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i need to get into some "in" crowd so that I can learn of such things in advance. i'm biting my nails off in suspense here!!!!!
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Maybe, but how many more people are going to say, "Wow, they've got a Hall of Fame, maybe this is a real sport and I have to go see a race." I really, really don't see it working out that way. You don't care about the history of the sport until you're very deep into it. You either see it on TV and it is fun to watch, or you go to a race and it is fun to watch, and you become a fan. If you're opinion is that NASCAR is dumb, a hall of fame won't change your mind.
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I guess it depends on the person. The only reason I gave Nascar a chance was because I saw that they were getting a HoF, so I thought ,"hmmm....let me go see what this thing is all about". I know I can only speak for myself though.
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Then what is Nascar's reason for building the HOF? Certainly it is to increase the appeal of the sport.
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I would disagree. It seems more logical that the purpose of the HoF is to validate Nascar as a "true" sport in the eyes of the general population.
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Excuse me for asking but I'm a tall black man. Would I stick out like a sore thumb if I were to take a vacation to Dubai? Also how much are air and hotel packages? If anyone knows let me know thanks.
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Dubai is an arab country. Many arabs are very dark skinned, almost black if you didn't know they were arab. Plus arabs aren't short like asians.
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I agree. I betcha' someone like a high profile Bob Johnson has already eyeballed the layout and put down not only a deposit, but simply wrote a check to purchace the unit. Man, I wsh I had it like that. Must be nice ! B)
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Yea I could drop 6 mil on that unit if I wanted to. Instead though I am saving up for that private moon flight they are planning for '08.
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Eastman/Kodak which is by far the largest employer in the area (and in east TN).
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it's Eastman Kodak, not Eastman/Kodak
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has anyone else noticed that Emporis has a Nascar HoF listed as one of Charlotte's buildings?
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I still don't even know what the whole Nascar thing is all about; yet I'm curiously very excited about us getting the HOF
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I saw a sign yesterday that the aforementioned NorthLake Village is the name for the previously unnamed group of stores east of 77 from the mall, where Boyles and all those furniture stores and hotels are now. They are currently building the HH Gregg in the middle of it; I would say the frame is about 75% finished.
Unfortunately because different pieces of this shopping center have been added at different times, all the buildings look haphazard. The newest section, with Quizno's and Azteca, has entrances that face the middle (where HH Gregg will be), leaving quite an ugly view to the road, but some other portions have entrances that face Statesville Rd.
Ultimately I think it will be like that grouping of stores across 85 from Concord Mills, where BJ's and Garden Ridge are, but not as large.
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what is HH Gregg?
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I just answered my own question. However, I see no mention of that site on their website??
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ours looks way cooler
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I wonder with all our transplants from bigger cities whether that gives people a lot more purchasing power than what you'd typically expect from a person that would, say, be selling their place in south charlotte to move downtown.
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that is VERY true. I only paid $230K for my house, and it is freakin 3000+ sqft!!!! back home I would be lucky to get a 2 room condo for $230K!!!
plus the greatest part is, even though the houses and cost of living are both so cheap down here, the salaries are the same as up north. well, for us nerds at least, err um programmers.
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I'm all over BeSt
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yea how cool would that be. "i'm from the BeSt part of town"
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Why not just "West Morehead"? Everybody knows what that means.
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or we could shorten it to "WeMo"
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wow, I thought they were from Boston. Well then they would be the top ones right now.
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they relo'd to the Boston scene because that is the "home" of metalcore (the unholy blend of maiden'esque riffs blended with hardcore breakdowns)
I have another one, James Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill. He wasn't born in the Carolinas though.
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Good Charlotte is from DC...
The most known band from the charlotte area right now is between the buried and me... Charlotte is only known for the hardcore scene, someone correct me if I am wrong.
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yes Good Charlotte is from the DC area (Rockville, MD to be exact). Being a fan of metal I consider GC to be the biggest embarrasment for us Washingtonians.
As for Charlotte area bands, in the pop-metal world there is Killswitch Engage who hail from Charlotte. They are Ozzfest heroes.
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Too bad for me--I work at Harris and 77. I'm biding my time until September.
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my wife works right there as well
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Target is not owned by a French company. It is American, based in Minneapolis. Check out the website- http://www.target.com for corporate info.
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you're right, apparently it was an urban legend
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Target to me seems more inviting and livelier. Better than that old blue and white smelly neighbor of theirs. Also Target keeps their stores ALOT neater.
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seeing as how Target is owned by a French company I would have assumed that Targets are more smelly
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Indeed it is. Harris Blvd changes names to Vance Rd at this point and there is a very long term plan to extend this road all the way to Hwy 73 at the Lake. This is currently known as the Vance Rd extension. Beyond Huntersville-Mt. Holly Rd, control of the road reverts from Charlotte to Huntersville where there have been long debates over where the extension might go.
I would assume at the time the Vance Rd. extension is constructed the dual laneing will be continued to match what will be at the mall end of the road.
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that is actually ashame because it sort of dead-ends into some beautiful wooded area
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Isn't Vance Road Extention all known as West W.T. Harris Blvd now?
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I was under that assumption as well, because all the street signs read "Harris Blvd", even at the Mt-Holley-Huntersville Rd intersection
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edit: after seeing that pic, i'm pretty sure northlake commons will be on the mall side and supertarget will be across northlake boulevard at the corner of Harris Blvd and Northlake Blvd... and northlake commons would be on the northeast corner of it
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will there be enough room?? because you can see where they have dug out for 485 right there where you are talking about.
while we are on the subject.....i've noticed that they are going to do two one-way two lane roads in each direction for that section of harris; but then it all merges back into one lane at the mt holley-huntersville rd intersection. can that be right????
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are you sure about that?? because the sign there reads "Northlake Commons", and there is definitely no target being built there
I'm biding my time until September.
Brooklyn Village Redevelopment in 2nd Ward
in Charlotte
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that is exactly it. most americans feel like they are "owed" something just because they were born in america. in asian cultures there is strict work ethic that is engrained in the minds of the people from childhood.