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  1. 11 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:


    We lived in Charlotte for many years, and my wife feels the same way about Uptown.  Apart from the  vast homeless problem, we’ve seen a lot of fights and police activity in Uptown.  The QoL has plunged.  It’s not just Charlotte though.  Homelessness and crime has soured in Chapel Hill.  Durham, moreover, is simply out of control.

    My wife preemptively calls next month's music festival the "Loving Life Shooting".  Asks her coworkers, "who's going to the Loving Life shooting in May?"

    It's actually a shame because the lineup is great and we would be going if it weren't uptown. Seems like every major uptown event has had a shooting recently and my wife was not at all willing to chance it. Even worse, every single friend I've asked has said the same thing "We would go if it wasn't uptown. Too many shootings. Too unsafe"

    Apologies for the topic digression 😕

     

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  2. On 1/16/2024 at 4:50 PM, CLT Development said:

    State of Confusion has terrible food, and is somehow a mix between cajun, argentinian, and peruvian — pick a lane —  and is way too big, maybe they just want us to be confused? 

    Their other "restaurant concept" STIR is the exact same way. Menu is all over the place with no direction and certainly no quality. I swear almost everything comes out of a freezer. If STIR wasn't in their great location with the awesome outdoor space it too would be dead. 

    Also, their drinks are complete a$$, and that's like their whole thing

  3. Just now, kermit said:

    2) The data indicate that violent crime in uptown has declined substantially since last year. So it is not accurate to say that it -is-  more dangerous. But its clearly being presented as more dangerous.

    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/violent-crime-uptown-down-since-014815800.html

     

    People don't have to see someone violently murdered in front of them to feel unsafe and not want to go into uptown anymore. You think those hundreds of parents running with their kids in their arms during the July 4 chaos are telling themselves "well violent crime is akshully down this year! Lets go to a Knights game this week!" ? Cuz sad to say, they ain't ever coming back and I can't blame them. Perception is reality.

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  4. I've been seeing a good amount of instagram and facebook posts about the violence and chaos at the park and under each post is a staggering amount of comments from people saying its their last time doing anything uptown when they can go to South Park or Southend and feel much safer. You can say "this is happening everywhere" but that won't really matter when the entirety of uptown looks like the present-day Epicenter.  Sure, the banks will never leave uptown but there are plenty of other businesses that I'm sure will be looking elsewhere when their lease is up. 

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