Hectic Charlotte North Carolina - DanTraveling

[etsPlay]

1:32 = my house :)

oh god i hope no peds read my comment :C

[macsrule94]

Go to intersection of queens and providence and attempt to get on 277 outer. you have to shoot across 4 lanes of heavy traffic to get on 277.

[1bitten2xshy]

well atleast you know it not 5pm

[hobointhehouse1]

lol. When I went here I love the NoDa area here. Or, If you go here, go to the epecenter to see a movie, ITS E-P-I-C

[prodigychild1988]

@hobointhehouse1 epicentre, not epecenter :)

[gixxerD66]

i would luv yo live here

[LoafofPeanutButter]

nice i live there

[mrdjcobra704]

APEX of my town are amazing

[battechno]

NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA HAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST DRIVERS IN AMERICA!!! THIS MEANS YOU CHARLOTTE! AND COLUMBIA! AND ALL THE REST OF THE CAROLINAS. YOU PEOPLE SUCK. NC and SC residents get their driver's license from k-mart.

[maxti6]

@battechno No, it's Bubba's Drivin' Skool. Bubba drives the way he teaches and Bubba teaches the way he drives. Good Lernin'.

[mrdjcobra704]

@battechno

ha we understand apexis

[jayjayjay000027]

@battechno Fuck YOU

[prodigychild1988]

@battechno there are no k-marts in charlotte. and i'm not just being funny.

[cardonnaoki]

im leaving to charlotte tomorrow in the morning .

w00t!!!

[adina2003]

East blvd !!!

[gixxerD66]

this city is so mellow lookin i might move here when i get older

[ashleyinmexico]

cool

[nbafan97]

name of song please...

[dmccoig]

Artist :Tomas PhUsIoN

Song: keep goin

[gixxerD66]

song plzzz

[dmccoig]

Artist :Tomas PhUsIoN

Song: keep goin

[lalalovetiffany]

Charlotte BE THE ILLEST ! Best CITY to live in !

[Lorielizabethcurr79]

Charlotte is the place to be, its got a lot of things poppin! The Queen City is for those classy Bitches!

[failmeister51]

yeah me and my classmates are taking a fieldtrip to charlotte to se a bobcats Vs Grizzlies game

[cocoaton]

charlotte is a country town. i lived there for 5 years. there is nothing to do. if you do find something its really watered down and poorly done. the hatred between black people is unusual. Its very very racist against blacks. yet the racism is played out by blacks. the house nigger field nigger story. shopping is good. the people are very stressed from economic overload. its a bank city. so everyone are slaves to the bank. worst than most places. charlotte is a cut throat city

[Quasifonix]

Charlotte is a small/medium size city. It's a laid back city compared to other places. Some people like to criticize it for it's laid back vibe, but that's part of Charlotte's charm. It's a clean, fresh city with nice parks and restaurants and tolerable traffic. It's not a party city, but if you look, there's plenty to do. 2 hours from the mountains, 3 hours from the beach.

[miles1145]

hey, my old gf lived in those apts with the security gate at the very beginning. she was like the second person to move in..

[1Sideout]

"Hectic Charlotte" Please! Dude, more like boring and dead Charlotte. And agree with the other poster. Cht so tries to think it is another Atlanta. Whatev! Atlanta is a major and world known Metro you constantly hear about. Charlotte who where?

[NinerGreen]

Dude please, get over yourself. The only one who brought up Atlanta is a guy FROM Atlanta, sounds like yall have an inferiority complex or something. Charlotte is Charlotte...simple as that, why the hell would Charlotte wan't to be like Atlanta? Crime, horrible traffic, SPRAWL.....If it's soooo boring why are soooo many people moving here?? I would love to hear your educated response...I laugh when people say Charlotte wan'ts to be Atlanta and so do all Charlotteans, the classier city for sure

[daggy174]

Compared to Mumbai and London, Atlanta seems boring and dead! Don't confuse urban sprawl and mind-numbing traffic with the kind of activity that makes a city fulfilling.. I've lived in both cities. Atlanta is fun and historic, but so is Charlotte and Charlotte is far less cumbersome to navigate (ie: there's no corner of Peachtree and Peachtree), quicker to get around and offers most of the same amenities that Atlanta does (and the ones it doesn't, I can easily live without).

[prodigychild1988]

@daggy174 I agree, also having lived in Atlanta and Charlotte.... I like Charlotte better.

[supercococaleb]

that looks like cedar rapids iowa

[supercococaleb]

no way those buildings are in charlotte. theres no buildings that high with in a million miles of the base!

[crownme44]

@supercococaleb Yes, charlotte has several tall skyscapers.. it's the headquarters of bank of america, wacovia and more. The tallest building is the bank of america tower, which is 62 stories. For a while charlotte had the tallest building from Miami to baltimore maryland, until atlanta built its 63 story building. Charlotte'smetro population is over 2 million

[prodigychild1988]

@supercococaleb base? what base? ... charlotte has plenty of buildings. i grew up in charlotte... my dad worked in a building in uptown charlotte my entire life. i was born in 1988... so that's 22 years. are you military? i honestly never knew there was a base near/in charlotte. i always think of fayetteville when i think of military bases. guess that shows how vast charlotte is... you don't know there are buildings, and i don't know there are military bases.

[Interests2009]

That is a good way of putting it (i.e. ''hectic Charlotte.'') I should say the whole state is pretty hectic. Thanks for sharing.

[kingermanfool]

I' from germany, and i will go there for vacation, in to weeks. But only for a few days, then i go farther thru the country.

[GotMacy]

wow.... all that and he didn't even making it to my side.

[TheAyanis]

whats the name of the song?

[EZBruv]

Well thats carolina, minus the biker bars, Rollerbladers and college kids.

[vicky6111]

i'm from israel and i'm going there in july

hope it'll be fun ! :)

[disracenboi336]

Omg...this skyline is so dated. that does not look like charlotte man.

[bakinginheat9201]

It's got amazing deer hunting.

[gamers15]

i live thar :d

[useurhead09]

please can smeone give me more info on north carolina....things like nite life, shoppin,expenses in particular charlotte...does it rub shoulders with other cities like NY, LA, Chicago n so on

[disracenboi336]

welll, time to update, charlotte has 5 new sky scrapers downtown now, and 6 new medium sized tall commercial building, the skyline has spread right out, just like i thought it would. watch out atlanta.

[jfh4]

what do you want to know about charlotte...

[chrisrobha]

Charlotte does have shopping.  And yes it does have night life. But no, it does not compare to NY or LA. Growing but not even close.

Charlotte tries to have it's own personality but keeps falling short. Everything you find here you can find in any city in the world.

[saharra22469]

I've lived in LA, NY, Chicago, now Tampa (UGH) and many other cities in the world.

I've only been to Charlotte once,for a day, to meet a friend.

Now I'm looking at real estate there via the net. Can you tell me which areas are high crime-gang ridden areas and which areas are for ppl like me...a white, attractive female, single but raising a little niece? I made the mistake once of taking an apt. suddenly in Ft. Lauderdale. It looked nice but turned out to be all Hispanics, drugs, st. girls.

[chrisrobha]

Here's a list of nice places in Charlotte: Mathews, Pineville, Huntersville, Ballantyne, Dilworth, Uptown (if your looking for urban living) basically North or South. Avoid East and West unless you are outside 485 loop.

[mymidnightsun518]

yea...that is pretty much it....downtown charlotte is nice, but there is a ring of ghetto around it...

[NinerGreen]

there is not a ring of ghetto around uptown charlotte. myers parl, elizabeth, plaza midwood, noda, dilworth, south end........these are not "ghetto" areas.

[mymidnightsun518]

plaza is ghetto u idiot...and to get to all of those places you listed....you have to drive through the ghetto....been here 21 years so you need to STFU!! and only outsiders call it uptown

[crownme44]

@NinerGreen about 6 or 7 years ago,Charlotte tore down all of its ghetto neighborhoods which were uptown/downtown. (Piedmont courts, Earl village, cherry and more... The "ghettos" (Lower class neighborhoods are now closer to east charlotte and the northern part of central Charlotte.

[saharra22469]

Thanx so much...I'm just worried about my beautiful little niece. Her parents were killed in an automobile accident when she was a baby. Now it's just she and I since I have no one. My relatives have all passed on. I look in those areas.

I live in FL now but it filled with pediphiles and drug dealers...really.

[WOLFNBEAST]

just stay far away from east or west Charlotte. don't try NE Charlotte i ride the bus through there every day and it is a mess

[Interests2009]

I agree. ''Tries'' is the right word to use. The fact that it's growing (but creates lousy jobs) is the problem I see. I have been to both of those cities you have mentioned and they don't even come close (except for the fact L.A. and Charlotte made the miserable city list). I have to admit Charlotte has certain businesses no other North Carolina city has but overall it's such an ''Atlanta wannabe'' (as many people say.) I used to go there like crazy until I just couldn't handle it anymore.

[NinerGreen]

I guess that makes philly a new york wannabe... and Portland OR a Seattle wannabe, or San diego an LA wannabe.

[Interests2009]

Not really but I like that one.

[daggy174]

My big fear is that Charlotte is becoming more like Atlanta with its crime, sprawl, traffic and loss of character. I actually see Charlotte as more like Philadelphia with far more of its historical neighborhoods preserved and intact than ATL. Charlotte is also more of a Colonial city in its architecture, while Atlanta is more Antebellum. Charlotte's historical significance is more grounded in the Revolutionary War, while ATL is more in the Civil War. I actually like CLT the way it is, thanks!

[daggy174]

RDU is a great area, except that the local/state/federal gov'ts can never develop the infrastructure fast enough to keep up with the area's growth/development. Still, it's a very progressive and pleasant area. I live in the Triad, which doesn't really rate with ATL, CLT or the Triangle.

[RealRaul1000]

b-town...336...ese

[prmass1]

Your video resolution sucks. Try to use 640x480 resolution. Point and shoot video cameras carry the .avi resolution. Don't try to upconvert your low resolution. Also the colors are pale. Adjust the settings or use an editor like premiere to bring more color.

[roswellatup]

one of the horniest u.s. cities ever

[csjones06]

yea i agree can we get an update video. not that this one isnt cool. just time for a new one

[disracenboi336]

dude, time to update this video..

charlotte has around 12 new buildings since this video was made. man wow...just shows how much its grown in 2 years....

[crazycrewdude123]

i lived ther for 2 years but now i live

in california i came to california by car

i mis it

[eskinny21]

what was the name of the song on the last version of this video?

[eskinny21]

this video had a different song last time i watched it, or am i dreaming things. Anyways, i feel the last one was better.

[thisischavez]

This video is nice but it doesn't do Charlotte justice. I lived there for 10 years and can tell you it is one of the best cities in the country. Visit there if you can.

[johnnn169]

yeaa i love this city i neva been thea although my best friend lives in huntersville and sed its beautiful i want to move but im tryin to see if i can find a job thea i applied for unc..they said i couldnt get in not because of my grades but because in ny we only take 3 years of math and 3 years of science in highschool and i need to have 4 years so i wood have to take a whole bunch of classes to be admitted..are there any suggestions of jobs down there? county or state perhaps?

[ledzeppelin105]

its awesome i love it ive lived here 14 years

[crazycrewdude123]

this is were i lived 2 years ago i live in ca.

[LOCKRIDGEFILM]

come on down to orlando florida....I-4 SUCKS

[iabhornc]

In response to your video's title. That is an understatement. Then again, life here on the east coast is pretty hectic in general. I live in NC too and I can't wait to G.T.H.O.O.H. (get the h!@# out of here) :-) Charlotte used to be a real fun city until it just grew way too much.

[bjlewis101]

sweet music and pace, matches perfectly. would've liked to see more weaving in and out of traffic.

[NeNaK]

good job

[csjones06]

I Love Charlotte, cool city.

[CandleLites]

very greenery scenery

[medicinemanbatt]

I am a native North Carolinian..NC is a beautiful state and Charlotte is cool for a city it's size, to me RDU feels more metropolitan, and metro Atlanta where I currently live is superfast paced compared to living in NC.

[9sec2valve]

Motion sickness video! WOW!

[Atrain757]

you call that hectic?! I live outside Wash DC i'll show you hectic

[JFER1980]

Who said this was a contest? I love these stupid comments. Nobody cares about how hectic it is where you live. It's just a video man.

[bjlewis101]

also no contest, but if one, if hectic is sitting in traffic a loooooonnnng time, DC's got the queen beat by a bit** slap.

[Hothunnie12345]

I love Charlotte!I was raised here!!!

[omgjoz]

Oh, but I forgot to mention the video is chill, so is the music.

[omgjoz]

I used to think Charlotte was so congested and terrible to drive in - that is until I moved to Houston...

[hoganlongfellow]

I love people that bash Charlotte for not being hectic? Why would you want to live somewhere where everything is rushed?

Charlotte is where it's at.

[BaysideQueens]

cuz that's were the action is.

[jimbean99]

thats also where wasted gas is too. why do people even have cars in nyc you cant go over 20 mph its so much traffic up there.

[smoknloon]

well you did show some of the better roads shuch as east blvd, queens raosd and providence road. thats where i work at wish i could get around that fast lmao

[roboraptor10]

You think THATS hectic? You shoulda seen it last week!

I live near hear, about a mile away

[metrocard155]

yes, that's our town... driving and driving and driving...

I don't know if our town qualifies as hectic, though. It's fairly sedate.

[chrisb910n704]

the queen city

[baddog50]

Excellent video a really fascinating watch!!!!

5 stars!!!!

[acbushidos]

medicinemanbatt, see north carolina has alot of big places way bigger then this.. but see we love our trees here..

[MYLAOO]

a big mayberry

[st0udemire]

As long as Michael Jordan likes Charlotte, i do too....

[johnpro318]

i like the music ;)

[ny2dal35]

agree. the song is way cool, addictive lol

[nostyle126]

Your vid could've used more center city scenes and fewer parkways. Just when your video got Uptown you cut back to more parkways. Charlotte is far more 'hectic' than this video captures.

Having said that, Charlotte is nowhere near as 'hectic' as larger urban centers like Chicago or even more mid-sized cities like Seattle. I expect that will come with time and continued growth.

[schmuckatelly]

hectic??? looks like small town country to me

[Ace87Cloud]

I like it!

take care

David

[medicinemanbatt]

yeah Charlotte for the most part is dead..and if this is the biggest city in North Carolina What does that say for the rest of North Carolina.

[mogulus]

i'll tell you what it says. it says you're a chump.

as for the video, i'd say it's pretty cool.

[MixMastR86]

some of this places remind me of the movie a walk to remember:P

[josirox]

i live here and your title is correct!! i love your site!!

[chapelofsorrows]

I miss home not the same in oklahoma :-(

[hairandcolorbyjen]

Now I can look at this if I'm homesick. LOL Native Chalottean living in Houston.

[GrimNightmare92]

which are those songs? if someone know plz tell me =)

[jackattck]

soo boreing there i live in gastion but still soo boreding

[abiola13]

im moving here this august, from toronto,canada and I hope its good. if theres anyone that lives there and is in high school gimme some feedback about nc plz

[fangs17]

abiola13 charlotte is an ok place to be. not to many things to do. everyone goes to the mall and stuff like that. southpark and carolina place. and if your wondering if highschool is harder here, dont worry its not.gaston county is so boring.dont go there

[14stunnagirl14]

oh you'll like it. I mean it's not that boring cause it's all about where your going like concord mills mall is pretty cool and i go to hopewell high in huntersville. But it's not that bad n i live in charlotte.

[ledzeppelin105]

i go to hopewell

[14stunnagirl14]

oh really? cool im a junior

[ledzeppelin105]

im a freshman

[14stunnagirl14]

cool beans

[ledzeppelin105]

i have mrs. seymoure shes awesome

[14stunnagirl14]

oh yea i remember her

[ledzeppelin105]

ive got her

[14stunnagirl14]

niice...

[undermoney]

it's myers park, not meyers. that was my home for 19 years

[josirox]

gosh.

[settler92]

I come from Spartenburg(SC) and I can say you South Carolina is much better than NC!^^

[undermoney]

I was born in charlotte and lived there til i went to college when i was 19. I have visited spartenburg and have a couple friends from there. We all admit charlotte's better. Not just Charlotte but the whole state of NC is better. How many pro teams you have in SC by the way? yeah thought so

[Danifevah]

I live in NC its pretty cool there

[arch77angel]

i live in charlotte its not the exiting.. but the buildings are tall

[eluko79]

Charlotte has the coolest skyscraper in America! Thanks for the video post dmccoig. The view to rating ratio on this vid is amazing!

[kievpatty]

This is the town that began busing to desegregate the schools (I rode an hour just to go 6 miles), although they don't do that any more. I went to CLS and spent the first 7 years of my life in Connecticut. BTW, Charlotte will never be Atlanta! It just needs its own identity. Stop this mad developing and keep a few old buildings, add some public transpo, and it will eventually get it.

[undermoney]

i went to CLS as well, 14 intense, fun, long years. Charlotte's not as ghetto as hotlanta and better pro teams :)

[kievpatty]

Just let me add that for a Southern city with more preppies, yuppies, and rich snobs than anywhere in the world, it is a remarkably tolerant place as far as people getting along. Yeah there is some racism and segregation, but there is just as much "hanging out" going on among people of different races and classes (although I hear the new Latino community isn't being accepted much). This may be because Charlotteans like to PARTY! I've never met so many weed-smoking Republicans in my life!

[WTQRfan]

you got that right.about the latinos.or mexicans

[iabhornc]

Great comment. I'd like to see Raleigh/Durham area people top that. Don't forget about the rednecks nearby. After going to Charlotte several times, I can see why the latino crowd isn't accepted. However, yes, Charlotte does seem like a party city although it used to be better before it grew to the extent it did.

[kievpatty]

I grew up in Charlotte...it's totally appropriate that you were in a CAR. Yes it's so green and it has old telephone poles above ground, but SO boring! Unless, of course you like golf and shopping.

[undermoney]

charlotte's growing so much now. even though there isn't heaps to do it's still a great place. not that i want to live there anymore. New zealand has a little more to do :)

[iabhornc]

kievpatty... Sadly, that is North Carolina in general for you. I live in the Raleigh/Durham area and this place is about the same. Charlotte does have more of a variety, but unfortunately still very dull. Charlotte used to be better.

[ChronicEdge]

Oh my fucking god, you deserve a fucking medal for making our shitty redneck little state seem mildly interesting.

I salute you, Sir.

[skynet2029]

I'm in the UNC Charlotte area (aka University City) too bad you didn't get any of our area in there, but nice video.

[sourlover121]

i live there u just past park road!i live in charlotte nc!

[RobTodd]

I feel dizzy LOL I was so happy when you got on the beltway the traffic lights was so fitting but I was like come on light turn lmao. Only thing was missing was riding in right lane then a CATS bus makes a stop and you get screwed in that lane. hehe

[kenny4life07]

I used to live in charlotte downtown XD

I now live in de UK :(

[Khanine]

where milton road, where tha dead end at (nations ford)?, where beaties ford road? where west trade? where double oaks?, where hidden valley, where tha plaza, where hampshire, where the hood at?

[therazr7007]

shit this is charlotte im moving there were are the tours

[Karebee]

Cool video- I live in Elizabeth and drive that route everyday so I was looking for my car (and hoping I didn't cut you off) :)

[cag1970]

I was born in Charlotte--grew up outside Charlotte--and have lived in Charlotte most of my adult life. This is simply hilarious! You could've stretched this out to half an hour, just driving around town. And for the haters--the only other city I'd consider living in is Atlanta.

[sweetwater88]

Word of advice: Moving to Charlotte? Makes friends with as many rich people as you can manage. I've gotten so much free stuff!!11!

[kudzu720]

my friend was shot and killed helping out on a fucking city improvement operation, unless your rich you can hustle all day and get hastled by shitty lawenforcement and sorry people or you can get a job helping the very city that shows you no sympathy, if your rich and live in a good enviornment ride all through charlotte, or better yet walk all through charlotte, explore the whole city, and see what you find out

[kudzu720]

charlotte is straight as hell,i love it, but its not as great as yall are saying man, yall must be rich or some shit, try living on wilkinson blvd or a neighborhood bordering uptown, i went through a LOT of suffering in this city, beat down by crooked cops, completely neglected by city officials, and watch them tear down every scrape of woods i grew up in for yuppy condominiums

[hudsonboy100]

the big city of north carolina

[playrugby98]

yeah i love Charlotte. it is the best city in america i love living here. i am so lucky to live here. Nice vid.

[kublakhan3]

Ahh, makes me homesick. Such a great city to drive around in. Next time get more of the cool houses in Dilworth and Myers Park area!

[Ogizzie]

Hell yeah man.

Charlotte is the best city in America (NY is kinda overrated... No offense)

Charlotte has the best food man.. I love Charlotte... Some parts of it are pretty ghetto but it's nice.

[Bergler35]

Sweet video. I was in Charlotte for a youth conference 2 summers ago and I fell in love with the city....i want to go back.

[litzarts]

yeah everyone gets messed up in charlotte if your not from there LOL like right on east blvd when theres the two one way roads yeah gets everyone ALL the time

[dmccoig]

Thanks cburch!

[litzarts]

wow nice video you don't live that far from me lol

[dmccoig]

Thanks litzarts

Go Reverend HH

[iabhornc]

dmccoig, I really like the title of your video.

[direwolf207]

I like how you included the intersection of Queens and Queens and Providence and Providence. Whether that was inadvertant or now, it still made me laugh; it is certainly something that makes Charlotte unique.

Oh, and you live in some nice townhomes. I love Dilworth :)

[dmccoig]

Very confusing intersection!

i got lost many times when i first moved here

[ny2dal35]

whats even more hilarious, i looked at windows live maps at Queens rd. I never seen a single street break up so much like that. drivers must get lost there all the time because of the breaks. "take a right on Queens Rd, then take another right on Queens Rd." lmao

[sean29732]

Yeah there is actually a corner of Queens Rd. and Queens Rd.

[mymidnightsun518]

yea...and a corner of plaza and plaza

[NinerGreen]

uhm actually, I have lived in plaza midwood before.......not ghetto, maybe you should get out of your car and walk around a bit. oooooh and tell me, where is this so called "ghetto" in between uptown and southend or uptown and dilworth.......you're a fool. And about your uptown comment regarding who and who doesn't call it uptown......pretty much everyone calls it uptown, ever since the city adopted the name for the area back in the 80's. so before you go name calling, check some facts, fool.

[HYDR0G3Nthemonkey]

yuppp this is my city right here :) u even drove right behind my old apartment in the dilworth area where the park is. and to the comment up above the streets may have been dead that day, but i will video tape uptown charlotte at about 10pm and we will see if its dead :)

[kudzu720]

nice drive through man, a slow motion would be cool as hell, charlottes my city though man east to west, i used to live in south charlotte but fuck that,keep up the good work though

[LikeIcarus29]

I know where you liiiiive!! LoL great montage of some of the S. Charlotte streets...not to mention the Giants...love em! Heh and I thought the Kenilworth exit was dizzying enough as it was... Oh, and Saythany, suck on these...least we're not swimmin in Mexico's acrid sewage!! Buy a map biotch!!

[phantomflyer]

Reminds me of the show The Flash back in the early 90's when he'd be running around really fast. lol Great vid!

[chrisrobha]

Wow the streets are dead even in the day. Creative video though.