Charlotte area "ring cities"

[nicholas]

15 hours ago, Windsurfer said:

Give me a nice quiet deer stand any day over "ICEs" raging around a track.  Who said anything about cruise ships? Those are an abomination too.

There are literally hundreds of millions of people in the US alone who actively wall themselves into a car-based lifestyle despite hating cars and hating the act of driving itself.  Yet, when someone wants to build something that caters to a very small group of enthusiasts who actually enjoy cars, and like to drive them fast, but want to do so responsibly, in a controlled environment, that is far from the hordes of people who complain of such activities, we are the bad guys??  You can look pretty much anywhere around the Charlotte area to find widespread forest destruction that combines to be several orders of magnitude worse than the effects of building a racetrack in the middle of nowhere, and there are no signs of that slowing down...but of course we're still the bad guys because "car loud and bad". 

I brought up cruise ships as a ridiculous analogy because those are monumentally more destructive and impactful than this will ever be...but it's harder to demonize those because they are so far out of sight and mind. 

[Windsurfer]

6 hours ago, nicholas said:

There are literally hundreds of millions of people in the US alone who actively wall themselves into a car-based lifestyle despite hating cars and hating the act of driving itself.  Yet, when someone wants to build something that caters to a very small group of enthusiasts who actually enjoy cars, and like to drive them fast, but want to do so responsibly, in a controlled environment, that is far from the hordes of people who complain of such activities, we are the bad guys??  You can look pretty much anywhere around the Charlotte area to find widespread forest destruction that combines to be several orders of magnitude worse than the effects of building a racetrack in the middle of nowhere, and there are no signs of that slowing down...but of course we're still the bad guys because "car loud and bad". 

I brought up cruise ships as a ridiculous analogy because those are monumentally more destructive and impactful than this will ever be...but it's harder to demonize those because they are so far out of sight and mind. 

What's wrong with the massive speedway we have already? It sits idle most of the time. 

Why can't we just add the 400 acres this project will use to The Uwharrie National Forest, which has to be the tiniest National Forest in the country?

[rancenc]

New educational complex could be coming to Cornelius!

https://www.corneliustoday.com/it-looks-like-a-pre-school-may-come-to-w-catawba/

Edited May 25 by rancenc

[rancenc]

Jobs and investment coming to Stanly County!

https://www.thesnaponline.com/2024/06/20/quality-enclosures-to-expand-albemarle-facility/

[rancenc]

Looks like Nordstrom Rack is opening up 3 new stores in the state, including 2 in the Charlotte metro area!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nordstrom-rack-will-open-3-new-nc-stores-including-a-triangle-location/ar-BB1orwhd?ocid=BingNewsVerp

[rancenc]

New public gathering place opens up in downtown Albemarle.

https://www.thesnaponline.com/2024/06/24/albemarle-celebrates-opening-of-courthouse-plaza/

[KJHburg]

On 6/25/2024 at 12:38 PM, rancenc said:

New public gathering place opens up in downtown Albemarle.

https://www.thesnaponline.com/2024/06/24/albemarle-celebrates-opening-of-courthouse-plaza/

Yes I was on business in downtown Albemarle and afterwards I walked a bit and saw this new open space.  Plus they do have some apartments downtown now in an old hotel.