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You quoted my post where I said that part of my town is in the Charlotte MSA and part of it is not. Then you said that part of Raleigh isn't in the Raleigh MSA & that is unprecedented. Really? If it's unprecedented why is that the case with the town that I live in and who knows how many municipalities that straddle county lines, in North Carolina?
The whole discussion started with Wake County becoming the most populous county in the state. Then it degenerated to people whining that Charlotte and the Charlotte MSA aren't really more populous, and trying to manipulate numbers. Now it's unprecedented that the part of Raleigh that's in Durham County isn't counted in the Raleigh MSA, because the feds separated Raleigh and Durham.
Have you never heard of the concept of being gracious in victory?
I'll let you and Heel go back in forth over whatever it is you guys are discussing.
But the bolded part to me is the sum of this thread. "Gracious in victory"? What victory? Wake will at some point soon be passing Meck. So what? What does that mean? Is there a prize given for that? Nobody from this side of the state did any bragging about Wake catching Meck. The OP didn't either. He just gave stats for the whole state. Yet look at the first 3 posts. It's just silly lol. It seems to trigger some Charlotte area posters that the Triangle, or Raleigh in particular, gets anytime type of recognition when it comes to size or growth. Especially if it is even remotely related to Metrolina. I know that's obviously not everyone but this imaginary competition and ego is just strange.
You quoted my post where I said that part of my town is in the Charlotte MSA and part of it is not. Then you said that part of Raleigh isn't in the Raleigh MSA & that is unprecedented. Really? If it's unprecedented why is that the case with the town that I live in and who knows how many municipalities that straddle county lines, in North Carolina?
The unprecedented part isn’t that Eagle Mills or whatever is partly in Charlotte’s MSA and partly not. It’s that the anchor city of the MSA isn’t completely in the MSA. But, that is mostly a different discussion to the other point.
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I'll let you and Heel go back in forth over whatever it is you guys are discussing.
But the bolded part to me is the sum of this thread. "Gracious in victory"? What victory? Wake will at some point soon be passing Meck. So what? What does that mean? Is there a prize given for that? Nobody from this side of the state did any bragging about Wake catching Meck. The OP didn't either. He just gave stats for the whole state. Yet look at the first 3 posts. It's just silly lol. It seems to trigger some Charlotte area posters that the Triangle, or Raleigh in particular, gets anytime type of recognition when it comes to size or growth. Especially if it is even remotely related to Metrolina. I know that's obviously not everyone but this imaginary competition and ego is just strange.
I don't live in Charlotte. I live in a smallish city that is in the Charlotte MSA and not in the Charlotte MSA. It is what it is.
I get the feeling that the "prize" is bragging rights. I see people twisting themselves every way from Sunday to try to claim more bragging rights. I think it's silly. The feds set the rules. By the rules, they've divided Raleigh and Durham & Greenville and Spartanburg and who knows how many other places.
It's silly that there's the perpetual "problem" of the Charlotte MSA including some counties in SC. Will those same posters have a problem if the day comes that Raleigh or Durham include a county or two in Virginia?
I don't live in Charlotte. I live in a smallish city that is in the Charlotte MSA and not in the Charlotte MSA. It is what it is.
I get the feeling that the "prize" is bragging rights. I see people twisting themselves every way from Sunday to try to claim more bragging rights. I think it's silly. The feds set the rules. By the rules, they've divided Raleigh and Durham & Greenville and Spartanburg and who knows how many other places.
It's silly that there's the perpetual "problem" of the Charlotte MSA including some counties in SC. Will those same posters have a problem if the day comes that Raleigh or Durham include a county or two in Virginia?
Well I'm not talking about the MSA's. I'm just talking about the OP and where all this even started. I'm sure there are Raleigh posters that mistakenly think Wake co being larger then Meck means something. But none of them said "hahaaa yeah suck it Charlotte." It wasn't treated as a victory by anyone. Yet the Charlotte area few show that it gets under their skin by waving the technicality flag. Who cares is all I'm saying. The imaginary competition seems to only exist in this state between Charlotte and Raleigh.
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Well I'm not talking about the MSA's. I'm just talking about the OP and where all this even started. I'm sure there are Raleigh posters that mistakenly think Wake co being larger then Meck means something. But none of them said "hahaaa yeah suck it Charlotte." It wasn't treated as a victory by anyone. Yet the Charlotte area few show that it gets under their skin by waving the technicality flag. Who cares is all I'm saying. The imaginary competition seems to only exist in this state between Charlotte and Raleigh.
Nobody needed to say hahaa yeah suck it Charlotte. The method used was "yeah but. . .".
Well I'm not talking about the MSA's. I'm just talking about the OP and where all this even started. I'm sure there are Raleigh posters that mistakenly think Wake co being larger then Meck means something. But none of them said "hahaaa yeah suck it Charlotte." It wasn't treated as a victory by anyone. Yet the Charlotte area few show that it gets under their skin by waving the technicality flag. Who cares is all I'm saying. The imaginary competition seems to only exist in this state between Charlotte and Raleigh.
And each state has their own annoyance.
DC vs. Baltimore for example. DC is less urban because the rowhouses have “front yards” (which are literally like 5’x5’.... etc etc
I'll let you and Heel go back in forth over whatever it is you guys are discussing.
But the bolded part to me is the sum of this thread. "Gracious in victory"? What victory? Wake will at some point soon be passing Meck. So what? What does that mean? Is there a prize given for that? Nobody from this side of the state did any bragging about Wake catching Meck. The OP didn't either. He just gave stats for the whole state. Yet look at the first 3 posts. It's just silly lol. It seems to trigger some Charlotte area posters that the Triangle, or Raleigh in particular, gets anytime type of recognition when it comes to size or growth. Especially if it is even remotely related to Metrolina. I know that's obviously not everyone but this imaginary competition and ego is just strange.
Yep. Bingo. My sentiments exactly. The first few posts of this thread illustrate exactly that. Triggered and foaming at the mouth.
I'd say "let Charlotte be Charlotte and the Triangle be the Triangle"...but first that sounds cliche; and second I think the whole point should be that all of NC work together to make all of NC better. Charlotte and the Triangle are thriving while much of the rest of the state is stagnant or declining.
Nobody needed to say hahaa yeah suck it Charlotte. The method used was "yeah but. . .".
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Right. "Yeah but".... That came from the Charlotte folks.
It’s a forum, people discuss. Everyone except A tarheel and ATL suburb guy had reasonings for what they think.
The “triggered” or “Charlotte is southern and southerners are stupid” made the conversations more trivial and probably annoyed people. But I don’t really expect anything productive from posters who try to demean, or try to go on about something other than the actual topic “oh, ur triggered lawlz”.
Im 26. I can’t believe some of you are old black men and act that uncivilized. But, whatever.
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