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  2. Charlotte-Douglas Airport (CLT) Expansion

    in Charlotte

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    5 hours ago, Miesian Corners said:

    I often wonder if the reason CLT has failed to attract additional international carriers is the fact our CBP processing is already so constrained? It's a pretty miserable arrival experience. I've never entered RDU from outside the USA, but I can only assume their customs area was under-utilized, seeing as that its only international arrivals were LHR and CDG.

    RDU has way more international arrivals. I arrived from Iceland and was stuck at customs for 1.5 hours because a LHR flight had just arrived before us and they only had two people processing.  Now have my Global Entry card, yay!

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  6. The State of Higher Education in Charlotte

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    20 hours ago, nicholas said:

    I am not a gun owner, but the sentiment from the anti-gun crowd seems absurdly unrealistic.  "All we have to do is ban guns and that will eliminate gun violence!"  Yeah....good luck with that.

    Nobody even knows for sure how many guns there are in America.  Reports in 2022 indicated that there were just under 500 million known guns in the country, and given that there seem to be very minimal (at best) purchasing and registration requirements, I am sure the real number is higher.  Ignoring Constitutional arguments and political antics from both sides, does anyone honestly think it is even remotely possible to locate and confiscate half a billion guns?  That is a significantly higher number than the population of America (around 330 million).

    People are acting like a simple flip of a switch will solve all of our gun problems, but is there even an answer at this point?  There are SO many guns out there, and the culture surrounding it has been baked into everyone for literally centuries, that comparisons to other countries are somewhat irrelevant and meaningless.  I'm not saying do nothing, but I think that if the Constitution was amended to the extent that guns were banned, you'd probably see a decent number of law-abiding citizens turn in their guns, while criminals (who already do not observe laws) would simply see it as another law to be broken, which would be the worst possible outcome.

    Oakland's gun buyback attempt in 2008 backfired hilariously, as has pretty much every other gun buyback program in recent US history

     

    Gun violence needs to be tackled at a gun culture level, it is not a flip of the switch.

    Nobody is saying "All we have to do is ban guns and that will eliminate gun violence!"  Frankly you quote is ridiculous. The  vast majority of the "anti-gun crowd" is calling for restrictions on where guns can be carried, what type of guns, how guns are stored,  and identifying any individuals who are deemed as a threat form accessing guns.  People will still have guns and to say the opposite is pandering to the scaremonger tactics of the NRA.

    The constitution should be a  living breathing document, changed to suit the environment the nation faces. This should apply not just tot he 2nd amendment, but across the whole document.

     

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    The State of Higher Education in Charlotte

    in Charlotte

    Posted · Edited by stw52

    8 hours ago, Windsurfer said:

    It has definitely been very relaxing walking the streets over here in London without the fear of getting shot. There's like a murder once a week in the entire city of 10 million.  No drills for "the bad guy (shooter) in the public school for the kid, and minimal security at the universities.  

    This^^

    I think many American don't realize how much better their lives could be if the gun culture was to change.  America has proved that more guns / light restrictions does not bring a better life.

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  8. Ballantyne

    in Charlotte

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    1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

    Couple more of the new Upper Avenue connecting US 521 to N Community House Road across the old golf course.  It is 2 lanes, with 2 bike lanes and on street parking.   It opens later this week.  

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    I like the space between the bike lane and car lane, but wish they would paint the bike lane a distinctive color to act as a visual reminder for those parked not to open their doors without looking 

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  11. Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)

    in Charlotte

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    35 minutes ago, BJKM said:

    That’s the floor I work on. Someone shot a bullet from the street into a few windows. Thankfully it was the weekend and no one was here. It’s been months so idk why it hasn’t been replaced yet. They’re using the same windows in all the buildings in LU but I assume it’s an insurance hangup. 

     

    SMH

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  12. Bearden Park in Third Ward, Uptown Charlotte

    in Charlotte

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    3 hours ago, kermit said:

    To paraphrase (and invert) a classic statement from the highly esteemed NRA: "teens don't shoot people, guns shoot people." {I won't debate this throwaway line, but it does seem pretty clear that few guns means fewer of these violent incidents (and fewer people injured at each one). There was no 'good guy with a gun' scenario at work here based on the descriptions given above]

    Completely agree with this. America has such a strong gun culture which results in such gun violence. Whether legally owned or not, the emphasis of guns in daily life here results in trauma that is not present in other developed nations. Trauma can be the victim that is shot, resulting in death or injury, those present at a shooting but not shot, families of those at a shooting, those such as first responders that have to go in and clean up the mess, the list is endless. While i applaud Tariq on speaking out and disappointed at the rest of the council., i feel Tariq will push everything but gun control, so we will be left with the continued dominance in gun culture.

    As for large gatherings especially in Uptown, i will never bring my family to any due to such violence, i dont care what the city does nor how the event is promoted.  Who would want to spend time in a place of such increasing  violence and the resulting fallout, even if it is  limited to running for cover and experiencing heavy traffic after a violent event. None of it is attractive.

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  14. Charlotte-Douglas Airport (CLT) Expansion

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    3 hours ago, tozmervo said:

    Spent last evening looking at flights to Europe for a trip later this year. Google Flights helpfully pointed out that a flight I was looking at was a third of the cost if I flew out of RDU instead of CLT. 

    I don't think this includes some of the seasonal flights announced to be returning, like Jackson WY and Bozeman MT

    Yep, just back from a European trip over the holidays. CLT to DUB for 4 was 5500+,  with 1 layover each way. RDU  to DUB same dates was 2200 for 4. Icelandair with stop in Reykjavik (a very small and easy airport). No brainer what i went with. Everything was a breeze, until our return to RDU where there was only two people checking passports and a London flight  had arrived before us, then no carts at the luggage claim area. Should be easy fixes and RDU will be my go to for such flights.

     

  15. Misc. Uptown Projects/News

    in Charlotte

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    9 hours ago, Windsurfer said:

    This was the case for Metrolina Scholars Academy as well.  Seems to have worked out well. It's been years since they did this.

    I'm pretty sure they were trying to move out of that space pre covid. Not sure what the current situation is. They simply have outgrown the building with no way to add additional capacity..

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  17. 2.5 billion in Charlotte-Meck Real Estate Projects for Public Schools

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    On 11/8/2023 at 5:12 AM, RANYC said:

    One key question is whether the design of these buildings will come with more pedestrian interconnectedness or integrate better into increasingly urbanizing surroundings.

     

     

     

    I would think that design should prioritize student / employee  safety over integration into surroundings, an impact of American's sad history of school shootings. 

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  18. Ballantyne

    in Charlotte

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    3 hours ago, InSouthPark said:

    The northern road connecting the Bowl to Community House is 99.9% done, just not open yet. We took the dogs for a walk down it this weekend. They are planting some large willow oaks along the road but everything else is complete.  It will be three lanes, bike lanes, and parallel parking on both sides.  

    Are the bike lanes separate / standalone  from the car lanes and parking? 

  20. Polk Park

    in Charlotte

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    1 hour ago, CLT Development said:

    It hasn't even been designed. Its going to sit like this a while.

    Yep, and this is will be a great example  of why the public have a distrust of the city. They should have done a simple clean up (i don't believe anything was structurally wrong) and left it open until they were shovel ready. 

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  23. Montford Drive

    in Charlotte

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    1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

    it is these apartments rising along Woodlawn Road.

    Adler Montford Park | Charlotte, NC 

     Services: Construction, Development 

     Size: 249 Units

     Type: Mid-Rise    Taft Family Ventures Greenville NC 

    Adler Montford Park | Charlotte, NC Services: Construction, Development Size: 249 Units Type: Mid-Rise

    It's a pity the Chipotle isn't integrated into this and is instead a standalone unit in the previous Circle K site.

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  25. First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan

    in Charlotte

    Posted · Edited by stw52

    5 hours ago, J-Rob said:

    Serious Question: Why would Levine leave his unfinished parking garage just sitting there? If there are quality/safety issues as some speculated, won't he need to eventually tear the thing down if it can't be fixed? And if it can be fixed, why wouldn't they just do that and move forward?

    Does anyone have any insight? Hoping for (mostly) serious answers, lol. 

    I think this is to show that he can undevelop as quickly as develop.

     

     

     

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