Trader Joe’s is located in Midtown, not Plaza Midwood. In Plaza Midwood, the only significant grocery store is Harris Teeter, situated at the intersection of Central and The Plaza.
Been here 2 years and this is meant to be a gentle warning. Like you, I did a blind relocation - my suggestion is to try Charlotte out for a few months via an Airbnb home/furnished apartment and drive extensively to all the places he mentioned BEFORE making a permanent move. This way if you don't like what you see you can easily disengage and backpedal without breaking the bank. Note: The job market is not what you think it is and from a career financial perspective it is not exactly 'the Zurich of the South'. Costs are significantly higher than you can imagine. Read the Charlotte subreddit which has tons of information and reliable snark.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, NoDa was a prime destination for the arts, known for its vibrant galleries. However, over time, these galleries have been replaced by restaurants and bars, transforming NoDa into more of an entertainment hub.
@@dee4435 there are great options, just not in the city. Especially for retirement, you want to live somewhere that has a low risk of taxes going up and reasonable cost of living. 20 to 30 minutes outside the city tends to be much more affordable! When did you want to possibly move?
Ballantyne is everything!! Every time that I visit my friends in Pineville they live in the subdivision directly across the street from Ballantyne ,Before I go to their home in Woodside falls I have first take a look at the homes in Ballantyne.
Been living in Charlotte/Matthews for over 28 years, and things have really changed. South Park/Myers Park used to be the area to be in. But now, it’s all about Ballantyne. Ballantyne is going through rapid growth right now and traffic is ridiculous. A lot of loops are being constructed on 485 in Ballantyne. It’s also extremely expensive, but it’s the most demanding area right now because of school, crime rate, close to shopping and extreme lavish lifestyle. Ballantyne is mostly for the upper class.
Hate to break it to you, but South Park/Myers park is still where the wealthiest people live. Ballantyne is where people who can't afford south park live.
@@onlyfoolriding8223 No. Ballantyne is where smart people who wants to avoid constantly ongoing retarded crimes in South Park/Myers Park area. South Park/Myers Park area are where rich gullible people live cause they bought into the hype and don’t want to move out of it unless they take a hit out of their home equity.
@@onlyfoolriding8223 South Park/Myers Park is still the most expensive and where most of the wealthy are but the crime rates there is also stupidly high. That’s why I said “used to be the area to be in”.
For retired age people seeking a quiet safe area, what would you personally recommend close to amenities (restaurants, groceries, medical services) with good walkability for older retired people in condo locations??
I'd say Mint Hill meets your needs and the populations skews quite a bit older than Matthews. Quite safe, excellent Harris Teeter and Publix, fine medical services, dentists, eye doctors vets, garages, eye doctors, pharmacies, UPS Store, hair stylists, nail places, ATT store, CVS, Library, brewery, restaurants, car wash, gas station, ABC Liquor store, Bagel shop, pizzerias, Chinese restaurant, Mexican restaurant, Indian restaurant, fitness places, wine shop, car inspection, ice cream shop, Ace Hardware, Post Office, Police etc. etc. etc. etc. Look online. Quite safe and you can rent a 1600 square foot house for the price a one or two bedroom in a luxury (meaning 'new') building. Two 'Park and Rides' and morning express busses and the '9' bus will get you to Uptown in 35-40 minutes.
@@dovygoodguy1296 Absolutely, but it is a suburb; Matthews is also okay. Uptown unlike other city 'Downtowns' does not have retail except for an Overstreet Mall. You cannot even buy shoes in Uptown on your lunch hour, . And then there are the wild teenagers doing auto drag racing. Many of the areas he mentioned are young - like Southend which is adjacent to Uptown. Others are family oriented meaning KIDS. Look at the online demographics. Walkable areas exist but they are small, like Noda. (Also young). Charlotte is a city with a younger demograpic and I doubt, if retired, you need to go the breweries and the Fillmore and are looking for late night thrills.
Love this question! And I’ll make a full video on it. But check out Matthews, Mint Hill, Cornelius, Davidson, and even some areas in SouthPark or Ballantyne could be good. Now the type of day-to-day lifestyle you want will affect what makes the best sense. What are you looking for in your day-to-day lifestyle?
Everyone's forgetting about University City. The best bang for your buck inside of i-485 right now if you're buying a home. A very practical location with home prices lower than anywhere he listed in the video, immediate proximity to light rail, bus stops and highway access. Home to UNCC (obvi), a large hospital, a business district, and The Shoppes/Boardwalk, a glistening mixed use area surrounding a large pond that has gone through major upgrades in the past two years, including ongoing construction of a new library. Close proximity to the next best shopping mall in the area after South Park mall, Concord Mills. Just so many benefits for a lot less money than these other places.
Largely depends on budget - I love all those areas. All have very social historic downtown areas with lots to do and local watering holes. Did you see the full length video I made on Matthews?
I was born and raised in Charlotte in 1979 where was 4 I can remember when Charlotte was literally split by the railroad tracks when West Boulevard meets East Boulevard it was like a world of difference. I’ve been out of Charlotte for about 10 years now maybe a little bit more but it’s funny how fast it’s developed in the last 10 years, I didn’t hear you mention the Whitehall area anyway great video
Thanks for watching! Most people couldn’t even point to Whitehall tbh, they’d lump it in with the Steele Creek area. My dad used to live in Charlotte for a bit in the 70’s and mentioned the same thing. Would you ever live in Charlotte again? Or did life move you other places for good?
Same thing with Milwaukee. I'm a 70's baby born and raised and the viaduct divided the city and it was like night and day. As a small child, I was ignorant and thought all cities were racially segregated (because that's all I knew) until my girlfriend from Texas told me it was a Milwaukee thing...that's when the world got much bigger to me lol. Milwaukee was one of the most if not the most racially segregated cities in America -- at least at that time. It is far more diverse today than it was back then.
@@GardengalAAA exactly I thought the same thing that all cities were segregated in this matter, now I am a lot older and wiser and understand what was happening
Cotswold Marketplace does not have food. It sells home goods. Also, there are many other restaurants if you drive down Shaon Amity toward Southpark. You might want to mention that the new townhomes in Cotswold start at $440 k for a 2 bedroom and most start at $500 k. Cotswold is popular because the assigned schools have a good reputation and because of it's central location. The home prices reflect it's popularity. The new build home ( lots of nice brick older homes are being torn down and replaced by very pricy new homes) start at $ 1 mil.
Todd Park gets my vote. Once a whistle stop on the electric train service between Charlotte and Gastonia. The historical Thrift, Mt. Holly and Belmont stations are still standing, While Toddville had a covered platform (long gone). Today? Gunfire, coyotes, air traffic and train traffic characterize the diverse orchestra of equity and inclusion....
Thanks for the bit of history! Are you referencing the covered platform near the corner of Moores Chapel and Freedom where it splits off into Old Mount Holly Road? It's visible from the road back in the woods. There are some great neighborhoods back in there, I actually live near there myself. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@LivingInCharlotteTeam Yes, that's the old Thrift station. It used to sit on the opposite side of the road but was moved across the street a few years back - we continue to hope it finds some legitimate uses. Where all of the roads intersect around the railroad overpass was known as the Thrift neighborhood up until the 1960s. The old Toddville platform was off of Toddville Road on the LH side of the road heading south at the second railroad track right before FedEx. Toddville became Todd Park in the 1950s. Renmants of the old track still run past the the long gone Lakewood Park Amusement Park on Parkway Avenue off of Tuckaseegee Road.. Electric Trolleys ran up the middle of Tuckaseegee Road many years ago. Lots of Charlotte History in that area too.
Did this guy just move to the Charlotte metro area. He did an OK job, completely missed 4th Ward and 3rd Ward. Over all if you have kids in School you must do your homework, traffic is very congested almost everywhere. Look at Belmont, Mt. Holly, Concord, and the tri Cities of Lake Norman. Anywhere in the Charlotte Metro area is going to be expensive, however it really depends on how old you are, where do you work, and what kind of lifestyle do you want. Charlotte pretty much has everything. I met a couple who bought a condo Uptown because that is where they work, but they told me that they wish they had rented for a year and then gotten to know Charlotte better, despite the commute they would have moved to Dilworth. Dilworth was once a 1930s bungalow community now it is full on Urban. Never by a Townhouse unless it is in Town. I moved here in the mid- 1980s and Charlotte was just starting to become a mid tear City, whatever you do, find the best place for you and your family and stay put. A home I bought for a song in the early 90s near Myers Park is now worth almost 2 million, I doubt I could afford the taxes on it now. Charlotte will continue to grow, do your homework if moving here, and never buy a Condo because HOA will always go up, and a lot of people don’t factor in that cost, along with limited parking, and at some point an assume on your complex or building every 10-12 years for major repairs. $$$$$. I would suggest renting for a year and thinking about your future and then explore the many fringe cities around Charlotte, you can always drive into uptown for events. Good Luck 👍 but don’t just watch a few UA-cam videos and think you know where you want to live.
Thanks for sharing! Mostly correct and great info, but 3rd and 4th ward didn’t make it into this video because they are simply not top 20 in popularity or relevance.
Charlotte and surrounding area feels heavily underdeveloped, coming from Atlanta ga, wife and I just visited and it felt very country like. Lots of green and empty spaces.
@@imvox2019 just had clients in from Atlanta this weekend as well, I’ll always love the time I lived there. There’s definitely a lot more nature left here and will likely always be that way relative to ATL due to additional topography reducing usable land. What was highs and lows for you and the wife this trip?
Yeah, Charlotte as a whole is what Atlanta was years ago. They are making all the same mistakes Atlanta made. These Southern Suburban cities seem to just be spread out, car centric cities.
It’s crazy I just left Charlotte, Harrisburg and Blume etc looking and regular homes with neighbors right next to you and nothing majorly fancy going for 1mill I was floored. Where do these people work and afford single family homes if NC your neighbor is right next to you and you spend between 700k-1mill plus. I was shocked tbh and I’m from southern Cali where that’s how much they cost here actually cheaper
Awesome job breaking down the 13 neighborhoods of Charlotte
Great presentation summarizing various neighborhoods!
Great video, thanks so much!
@@CallieFornia99 thanks! Glad it was helpful! What got you looking at Charlotte neighborhoods?
@ I’m moving to Charlotte (South Park) next month from Ohio :)
@@CallieFornia99 best place in. Charlotte
Trader Joe’s is located in Midtown, not Plaza Midwood. In Plaza Midwood, the only significant grocery store is Harris Teeter, situated at the intersection of Central and The Plaza.
Thank you!!! This is what I needed for a blind relocation ❤
@@Stacey_Chenell let me be the first to say WELCOME! What brings you to Charlotte?
@@LivingInCharlotteTeam Thank you haven’t moved yet ideal time is 90 days. I need a new scenery!
Been here 2 years and this is meant to be a gentle warning. Like you, I did a blind relocation - my suggestion is to try Charlotte out for a few months via an Airbnb home/furnished apartment and drive extensively to all the places he mentioned BEFORE making a permanent move. This way if you don't like what you see you can easily disengage and backpedal without breaking the bank. Note: The job market is not what you think it is and from a career financial perspective it is not exactly 'the Zurich of the South'. Costs are significantly higher than you can imagine. Read the Charlotte subreddit which has tons of information and reliable snark.
@@logica1167 Thank you for the insight and advice.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, NoDa was a prime destination for the arts, known for its vibrant galleries. However, over time, these galleries have been replaced by restaurants and bars, transforming NoDa into more of an entertainment hub.
Keep the content coming!
Is it really walkable when you have to drive to the tiny areas that are considered walkable?
Loved this video.
Thanks for watching, we put a lot of time into these vids for people exactly like you! Are you moving to Charlotte soon? Or just researching the area?
Which neighborhood is good for retirees on a budget. Looks like it's all too expensive for lower middle class folks?
@@dee4435 there are great options, just not in the city. Especially for retirement, you want to live somewhere that has a low risk of taxes going up and reasonable cost of living. 20 to 30 minutes outside the city tends to be much more affordable! When did you want to possibly move?
Forgot to mention The Bowl at Ballantyne! We are finally getting a few things without having to drive 30 min
Great addition! They announced it right after this video went live, I’ll be sure to include it in the next one!
Ballantyne is everything!! Every time that I visit my friends in Pineville they live in the subdivision directly across the street from Ballantyne ,Before I go to their home in Woodside falls I have first take a look at the homes in Ballantyne.
Ballantyne is better and 15 mins north of it too. Everywhere else is not worth it
Been living in Charlotte/Matthews for over 28 years, and things have really changed.
South Park/Myers Park used to be the area to be in. But now, it’s all about Ballantyne. Ballantyne is going through rapid growth right now and traffic is ridiculous. A lot of loops are being constructed on 485 in Ballantyne. It’s also extremely expensive, but it’s the most demanding area right now because of school, crime rate, close to shopping and extreme lavish lifestyle. Ballantyne is mostly for the upper class.
Hate to break it to you, but South Park/Myers park is still where the wealthiest people live. Ballantyne is where people who can't afford south park live.
@@onlyfoolriding8223
No. Ballantyne is where smart people who wants to avoid constantly ongoing retarded crimes in South Park/Myers Park area.
South Park/Myers Park area are where rich gullible people live cause they bought into the hype and don’t want to move out of it unless they take a hit out of their home equity.
All of Charlotte has gotten worse .Been watching it decline for 28 years. I personally think Ballantyne is a concrete jungle😅
@onlyfoolriding8223 can confirm this. I live in Ballantyne bc I can’t afford a higher or rent or maybe bc I refuse to pay more in rent for Charlotte.
@@onlyfoolriding8223
South Park/Myers Park is still the most expensive and where most of the wealthy are but the crime rates there is also stupidly high.
That’s why I said “used to be the area to be in”.
It seems like all of Charlotte has the same problem - Too Expensive, Too Crowded, etc
dirty, dumpy and crime ridden
And lacks diversity. It’s so fucking boring !
Go to Atlanta Orlando Miami New Orleans.
Any other southern city
Charlotte it’s dull and one trick pony
27:30 my current neighborhood area❤❤❤ Walker Road Cotswold
#SouthEastCLTrules
Let’s just say this, all of Charlotte you will be getting in your car for anywhere you go, except Southend has the best access to light rail.
For retired age people seeking a quiet safe area, what would you personally recommend close to amenities (restaurants, groceries, medical services) with good walkability for older retired people in condo locations??
I'd say Mint Hill meets your needs and the populations skews quite a bit older than Matthews. Quite safe, excellent Harris Teeter and Publix, fine medical services, dentists, eye doctors vets, garages, eye doctors, pharmacies, UPS Store, hair stylists, nail places, ATT store, CVS, Library, brewery, restaurants, car wash, gas station, ABC Liquor store, Bagel shop, pizzerias, Chinese restaurant, Mexican restaurant, Indian restaurant, fitness places, wine shop, car inspection, ice cream shop, Ace Hardware, Post Office, Police etc. etc. etc. etc. Look online. Quite safe and you can rent a 1600 square foot house for the price a one or two bedroom in a luxury (meaning 'new') building. Two 'Park and Rides' and morning express busses and the '9' bus will get you to Uptown in 35-40 minutes.
@@logica1167 From your perspective this would be a better choice than Uptown?
@@dovygoodguy1296 Absolutely, but it is a suburb; Matthews is also okay. Uptown unlike other city 'Downtowns' does not have retail except for an Overstreet Mall. You cannot even buy shoes in Uptown on your lunch hour, . And then there are the wild teenagers doing auto drag racing. Many of the areas he mentioned are young - like Southend which is adjacent to Uptown. Others are family oriented meaning KIDS. Look at the online demographics. Walkable areas exist but they are small, like Noda. (Also young). Charlotte is a city with a younger demograpic and I doubt, if retired, you need to go the breweries and the Fillmore and are looking for late night thrills.
@@logica1167 So I'll check out Mint Hills even without driving a car......
Love this question! And I’ll make a full video on it. But check out Matthews, Mint Hill, Cornelius, Davidson, and even some areas in SouthPark or Ballantyne could be good. Now the type of day-to-day lifestyle you want will affect what makes the best sense. What are you looking for in your day-to-day lifestyle?
Everyone's forgetting about University City. The best bang for your buck inside of i-485 right now if you're buying a home. A very practical location with home prices lower than anywhere he listed in the video, immediate proximity to light rail, bus stops and highway access. Home to UNCC (obvi), a large hospital, a business district, and The Shoppes/Boardwalk, a glistening mixed use area surrounding a large pond that has gone through major upgrades in the past two years, including ongoing construction of a new library. Close proximity to the next best shopping mall in the area after South Park mall, Concord Mills. Just so many benefits for a lot less money than these other places.
Someone told to me that university City is pretty dangerous
The Highland Creek neighborhood is in the University area. Sadly, the University area has a lot of crime.
Naw nothing but kids over there no one wants to be over there
What are the best school districts?
Yea so um... What about outside of Charlotte. Single and 40 but strongly leaning towards buying in Mount Holly, Belmont or Matthews....thoughts!?
Largely depends on budget - I love all those areas. All have very social historic downtown areas with lots to do and local watering holes. Did you see the full length video I made on Matthews?
>Charlotte
>Walkability
Choose one
Charlotte has good walkability but you have to be willing to spend $3K-4K/mo
Sugar Creek FTW!
Dissed the Falconbridge!
I was born and raised in Charlotte in 1979 where was 4 I can remember when Charlotte was literally split by the railroad tracks when West Boulevard meets East Boulevard it was like a world of difference. I’ve been out of Charlotte for about 10 years now maybe a little bit more but it’s funny how fast it’s developed in the last 10 years, I didn’t hear you mention the Whitehall area anyway great video
Thanks for watching! Most people couldn’t even point to Whitehall tbh, they’d lump it in with the Steele Creek area. My dad used to live in Charlotte for a bit in the 70’s and mentioned the same thing. Would you ever live in Charlotte again? Or did life move you other places for good?
Same thing with Milwaukee. I'm a 70's baby born and raised and the viaduct divided the city and it was like night and day. As a small child, I was ignorant and thought all cities were racially segregated (because that's all I knew) until my girlfriend from Texas told me it was a Milwaukee thing...that's when the world got much bigger to me lol. Milwaukee was one of the most if not the most racially segregated cities in America -- at least at that time. It is far more diverse today than it was back then.
@@GardengalAAA exactly I thought the same thing that all cities were segregated in this matter, now I am a lot older and wiser and understand what was happening
cotswold is fire
We are moving to Ballantyne next summer, wish we could offer southpark, but Ballantyne is the next best thing.
That South Park lifestyle needs what could be, unburdened by what has been
Cotswold Marketplace does not have food. It sells home goods. Also, there are many other restaurants if you drive down Shaon Amity toward Southpark. You might want to mention that the new townhomes in Cotswold start at $440 k for a 2 bedroom and most start at $500 k. Cotswold is popular because the assigned schools have a good reputation and because of it's central location. The home prices reflect it's popularity. The new build home ( lots of nice brick older homes are being torn down and replaced by very pricy new homes) start at $ 1 mil.
Thanks for the heads up about Cotswold, I'll double check the details on the next update!
Todd Park gets my vote. Once a whistle stop on the electric train service between Charlotte and Gastonia. The historical Thrift, Mt. Holly and Belmont stations are still standing, While Toddville had a covered platform (long gone). Today? Gunfire, coyotes, air traffic and train traffic characterize the diverse orchestra of equity and inclusion....
Thanks for the bit of history! Are you referencing the covered platform near the corner of Moores Chapel and Freedom where it splits off into Old Mount Holly Road? It's visible from the road back in the woods. There are some great neighborhoods back in there, I actually live near there myself. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@LivingInCharlotteTeam Yes, that's the old Thrift station. It used to sit on the opposite side of the road but was moved across the street a few years back - we continue to hope it finds some legitimate uses. Where all of the roads intersect around the railroad overpass was known as the Thrift neighborhood up until the 1960s. The old Toddville platform was off of Toddville Road on the LH side of the road heading south at the second railroad track right before FedEx. Toddville became Todd Park in the 1950s. Renmants of the old track still run past the the long gone Lakewood Park Amusement Park on Parkway Avenue off of Tuckaseegee Road.. Electric Trolleys ran up the middle of Tuckaseegee Road many years ago. Lots of Charlotte History in that area too.
I love Matthews I grew up skating downtown.
Obviously biased.
Did this guy just move to the Charlotte metro area. He did an OK job, completely missed 4th Ward and 3rd Ward. Over all if you have kids in School you must do your homework, traffic is very congested almost everywhere. Look at Belmont, Mt. Holly, Concord, and the tri Cities of Lake Norman.
Anywhere in the Charlotte Metro area is going to be expensive, however it really depends on how old you are, where do you work, and what kind of lifestyle do you want. Charlotte pretty much has everything.
I met a couple who bought a condo Uptown because that is where they work, but they told me that they wish they had rented for a year and then gotten to know Charlotte better, despite the commute they would have moved to Dilworth. Dilworth was once a 1930s bungalow community now it is full on Urban.
Never by a Townhouse unless it is in Town. I moved here in the mid- 1980s and Charlotte was just starting to become a mid tear City, whatever you do, find the best place for you and your family and stay put.
A home I bought for a song in the early 90s near Myers Park is now worth almost 2 million, I doubt I could afford the taxes on it now.
Charlotte will continue to grow, do your homework if moving here, and never buy a Condo because HOA will always go up, and a lot of people don’t factor in that cost, along with limited parking, and at some point an assume on your complex or building every 10-12 years for major repairs. $$$$$.
I would suggest renting for a year and thinking about your future and then explore the many fringe cities around Charlotte, you can always drive into uptown for events.
Good Luck 👍 but don’t just watch a few UA-cam videos and think you know where you want to live.
Thanks for sharing! Mostly correct and great info, but 3rd and 4th ward didn’t make it into this video because they are simply not top 20 in popularity or relevance.
No mention of University City? C’mon, bro
limited diversity, never heard that before but that's beautiful !
If I had to live in Charlotte, I would live in Ballantyne
Charlotte and surrounding area feels heavily underdeveloped, coming from Atlanta ga, wife and I just visited and it felt very country like. Lots of green and empty spaces.
@@imvox2019 just had clients in from Atlanta this weekend as well, I’ll always love the time I lived there. There’s definitely a lot more nature left here and will likely always be that way relative to ATL due to additional topography reducing usable land. What was highs and lows for you and the wife this trip?
Yeah, Charlotte as a whole is what Atlanta was years ago. They are making all the same mistakes Atlanta made. These Southern Suburban cities seem to just be spread out, car centric cities.
Southpark,got to move there,they have a tv show.
I LOL'ed haha thanks for watching!
this dude got the callenge to use charlotte and best neighborhoods unironically in the same sentence
Oh believe me it was easier than every other metro I’ve lived in 😂 thanks for watching!
Ballantyne is too car dependent, large parking lots and shopping strips. No walkability at all.
It’s crazy I just left Charlotte, Harrisburg and Blume etc looking and regular homes with neighbors right next to you and nothing majorly fancy going for 1mill I was floored. Where do these people work and afford single family homes if NC your neighbor is right next to you and you spend between 700k-1mill plus. I was shocked tbh and I’m from southern Cali where that’s how much they cost here actually cheaper
Matthews is completely overcrowded now. Its done.
@@glennpham2763 just made a full length video on Matthews!
all of charlotte is. One large shopping mall
bro said nota
North Tavidson Street
Nothing like it !!!! South park !!!!! It looks like nyc
I can’t take you seriously bc u abuse the exclamation marks
Charlotte wishes it looked like NYC. No way is Charlotte anywhere close to as walkable as NYC.
Alexander Micheal’s is 🔥 good luck trying to find it tho 😂
@@ronquixote3767 thanks for watching and contributing to the community! 🔥 Also your username cracked me up 🤣