In fairness you can do that in Raleigh, but its dependent on being an NC State student and therefore using the Wolfline

7/25/2009 12:42:29 PM

Quote :

"if any of you are in charlotte i would encourage you to eat at Laurel Market if you haven't already discovered it GREAT deli sandwiches, and a good beer and wine selection."

Laurel Market is pretty good. IMO the Common Market in plaza central is much better. They have an all day deli, beer on draft, big wine and beer selection, outside patio and music. You can buy a six pack and take it outside and drink it. Pretty awesome.

7/25/2009 3:03:49 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/18/586491/its-wakes-turn-as-population-king.html

Quote :

"RALEIGH -- If the state number crunchers are correct, Wake County has become the most populous county in the state, elbowing aside Mecklenburg, its long-proud cousin to the southwest. "

Quote :

"Wake is bigger than Mecklenburg - 832 square miles versus 526, according to the 2000 Census - and is less economically dependent on the financial sector. Wake's population numbers had been nipping at Mecklenburg's for years, and when the economy took a downturn, so did Americans' mobility."

Quote :

"And in terms of metro areas, Charlotte's is definitely bigger. July 2009 census estimates show the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury Combined Statistical Area is home to 2.39 million people. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary area, which includes Chapel Hill, has 1.74 million."

7/18/2010 11:39:49 PM

Yeah take that, Queen City

7/19/2010 12:06:05 AM

yeah especially that third quote that qntm posted, take that

7/19/2010 1:26:20 PM

Oh man i forgot how ugly Raleigh's skyline was until i opened that link.

7/19/2010 1:28:55 PM

i'll take it

and love it

7/19/2010 2:48:33 PM

but is raleigh still more dense?

7/19/2010 9:38:31 PM

Quote :

"There are 920,307 people in Wake County and 909,493 in Mecklenburg"

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Quote :

"Wake is bigger than Mecklenburg - 832 square miles versus 526"

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...

7/19/2010 9:56:25 PM

Yeah its clear wake is less dense, I read the article.

7/19/2010 9:58:46 PM

i wonder how they came up with

Quote :

"July 2009 census estimates show the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury Combined Statistical Area is home to 2.39 million people"

if there are 909,493 people in mecklenburg, then there are 1.5 million in gastonia and salisbury. i don't see that

all of gaston county has 200k in the 2000 census and rowan county had 130k

[Edited on July 19, 2010 at 10:05 PM. Reason : i demand a recount]

oic. wikipedia says it's like 16 counties or something.

[Edited on July 19, 2010 at 10:06 PM. Reason : OK]

7/19/2010 10:03:57 PM

http://kiplinger.com/tools/slideshows/slideshow_pop.html?nm=2010greatcitiesyoungadults

WOOHOOO go Charlotte!! Second slide after Austin.

7/29/2010 4:09:18 PM

glad to know i make more than the median income, my rent is lower than the median rent, and my commute is shorter than the median commute

7/29/2010 7:14:14 PM

What Charlotte learned 'when the world flipped'

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/06/census.charlotte/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

6/6/2011 1:00:45 PM