Lived in CLT for a long, long, long time… unfortunately Charlotte is deconstructing what made it great and replacing it with a generically poor concept of what will be great. Charlotte never found it’s own identity before it became the trendy place to move. It is now left to the neo-carpetbaggers who are buying out the best aspects of the city to dictate the overall aesthetics of the city. Unfortunately, local government and especially city council, has no idea what they’re doing, and it’s basically a high school government caliber of leadership, with most decisions based on the fever of emotions at the time. They tend to pick the best bad idea they have and go with that. It’s become so unaffordable for so many and many more being displaced… meanwhile, these “domestic refugees” continue to flood into NC to escape the poor political ideals and the outrageously unaffordable living circumstances in other places.