Charlotte has really changed in the past 15 years. It's still not my cup of tea. It's too newish. But they have really invested a lot in transit there and it has paid off. They have a nice light rail line in fully dedicated right of way that has been expanded and more lines planned. And their streetcar line was a short heritage streetcar that has been upgraded to modern streetcar and extended several miles across the city. That will open next month I think. They also have a huge downtown transit center.
Here is a pic I took this past weekend of the south side of "uptown" along the light rail line. You can some new large office towers going up. This is where KC is still struggling. Getting companies to move downtown. I think Charlotte has finally pulled away from being a peer to KC and is now heading toward Denver, MSP even Seattle territory. Again, not really a comparison to KC, but more of an analysis of Charlotte. Nashville and Austin are where Charlotte was 15 years ago but are catching up fast. I still like KC better.
