.
I don't consider trees scenery. They are just trees.
I don't consider trees scenery. They are just trees.
They are not. There is not much scenery in Charlotte itself and the same can be said for Tulsa. However, Charlotte has the mountains a couple hours one way and the beach a couple hours the other way. Tulsa is an 8 hour drive to the beach and the Ozark Mountains are really just hills - nothing compared to the Appalachians. Bottom line is Charlotte is much closer to real natural beauty than Tulsa is.
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Originally Posted by qc dreamin
I think this comparison is ridiculous..Apparently to some people every city and town in America is better than Charlotte. Charlotte is a major city that punches heavily above its weight. While Tulsa is a nice small city, Charlotte easily beats it in every category. Tulsa is comparable to Greensboro and Winston-salem. To the person that said that Charlotte has no scenery it is obvious you have never been here. Charlotte leads the country with 49% tree coverage.
Oklahoma City is a much better city to compare with Charlotte than Tulsa is. Even then, Charlotte beats OKC pretty handily.
I might beg to differ on this point. NC has, after Texas, the second-greatest elevation range of any state east of the Rocky Mountain Front. Within the state you will find:
The steepest, most rugged stretch of the Appalachian Mountains, including one National Park and well over a dozen wilderness areas (one of which includes one of the deepest gorges/canyons in the east - Linville Gorge)
The hilly midlands of the state, where most of the major cities are located. Outside of the city the landscape varies from pasture to mixed forest.
The Uwharrie Mounatins in the center of the state, some ancient Appalachian foothills, which are mostly national forest, with - again - a few protected wilderness areas.
East of there, after a sudden elevation drop, there are the sandhills - remnants of an ancient shoreline - steep, sandy hills that stretch about 20 miles wide X 100+ miles long, covered in deep, extensive pine forests, and very sparsely populated.
East of I-95 the landscape is completely flat, with blackwater rivers and a mix of farms and dense subtropical forest.
The northern end of the coast includes the largest coastal lagoon in the US, plus hundreds of miles of tidal estuaries, surrounded by deep, unlogged swamps.
Throughout eastern NC you also find a unique geologic feature called a pocosin - some are water-filled lakes, others are filled by nearly impenetrable thickets of plants and species unique to those areas. They are circular depressions of unknown origin (not sinkholes), and there are hundreds of them across the eastern end of the state.
Tulsa has way more elevation/terrain variation than Charlotte. Tulsa is close to the Osarks (which are nice) and there are big hills in the city itself..not to mention alot of water activity options.
Tulsa better than charlotte? Tulsa is a fine town but cmon what are you guys smoking thinking its even in charlottes leauge?
More than twice as many people, growing at a much faster rate, democratic national convention site for next year, annual ciia tournament, more diverse, better outdoor activities, Nfl team, nascar holy land, skyscrapers, tons of trees maybe the greenest city in america, light rail, banking capital, 3 hours from the beach, less than 2 from the mountains, better weather, the list just goes on and on.
I don't think that anybody in their's right mind seriously thinks that Tulsa is a " quote unquote greater city than Charlotte NC " but a city that wants to be in the same conversation ( you see once upon a time ) Charlotte was just like Tulsa...Before the NBA...NFL...Nascar....Democratic Convention
I might beg to differ on this point. NC has, after Texas, the second-greatest elevation range of any state east of the Rocky Mountain Front. Within the state you will find:
The steepest, most rugged stretch of the Appalachian Mountains, including one National Park and well over a dozen wilderness areas (one of which includes one of the deepest gorges/canyons in the east - Linville Gorge)
The hilly midlands of the state, where most of the major cities are located. Outside of the city the landscape varies from pasture to mixed forest.
The Uwharrie Mounatins in the center of the state, some ancient Appalachian foothills, which are mostly national forest, with - again - a few protected wilderness areas.
East of there, after a sudden elevation drop, there are the sandhills - remnants of an ancient shoreline - steep, sandy hills that stretch about 20 miles wide X 100+ miles long, covered in deep, extensive pine forests, and very sparsely populated.
East of I-95 the landscape is completely flat, with blackwater rivers and a mix of farms and dense subtropical forest.
The northern end of the coast includes the largest coastal lagoon in the US, plus hundreds of miles of tidal estuaries, surrounded by deep, unlogged swamps.
Throughout eastern NC you also find a unique geologic feature called a pocosin - some are water-filled lakes, others are filled by nearly impenetrable thickets of plants and species unique to those areas. They are circular depressions of unknown origin (not sinkholes), and there are hundreds of them across the eastern end of the state.
I didn't know that....people that visit a area miss alot that the locals know about........
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