Review of Charlotte, North Carolina


Still a S____hole.
Star Rating - 5/19/2019
I wrote a review of Charlotte several years back, and decided to write how things how gotten here since that time. In one word.....definitely WORSE. People come here seeing how beautiful and clean it is, but stay here a while, and you will get the true feel. Crime is soaring out of control with a record number of murders this year. There are shootings nearly everyday; even in "safe uptown". The traffic is even more congested, people drive like they're the only ones on the road, Charlotte has been rated #12 in the nation for aggressive drivers. Roads are even more torn up, even more random road closings. No improvement in the transit system; buses and even the trains will randomly have "technical difficulties" and just cancel routes. School system is still horrid, and all this town cares about is getting in more and more people than the roads, schools, hospitals, police and fire departments can support. Oh, but your tax dollars are going to build another stadium. If there is ANY bad publicity about the town, it is swept under the rug; negative news stories and youtube videos (think about the riots) are removed from the internet. It is NOT what it is cracked up to be, and it is NOT a good choice as far as moving here. Property taxes are soaring, with new assessments made in 2018 with people seeing increases in their property taxes as much as 60%. It may make the lists of "best places to live" but trust me as a resident for close to three decades. I KNOW what I'm talking about. Trust me on this one.....find someplace else, because that's what I'm doing as soon as I can.
MMM | Greeneville, TN
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Yet, you're still here. :)
Arthur | Charlotte, NC | Report Abuse

MMM must have been living in Mayberry before. Crime is high in some neighborhoods, not mine. traffic is getting worse, but better than other cities larger and comparable, taxes are still lower than those in northeastern states. Roads are in good shape and not bad as described. He is probably mad at the previous constuction of I-77 like most of us. Public schools don't seem to be that good to me considering the morons that are out rioting and causing crime in the inner cities, never the less, the school system is rated in the top half for academic achievement and graduation in the U.S. Drivers generally suck like the do in "all" U.S. cities. Besides, Most of the population is from either other countries or states. If you have been around, you will see that Charlotte generally exceeds other comparable cities in all aspects of life. Even though the city is ran by idiots with arrest records on the city council, they don't have the power or ambitions to get too involved in things that count. This is a financial giant and the city is wealthy and those are the ones that keep it going.
Arthur | Charlotte, NC | Report Abuse

No Arthur, I'm GONE!!! And on my knees thanking the good Lord. I don't know what part YOU live in, but right before I left, I had College Hunks rip off my credit card numbers and commit credit card fraud on FOUR of my credit cards; the Postal Service doesn't deliver credit cards (and no it's not even mailbox theft, I have the "informed delivery" that shows what is scanned into the postal system), oh, and the police couldn't be bothered with my report I filed on the credit card theft. Hopefully they are too busy tracking down the gang members, drug traffickers, rioters, thieves, murderers (gee, didn't we have the highest murder rate ever here recently?). No, I'm not from Mayberry; I have traveled Europe, and lived in numerous cities; I even lived in Westchester County (outside NYC) in the 80's before it was "cleaned up", so I would say I have a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. Charlotte is a DUMP; enjoy the BAD roads, BAD traffic, BAD crime, BAD schools, BAD sports team, BAD weather (hot and muggy) and snooty people, who EVERYONE says isn't originally from Charlotte, so it must be them. Truth is, all the original Charlotteans have headed out of town too. With good reason. Enjoy it!!!!
MMM | Charlotte, NC | Report Abuse

Arthur, you are so dramatic. "Yet you are still here". So "Charlotte". What is so hilarious is by the end of your response, you are going on about morons with arrest records on the city council, the horrid school system, the never-ending construction on ALL roads, etc etc. Well, I got out of there finally. And guess what? I live in an area now where people are honest, kind, friendly, drive normally, and low, low crime. I guess Mayberry and good places and people still exist. And it isn't Charlotte.
MMM | Charlotte, NC | Report Abuse
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