Been living in Charlotte/Matthews for over 28 years, and things have really changed. South Park/Myers Park used to be the area to be in. But now, it’s all about Ballantyne. Ballantyne is going through rapid growth right now and traffic is ridiculous. A lot of loops are being constructed on 485 in Ballantyne. It’s also extremely expensive, but it’s the most demanding area right now because of school, crime rate, close to shopping and extreme lavish lifestyle. Ballantyne is mostly for the upper class.
Hate to break it to you, but South Park/Myers park is still where the wealthiest people live. Ballantyne is where people who can't afford south park live.
@@onlyfoolriding8223 No. Ballantyne is where smart people who wants to avoid constantly ongoing retarded crimes in South Park/Myers Park area. South Park/Myers Park area are where rich gullible people live cause they bought into the hype and don’t want to move out of it unless they take a hit out of their home equity.
@@onlyfoolriding8223 South Park/Myers Park is still the most expensive and where most of the wealthy are but the crime rates there is also stupidly high. That’s why I said “used to be the area to be in”.
Trader Joe’s is located in Midtown, not Plaza Midwood. In Plaza Midwood, the only significant grocery store is Harris Teeter, situated at the intersection of Central and The Plaza.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, NoDa was a prime destination for the arts, known for its vibrant galleries. However, over time, these galleries have been replaced by restaurants and bars, transforming NoDa into more of an entertainment hub.
Everyone's forgetting about University City. The best bang for your buck inside of i-485 right now if you're buying a home. A very practical location with home prices lower than anywhere he listed in the video, immediate proximity to light rail, bus stops and highway access. Home to UNCC (obvi), a large hospital, a business district, and The Shoppes/Boardwalk, a glistening mixed use area surrounding a large pond that has gone through major upgrades in the past two years, including ongoing construction of a new library. Close proximity to the next best shopping mall in the area after South Park mall, Concord Mills. Just so many benefits for a lot less money than these other places.
Charlotte and surrounding area feels heavily underdeveloped, coming from Atlanta ga, wife and I just visited and it felt very country like. Lots of green and empty spaces.
@@imvox2019 just had clients in from Atlanta this weekend as well, I’ll always love the time I lived there. There’s definitely a lot more nature left here and will likely always be that way relative to ATL due to additional topography reducing usable land. What was highs and lows for you and the wife this trip?
For retired age people seeking a quiet safe area, what would you personally recommend close to amenities (restaurants, groceries, medical services) with good walkability for older retired people in condo locations??
I'd say Mint Hill meets your needs and the populations skews quite a bit older than Matthews. Quite safe, excellent Harris Teeter and Publix, fine medical services, dentists, eye doctors vets, garages, eye doctors, pharmacies, UPS Store, hair stylists, nail places, ATT store, CVS, Library, brewery, restaurants, car wash, gas station, ABC Liquor store, Bagel shop, pizzerias, Chinese restaurant, Mexican restaurant, Indian restaurant, fitness places, wine shop, car inspection, ice cream shop, Ace Hardware, Post Office, Police etc. etc. etc. etc. Look online. Quite safe and you can rent a 1600 square foot house for the price a one or two bedroom in a luxury (meaning 'new') building. Two 'Park and Rides' and morning express busses and the '9' bus will get you to Uptown in 35-40 minutes.
@@dovygoodguy1296 Absolutely, but it is a suburb; Matthews is also okay. Uptown unlike other city 'Downtowns' does not have retail except for an Overstreet Mall. You cannot even buy shoes in Uptown on your lunch hour, . And then there are the wild teenagers doing auto drag racing. Many of the areas he mentioned are young - like Southend which is adjacent to Uptown. Others are family oriented meaning KIDS. Look at the online demographics. Walkable areas exist but they are small, like Noda. (Also young). Charlotte is a city with a younger demograpic and I doubt, if retired, you need to go the breweries and the Fillmore and are looking for late night thrills.
Love this question! And I’ll make a full video on it. But check out Matthews, Mint Hill, Cornelius, Davidson, and even some areas in SouthPark or Ballantyne could be good. Now the type of day-to-day lifestyle you want will affect what makes the best sense. What are you looking for in your day-to-day lifestyle?
Ballantyne is everything!! Every time that I visit my friends in Pineville they live in the subdivision directly across the street from Ballantyne ,Before I go to their home in Woodside falls I have first take a look at the homes in Ballantyne.
Todd Park gets my vote. Once a whistle stop on the electric train service between Charlotte and Gastonia. The historical Thrift, Mt. Holly and Belmont stations are still standing, While Toddville had a covered platform (long gone). Today? Gunfire, coyotes, air traffic and train traffic characterize the diverse orchestra of equity and inclusion....
Thanks for the bit of history! Are you referencing the covered platform near the corner of Moores Chapel and Freedom where it splits off into Old Mount Holly Road? It's visible from the road back in the woods. There are some great neighborhoods back in there, I actually live near there myself. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@LivingInCharlotteTeam Yes, that's the old Thrift station. It used to sit on the opposite side of the road but was moved across the street a few years back - we continue to hope it finds some legitimate uses. Where all of the roads intersect around the railroad overpass was known as the Thrift neighborhood up until the 1960s. The old Toddville platform was off of Toddville Road on the LH side of the road heading south at the second railroad track right before FedEx. Toddville became Todd Park in the 1950s. Renmants of the old track still run past the the long gone Lakewood Park Amusement Park on Parkway Avenue off of Tuckaseegee Road.. Electric Trolleys ran up the middle of Tuckaseegee Road many years ago. Lots of Charlotte History in that area too.
Been here 2 years and this is meant to be a gentle warning. Like you, I did a blind relocation - my suggestion is to try Charlotte out for a few months via an Airbnb home/furnished apartment and drive extensively to all the places he mentioned BEFORE making a permanent move. This way if you don't like what you see you can easily disengage and backpedal without breaking the bank. Note: The job market is not what you think it is and from a career financial perspective it is not exactly 'the Zurich of the South'. Costs are significantly higher than you can imagine. Read the Charlotte subreddit which has tons of information and reliable snark.
It’s crazy I just left Charlotte, Harrisburg and Blume etc looking and regular homes with neighbors right next to you and nothing majorly fancy going for 1mill I was floored. Where do these people work and afford single family homes if NC your neighbor is right next to you and you spend between 700k-1mill plus. I was shocked tbh and I’m from southern Cali where that’s how much they cost here actually cheaper
I was born and raised in Charlotte in the 70’s I can remember when Charlotte was literally split by the railroad tracks when West Boulevard meets East Boulevard it was like a world of difference. I’ve been out of Charlotte for about 10 years now maybe a little bit more but it’s funny how fast it’s developed in the last 10 years, I didn’t hear you mention the Whitehall area anyway great video
Thanks for watching! Most people couldn’t even point to Whitehall tbh, they’d lump it in with the Steele Creek area. My dad used to live in Charlotte for a bit in the 70’s and mentioned the same thing. Would you ever live in Charlotte again? Or did life move you other places for good?
Same thing with Milwaukee. I'm a 70's baby born and raised and the viaduct divided the city and it was like night and day. As a small child, I was ignorant and thought all cities were racially segregated (because that's all I knew) until my girlfriend from Texas told me it was a Milwaukee thing...that's when the world got much bigger to me lol. Milwaukee was one of the most if not the most racially segregated cities in America -- at least at that time. It is far more diverse today than it was back then.
