1. The police here aint that bad, they are mostly white redneck looking dudes tho. I've only seen a few Black cops here which is crazy because Charlotte has a decent sized Black population so that kinda makes me noid a little. But overall I think they wont fukk with you unless you doing some super hot and reckless shyt.
2. Downtown is cool to live, I used to live on N Graham and on game days folks would park on the street in front of my building but I could still go out and run errands on a game day if I needed to. Plus it was fun sitting on my deck talking shyt to all the Panthers fan walking by. Now I live right outside the downtown loop and you can see BoA stadium from my porch and the traffic is still cool. There really is no shady factor in that area. A few things happen here or there but the downtown area is really safe. Charlotte as a whole a whole is pretty safe really.
3. The food spots here are awful, if you on the eating out with wifey demo a few times a week you will be disappointed. You will run thru the good spots here in a matter of weeks. The grocery stores suck too. They just got a Publix in town tho so there is some hope on that tip.
4. It probably depends on what you used to but me personally I found the club/bar/lounge shyt here stale and boring real quick. I see you fukk with Austin so Im guessing you on some all races, tattoo sleeve with a Pabst Beer dive bar or outdoor music festival type shyt and to be honest bruh that scene aint really here. The festivals I went to here last summer were real weak and the club scene here is real segregated. They got a few decent Austin type spots in NoDa and Plaza Midwood but if you go even on a semi regular basis you will end up seeing the same people real quick and overall its boring. Same thing with the upscale Black scene here, they got a few spots but you see the same people and even when they are crowded they are boring. People here dont mingle at all. Folk just post up on the wall and look at each other all night. Then you got a lot of nikkas on dates at clubs here which I still cant understand. This aint the town if you are singe and trying to get your rocks off. It even sucks if you like me and just like to go out with the gf sometimes and people watch.
5. Do you but 4-5 years here is too long for me. The money is good here but I can only give Charlotte 2 maybe 3 years at the most. But I see you in your mid 20's with a kid. As a 31 year old I think there are some better choices for someone your age. I wouldn't advise any Black person to spend their 20's in Charlotte. Stay in Texas or move to ATL or Chicago if you on a budget bro or move to NYC, DC or Cali if you can afford it.
My G, I appreciate the different view and insight on everything
Always good to hear as many angles as possible
So it sounds like you from the A then originally?
Trust and believe if I was a single man, no child, I would flock with no hesitation
INSTEAD
We coming from upstate SC right now
(Fuccin transition spot Breh, don't ask me why
)
So we right in the middle of CHL and the A currently. We moved from TX last spring
"I see you fukk with Austin so Im guessing you on some all races, tattoo sleeve with a Pabst Beer dive bar or outdoor music festival type shyt"
That description tho
Austin for being in TX is livable Breh but I promise you just outside the city they on that BS too
HEAVY. Ask anybody from The Lone Star State how it be outside the metro areas lol
It's funny ATX gets talked about as some sort of super "liberal" city but it's still a city
in one of the most historically conservative states
People still get arrested daily for small amounts of weed. Detained, searched, arrested, booked and have to post bond daily, for some weed
When I first touched down in TX it was culture shock coming from Cali and at the time having no travel experience
I was on some all race, sleeved out, do you, city, whatever type shyt before Austin Breh
So I don't get fooled by any large cities in the south I know they all fucced in one way or another
(Not a diss song, just a real song)
and I can't imagine raising my seed out here long term
But I had to make a move, and I know CHL might not be it but shiiiiiiiiiiiiit Breh
I'm on that paper chase with you too
We've already been here all week locking down the new spot anyways, it's over
. And i just got off the reserve list for dillihay court. finna live like a section 8 king.