Charlotte Off Topic

[Matthew.Brendan]

We're really moving up in the world!

[Urbanity]

According to this map everyone in the Queen City area griping the last few weeks was for legitimate reason:

#1 metro in U.S. by number of Political ads this election season?

Charlotte

With over 54,592 ads this political season our metro region had the highest concentration of political adds in the entire country. Followed by Vegas at 54,544. the rest of the cities are in the 30-40ishK range

The Charlotte area also had one of the highest spending by political parties on tv ads (40 million). To make matters worse, even though DC (63m), Denver (47m), Cleveland (46m) and Tampa (42 m) were higher (we're tied with Las Vegas) - North Carolina in general had more ads because our airtime is considered cheaper than most of those cities and thus more ads per dollar.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Urbanity

[tozmervo]

I haven't thought it was that bad. Then again, I don't watch live TV or listen to commercial radio anymore :}

[Urbanity]

Hush! You PBS/NPR liberal elite!

[tozmervo]

Exactly. Now excuse me while I go watch Next Top Model on Hulu.

[ScottCLT]

Check this out...the Charlotte skyline on South Park:

http://cltblog.com/39071

[Neo]

Google Maps just got a very recent update to the satellite maps in the area. You can clearly see the progress on the northern leg of I-485 and the I-85 widening project.

[CLTNative]

Google also shows the American Presidential Experience tent on the Knights lot and Romare Bearden Park under construction. There appears to be a street festival on Tryon. Thinking it is Gay Pride.

[NCMike1990]

If you look at Charlotte on Google Earth you will see that the imagery date is 8/24/2012. I think the previous imagery date was 4/11/2010.

Edited November 9, 2012 by NCMike1990

[tozmervo]

Google also shows the American Presidential Experience tent on the Knights lot and Romare Bearden Park under construction. There appears to be a street festival on Tryon. Thinking it is Gay Pride.

Hah! You're right. Definitely the Pride setup.

[Sabaidee]

Hmm it seems Dilworth and Charlotte is in the middle of a political scandal, the biographer and alleged secret lover of General Petraeus lives there. All the media is describing it as Charlotte's affluent neighborhood with million homes.

[Urbanity]

So... What's Jerry Reese up to these days?

[15895]

ID has a show on called Sins and Secrets and an episode is about Charlotte and the murder myster with wide receiver Rae Carruth.

Lots of flattering angles with Light Rail, Vue, Duke Energy. Pretty sweet.

Edit: and the ending was "And just like the way the city leaned on the banks to make the city the super star to carry them into the future, the bankers became like crooks after the financial meltdown. Just like their dreams to have a successful team was riding on the one player and has never since been the same" (It wasn't that exact wordering. It was actually harsher, ha)

Edited November 17, 2012 by AirNostrumMAD

[cltbwimob]

Check it out. CNBC gave our humble city some great PR. Also Siemens provided a pretty cool commercial.

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/bank_notes/2012/11/cnbc-says-charlotte-no-2-city-for.html

[Matthew.Brendan]

Do any of the tall buildings downtown have a public observation floor?

 

I'm trying to find some place to take my kids. 3rd deck of Epicentre doesn't really count

Edited November 29, 2012 by melk

[ah59396]

Well, this is awesome.  Sorry for the size.  But man is the 85 corridor present.

 

[tozmervo]

That's beautiful. I love in the bigger version that you can make out topography in the mountains because of cities running up and down the valley floors.

[ah59396]

If you go to NASA's homepage, they have an Earth view that is insanely awesome.

[tozmervo]

I don't think I need to point out what irks me about this-

 

"Houston is far from the only market where demand for rentals is at a fever pitch. Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Miami and Charlotte, N.C., where many of the condo projects that went bust have been converted to rentals,"

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/business/developers-of-new-housing-aim-for-renters-not-buyers.html?hp

[Bikeguy]

Well, this is awesome.  Sorry for the size.  But man is the 85 corridor present.

 

 

^ What is that blotch of lighting to the Northwest ( 10:00) of what I think is Minneapolis/St.Paul ??  Could they be lit North Dakota gas fields?

[ah59396]

Yes. If you go to the world view, you will see massive light blotches in Alaska, northern Canada, Northern Russia, ect. They have to be oil fields. Look in the Gulf and you'll see oil rig lights. Or on the world one, look in the Asian pacific, it's insane how many fishing boats there are.

The only one I'm not sure about was tons of light in the Australian outback, but my guess is wildfires.

[tozmervo]

The contrast between North and South Korea is stunning, too. It'd be funny if it weren't so crapty for the North Korean people.

[Urbanity]

^you're not kidding.  I just looked at it.  The DMZ has to be the cleanest/clearest linear lighted area in the world too!

[grodney]

^ What is that blotch of lighting to the Northwest ( 10:00) of what I think is Minneapolis/St.Paul ??  Could they be lit North Dakota gas fields?

 

Here is some additional info on the oil/gas operations, and a closer view of the glow:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79810

[NcSc74]

Well, this is awesome.  Sorry for the size.  But man is the 85 corridor present.   [img=http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/712129main_8247975848_88635d38a1_o.jpg]

What I think is cool is you can clearly see the outline of the NC/SC coast all the way up to maybe New Bern. NC looks pretty well lit up as a whole nice even population distribution. RDU looks impressive, I remember seeing one of these from a while ago and it appears Charlotte has filled in nicely. The QC catches the eye now in this shot keep shining Charlotte, keep shining.