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City Center provides the convenience that is unmatched. Being close to shops, restaurants, work, nightlife is such an advantage. If you love the city and being in walking distance to everything, consider Uptown Charlotte. less

This is one of Charlotte's top destination neighborhoods. Since the construction of the Lynx light rail, developers have flocked to the area to build a lively work/live/play community. This area has a trendy strip of shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. It will be busy on the weekends if you are looking for something fun to do. South End is located just south of the city along South Blvd. The Lynx light rail pass right through the festivities, which makes living in the area very convenient to everything center city has to offer. Once in South End, you will find many of things to do. Old mills in the neighborhood have been converted to housing facilities, breweries, bars and clubs. A prime example of this is Atherton Mills which has been converted into a trendy shopping, dining, and business park. Right around the corner, stop into Big Bens Pub for an ice cold beer or check out Luna's Living Garden for a nice vegan dinner. Prefer to cook at home? The Savory Spice Shop has a large variety of their own spices and herbs. Curious about all the buzz on local beer? Well, it won't take long to find a local brewery in South End. Popular breweries in the area include The Old Mecklenburg Brewery, Triple C Brewery, and Lenny Boy Brewery. Bar crawls and tours are popular events in the area which feature some more artistic venues such as Dharma Lounge, Apostrophe, and Tremont Music Hall. These venues tend to stay full almost every night of the week. There is a competitive buying market in South End as the demand is high and there is limited space to build. However, the popularity of the area is definitely high and will continue to grow. You can buy a piece of South End starting around $200k for a condo and go up to one million plus for a single family home. If trends continue, these prices are going to continue to go up year after year. less

Ever notice how we call downtown Charlotte Uptown? Or why North Tryon really runs Northeast? Well I did and while I have blogged about this before it was the way the streets run in Uptown that made me want to research this further. Most cities are settled near a body of water or some other important navigational feature like a port or railroad. Charlotte settled for what at the time of it's founding was the middle of nowhere. So I always wondered why it was set-up the way it is. Why Uptown? This gets debated all the time but there is a historical meaning and a PR meaning to this term. It is true that in the 1980's the leaders in Charlotte wanted to make downtown sound really cool so they started promoting it as "Uptown". This term was not entirely just made up though. It dated back to when Charlotte was just a trading post at Trade and Tryon. (Hence the Trade street name) Trade and Tryon sits on a ridge between Irwin and Sugar creeks. The early residents of Charlotte would walk or ride their horses to Trade and Tryon to buy and sell their goods. They literally had to go uphill so they would say they were going "Up to Town". It later was shortened to just going "Uptown". As the city grew it slowly went back to the term downtown, when the industrial revolution took place. Like most other cities at the time. It was later resurrected in the 1980s as a PR campaign to make downtown sound better. less