Aside from all the vivarium looking copy+paste apartments, what else is Charlotte up to? Is this a quarrying site? Saw this as we land CLT and curious if anyone knows.
For anyone who regularly uses the I-77 express lanes, how much are you actually spending per week/month?
I commute from SouthPark to Huntersville and take I-77 North, and I’m considering getting a pass because traffic can be brutal.
I’d mostly use it during the workweek, especially during rush hour. Is it worth it for the time you save? And roughly how much are you paying per trip during peak hours?
Don’t know how this will go over in this sub, or if it will be removed for using the wrong flair. Looking for a concealed carry licensing class. Longtime firearm owner coming from a state up north which did not require licensing to conceal. Not really looking to conceal carry while traversing the city by foot, but I do a lot of night time travel and everything I’ve read, the way I’d have to transport my handgun in my car legally, without a license, would defeat the purpose of carrying one anyways.
Looking for a 1 day class if that exists. I have seen many with 2 sessions over 2 days. I’d rather do 1 long one.
Thanks in advance.
I've been in the same neighborhood for five years, and I always have my coffee outside on my balcony in the morning. This year I've noticed more Goldfinches then I've ever seen previously. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar observation.
Hi everyone. I’m a bit Godzilla fan since I was a little kid and I’m looking to collect all the Godzilla toys especially the space Godzilla as he is my all time favorite. If anyone happens to see this and get space Godzilla or the other figurine let me know! I’ll update with which locations give out what figurines as I collect them.
After visiting San Diego, I came back to Charlotte thinking… Charlotte definitely isn’t a bad place to live, but what exactly are we getting?
I feel like Charlotte’s biggest selling point used to be: affordable houses, good jobs, growing city, low tax, decent quality of life. But now that a nice house can easily push $700k–$1M+, a lot of pretty loco people, and other than breweries and hiking what keeps Charlotte attractive?
It made me wonder if I’d rather have a 2 bedroom condo somewhere like San Diego access to ocean, interesting city great weather, walkable areas and endless things to do than a huge house in Charlotte.
Yes, taxes, gas, insurance, etc. are higher in places like California. But maybe that’s simply the price of living somewhere with more to offer. And we only live once not to enjoy it
Curious if anyone else has started questioning the Charlotte “value proposition,” because I feel that all I do is work and wait till I can do more work or am I completely missing what makes it worth staying.
What lawn care companies do y’all use? I was with Truegreen for 9 months and had the normal monthly maintenance. It just didn’t seem like they did a whole lot. Would stop at my house and be gone within 5 mins. I had to call them back on two different occasions since I have a long back yard that slopes down about half way where they didn’t spray the whole yard and had to have them come back out after seeing it on my cameras or not even seeing any granules on the back half of the yard.
So I’m looking for company that actually tries and it feels like monthly payment isn’t being wasted. I also want to aerate and seed this fall.
These are a few shots I captured Uptown at the top of a CPCC parking garage that I thought turned out really well, I hope y'all like em! Also, a cloud I thought was pretty.
All images were captured on an Olympus E-20N with a 62mm Sunpak CPOL filter + lens hood.
Cuts me off, without signaling, heading to the light.
Brake checks me at/through the light
Then cuts back 3 lanes to the right while brake checking me again
I know this topic has been posted many times…
$8/mile was ridiculous but I just got a $12.80 bill to go from Gilead to San Furr!?
Can the Jeff Jackson do anything to challenge the contract with Cintra ? Raleigh and McCrory sold our fucking roads to a Spanish company
Edit: The density here is astounding. Obviously I can choose to sit in a parking lot on 77 rather than paying exorbitant tolls. I didn’t choose to lease the space within I77 corridor to Cintra for 50 years though. Are those toll lanes benefiting you?
Yesterday I found a small litter of kittens in my yard. They look like the mom is still around they are about 3-4 weeks old I believe. As much I would love to keep I have 2 cats who do not like other cats. Beside the humane society is there anywhere else I can maybe take them or anyone who can help with them.
City leaders and urban planners confirmed Tuesday that a metro area constructed almost exclusively out of dark asphalt, unyielding concrete, and reflective glass high-rises is surprisingly, inexplicably hot today.
"We are genuinely at a loss for words," said Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones. "We paved over every square inch of topsoil, cut down thousands of acres of shade-bearing oak trees, and lined every corridor with heat-retaining grey slate. We truly believed that by replacing natural ecosystems with a giant, flat, dark frying pan, we would create a crisp, refreshing microclimate. Today’s triple-digit heat index has caught us entirely off guard."
According to municipal data, the ambient air temperature across the city reached 93°F by mid-afternoon, with heat index values pushing past 100°F. Localized thermal imaging revealed that sidewalk surface temperatures in South End and Uptown were hot enough to cook a Cook Out tray burger or fry a Bojangles Cajun Filet directly on the pavement in under three minutes.
Officials noted that the phenomenon was particularly pronounced in new mixed-use developments, where dense clusters of five-story stick-frame 'luxury' apartments and six-lane roads appeared to be actively radiating heat directly into the atmosphere like industrial furnace coils.
When asked if the complete absence of tree canopy or green space might be contributing to the scorching conditions, city officials dismissed the connection as speculative.
"It’s too early to jump to conclusions about plants," Jones said. "We’re running dynamic computer models to figure out why trapped solar radiation bounces around steel towers and bakes pedestrians waiting at unsheltered bus stops. In the meantime, we advise all residents to avoid living in the city."
At press time, the City Council announced plans to plant a single, sad, two-foot Bradford Pear sapling in a tiny cutout between eight lanes of traffic on Independence Boulevard.
People who post in this sub are always so negative about everything. They are so focused on miniscule issues and can't say anything positive about this city. Nobody needs to see nonstop posts of people taking photos of random outdated license plates or daily posts of people acting like this city is a warzone. If you people actually went outside and touched some grass you would know that no person outside of this sub really cares about this stupid shit. Yes everyone knows, the government is corrupt, crime exists, and not everyone is an upstanding citizen. But Charlotte is actually a amazing place to live, supportive and open to people of various backgrounds, and is relatively safe compared to other major cities. Yes there is problems, yes the judicial system sucks. But if you read this sub you would think this place is a lawless nightmare where people are being shot dead by the thousands. And if you really care this much, run for office, don't whine on reddit from your gated community. Rant over.
Going all the way back to radio glory days of Charlotte like Harriet Coffee, Bob & Sheri and the likes.
I’m looking for a sectional, and so much furniture today is horrible quality and/or uncomfortable. What are some places in or around Charlotte that sell good quality pieces at a reasonable price?
Original posts:
First off thank you all so much. I did not expect my posts to blow up the way they did and the support and advice in the comments genuinely helped me figure out what to do next. So here is everything that has happened since.
For anyone who missed the original posts — I'm 26, bought my house at 23, first time homeowner in Charlotte NC. A sheriff showed up at my door with HOA foreclosure papers for over $11k in fines. I had never received a single letter, email, phone call or notice about any of this. Not one. The first time I ever heard from my HOA or their management company was when I was being served foreclosure papers.
When I reached out to the management company to figure out where I was even supposed to be sending my HOA payments, they told me they couldn't help me and to call their attorney instead. I have that in writing.
The VP of the HOA told my neighbor over the phone that they don't send certified mail for violation notices. My neighbor is willing to put that in writing.
And out of the $11k they're claiming I owe, only about $840 is actual dues. The rest is fines. For a fence that was leaning when I bought the house — you can see it in the listing photos from 2023 — and a fascia issue that was also there before I moved in. The second I found out about the fascia from a neighbor I paid to have it fixed that same day. The fence I tore down myself.
So here's what happened after my posts
Channel 9 news in Charlotte reached out and came out to do an interview with me. They also contacted the HOA and management company directly for the last month with emails, calls and texts and didnt even get back to Jason Stoogenke, the reporter, once. The story is live now if you want to check it out:
Something I mentioned in the interview that I think a lot of people connected with — part of how I bought this house in the first place was from selling Pokemon cards from my collection. And now with the 30th anniversary of Pokemon happening this year, I'm in the position of having to sell my collection just to pay for a lawyer to keep that same house. Kind of a wild full circle moment.
I also now have legal representation. I can't say much about it yet but for everyone who kept telling me to get a lawyer — I heard you.
And then they hit me with another fine
I talked to someone from management company in person, as they drove though the neighborhood i flagged them down to try to actually talk to someone and work something out. When I was talking to her she told me that I am currently being fined for weeds in my flower beds. No notice. No warning. No time to fix it. No hearing. Nothing.
Same exact thing they did with every other fine in this case. Just shows up out of nowhere.
I'll let you guys decide whether that's a coincidence or not given the timing.
I'm going to keep posting updates as this moves forward. My hearing is November 23rd 2026 and there is a lot that still has to happen between now and then. But things are moving in the right direction and honestly none of that would have happened without the people in these comments pointing me where to go.
More updates to come.
I was recently diagnosed with a Chiari Malformation and need to get an MRI, see a neurologist, and see a neurosurgeon. I have the option of either Atrium or Novant (I’m a veteran and the VA is letting me do community care) so I was wondering if anyone has any experience with them specifically for this. I don’t know much about either because I’ve had the VA, so either will be an improvement, but any insight is appreciated! Thanks!
Hi, are there any groups/clubs that play smash (ultimate) regularly? I don’t mean tournaments, just like people playing smash in a basement or sum 😁
Moved here a few months ago and my bike needs regular maintenance and probably new tubing & tires. Looking for bike shops in the area that aren’t douchey to women. Preferably within the 485 loop but willing to go a bit past that to Pineville, Ballantyne, or Ft. Mill. Thanks!