Charlotte vs Raleigh ...

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If it was up to me I’d make that move soon :shaq:

I’m coming from Houston. My wife’s job is HQ’d out there. If I knew I’d find a J quickly I’d spark up that convo again.
 

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Damn @murksiderock

yall not even getting a Whataburger:wow:

QC & Triad>>>>> Triangle:lolbron:

First of all, Whataburger is garbage, In-N-Out >>>>>>...

Second of all, you from Winston so she aint talking about you 🤣🤣 she just aint met a Raleigh nikka yet. We got all the sauce...

Raleigh has the biggest New Year celebration in Carolina, when I get time I'll spam the photos. 85,000+ mf's in DTR, all kinds of food, bytches, money, and events...

Homegirl meet a nikka from The R, she'll forget about that Charlotte shyt lol...



@murksiderock she chose Charlotte brehs :ufdup:


Charlotte>Raleigh Oooooooweeeeeee :lolbron:
 

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I been in Raleigh since June. All I can say is it’s better than Baltimore. I had to get out of there. :damn: That city don’t sit well with me. Pride was fun tho.
Welcome back, Cinna! I dont know how long you were gone but Raleigh gets better each year so it's probably better than the last time you were here. .
 

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Frankie's is in Brier Creek, we have ziplining in multiple spots. No amusement park so maybe that makes or breaks it for a mf on the fence 🤣...

People say the same shyt about both, "there's nothing to do here". Those people not even trying, if you get active in either one there's plenty shyt to do...

But they both still new to the "big city" landscape, so for many people it's gonna take awhile for perception to catch up to reality. Both Charlotte and Raleigh really just started getting national recognition like this in the last 15-20 years, most adults across the US grew up without these two not being considered anything special. Charlotte is in the same weight class as Denver, Baltimore, and Orlando but those cities have higher esteem because they've been recognized as big cities longer...

Haven't been to Denver or Orlando yet but I have been to Baltimore and I think Charlotte's a better city. But Baltimore been popping longer, people know it better...

Raleigh is in the same weight class as Jacksonville, Providence and Milwaukee, but again these are more established cities, so even though Raleigh is the same size as these cities people don't yet think of it that way. Haven't been to Milwaukee or Jacksonville but I've been to Providence, I do think it's a really underrated and dope city. Raleigh is on that level though...

It's gonna take awhile for perception to match reality but I think more people are aware of what both cities offer, as each year goes by...
Gotta elaborate on this comment, too!

I made that post on August 5, and then on October 15, I went to Denver for the first time...

I'm also heading back to Denver on March 1, for about a month and a half...

One thing Denver affirmed for me, is the bolded in my quote above: both Charlotte and Raleigh are new to being "big cities" so they are experiencing the growing pains that comes from being so young in the game...

I still say Charlotte is in the same general weight class as Denver, but if they are in the same weight class, Denver is a 225 pound heavyweight, while Charlotte just hit 205. There's a gap and you can see it soon as you hit the airport, for starters DIA is way bigger and they have monorail, which CLT doesn't...

You can also catch light rail to DIA and you can't do that in Charlotte. On the subject of transit in general, Denver is kicking Charlotte's ass, there is no commuter rail in Charlotte, and Charlotte has one light rail line that misses most interesting and needed places in the city, while Denver's rail network is significantly more expansive and developed...

Downtown to downtown Denver is much busier, you see it in foot traffic, transit, etc. Once you get away from Uptown Charlotte you lose walkability fast and Denver maintains that for much, much longer...

Now all these weaknesses for Charlotte, are also weaknesses for Raleigh, and for Sunbelt cities in general, to be fair. But Raleigh not even big enough to be compared to Denver, Charlotte is, so that's why this is a Charlotte specific post--->Charlotte has the size but is thoroughly behind in amenities across the board. It's big but big and kinda empty in comparison...

At the same time I'd still take Charlotte over Denver for climate and black people alone. Black people in Denver are mostly segregated to the NE and upper East sides of Denver, you also instantly notice ain't no black people there even close to what you see in Charlotte. So black-specific events and amenities favors Charlotte in a landslide...

What Denver also affirmed is that Charlotte and Raleigh are just the bigger/smaller variations of each other, and there's not a heavy gap between them. Charlotte and Raleigh is a Dallas/Houston relationship. Charlotte (Houston) is the bigger city, so more shyt going on, but Raleigh (Dallas) offers 85-90% of what Charlotte does. For some people, that extra 10-15% in Charlotte, or Houston, make all the difference to them, and I don't blame anyone for that...

For others, Raleigh, or Dallas, is comfortable enough in that it basically does give you what you can get in Charlotte for the most part, so that missing 10-15% isn't that relevant in my every day life. Raleigh's unique enough to offer it's own style, and both cities are to the Carolinas, what Houston and Dallas are to Texas...

And I maintain that while unique in their own rights, they are more similar than not...
 

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Another Win for the Good guys

Raleigh can’t handle this and no one would want this there

@murksiderock

First of all, it makes sense to have it in Charlotte, Greensboro and the 336 are on the western half of the state and gravitate more towards Charlotte...

Greensboro is 77 miles from Raleigh, 92 miles from Charlotte. If it was 7 miles west it would be equidistant from both cities, so essentially its nearly the same distance to both. But 252, 910, 919 are considered the eastern half of North Carolina. 336, 828, 704 is the western half of NC...

Second of all, A&T is the most prominent HBCU here and one of the most esteemed HBCUs period. It makes sense to have it in the largest city in the state...

Youre wrong in your assumption that Raleigh couldn't handle it, though 🤣 Raleigh has the infrastructure for it. But go ahead and get your shine on in April, my brother!

The eastern HBCUs would do this in Raleigh instead of Charlotte if they had the size of the alumni base of A&T...
I'm in running thru Raleigh clapping cheeks as we speak :takedat:
Enjoy these sisters here, we got em like that 🤣 how long you here for? Come pull up if you get some free time!
 

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At the same time I'd still take Charlotte over Denver for climate and black people alone. Black people in Denver are mostly segregated to the NE and upper East sides of Denver, you also instantly notice ain't no black people there even close to what you see in Charlotte. So black-specific events and amenities favors Charlotte in a landslide.
This is true for damn near EVERY major spot out west that isn't Cali if you grew up down south.

I keep telling people either these cities down south need to upgrade so we have modern city accessibility or nikkas need to leave the south and take over these better designed cities.

Cali is so big and has such a huge culture impact that we misconstrue what the geography is, the South/East Coast in general is where most of us are and it plays a part in how social the locals are gonna be with you, but at the same time alot of those places are old as hell and it limits the potential for opportunities
 

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First of all, it makes sense to have it in Charlotte, Greensboro and the 336 are on the western half of the state and gravitate more towards Charlotte...

Greensboro is 77 miles from Raleigh, 92 miles from Charlotte. If it was 7 miles west it would be equidistant from both cities, so essentially its nearly the same distance to both. But 252, 910, 919 are considered the eastern half of North Carolina. 336, 828, 704 is the western half of NC...

Second of all, A&T is the most prominent HBCU here and one of the most esteemed HBCUs period. It makes sense to have it in the largest city in the state...

Youre wrong in your assumption that Raleigh couldn't handle it, though 🤣 Raleigh has the infrastructure for it. But go ahead and get your shine on in April, my brother!

The eastern HBCUs would do this in Raleigh instead of Charlotte if they had the size of the alumni base of A&T...

Enjoy these sisters here, we got em like that 🤣 how long you here for? Come pull up if you get some free time!

That killed your whole case right there :lolbron:

We literally rather go the extra mile for a real city then settle for a smaller one that don’t match or share the vibe:sas2:



Pull up in April and party like a G:mjgrin:
 

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That killed your whole case right there :lolbron:

We literally rather go the extra mile for a real city then settle for a smaller one that don’t match or share the vibe:sas2:



Pull up in April and party like a G:mjgrin:
I'm not an alumni and don't care for frat boy socialization 🤣 whenever I'm in Charlotte again though, I'll Holla at you...

Raleigh and Charlotte have different vibes, that's a fact. Yall keep going to Charlotte, it's all good because mf's still coming here for our events by the thousands...

We literally have the biggest New Year celebration in the Carolinas, ain't no singular event in Charlotte like First Night Raleigh. shyt was super lit and that's not even counting all the side events and parties...

Both cities have different shyt that are unique to each city. We out here not bothered by what yall got going on there, mf's never bring up Charlotte unless it's going to a Panther game 🤣 we know we got the similar infrastructure and amenities in some respects, don't need to go to Charlotte for it...

But if you from somewhere like Winston fukking Salem 🤣 🤣 or Greensboro, of course you need to go to Charlotte. Those shyts are flyover cities, especially Winston 🤣...

This is true for damn near EVERY major spot out west that isn't Cali if you grew up down south.

I keep telling people either these cities down south need to upgrade so we have modern city accessibility or nikkas need to leave the south and take over these better designed cities.

Cali is so big and has such a huge culture impact that we misconstrue what the geography is, the South/East Coast in general is where most of us are and it plays a part in how social the locals are gonna be with you, but at the same time alot of those places are old as hell and it limits the potential for opportunities
This is a fact...

If cost of living ever stabilizes, we'll see black people return back to California. If all things are equal ain't no state fukking with Cali, but the reality is all things aren't equal and affordability is the #1 determinant in where mf's who have options, choose their home. It is what it is...

But if you can afford Sacramento, the East Bay, or Los Angeles, very few places competing. No place is perfect and every place has its drawbacks...

I think Raleigh and Charlotte are both Top 10 US cities for black people. The only city in California that is currently that is Los Angeles, which, Raleigh and Charlotte combined multiplied times two isn't fukking with LA, if you can afford to COMFORTABLY live in LA...
 
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