Uncle Dennis, an uptown denizen I run into occasionally at places such as the Reid’s wine bar, shares this link to a survey of uptown Charlotte residents.
The survey was sponsored by Charlotte Center City Partners, the Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte, and UNCC’s Center for Real Estate. Bill Graves in the UNCC Department of Geography and Earth Science prepared it.
A quick summary of its findings: Uptown Charlotte residents are younger, more affluent and better educated than Mecklenburg County residents as a whole. More of them moved uptown from Mecklenburg than from other places, and more moved in from the “outer suburbs” than the “inner suburbs.”
Urban amenities were a big draw. Parking for visitors is a big problem, as is the lack of retail. Crime wasn’t listed as a particular worry.
Does this ring true for you uptown dwellers? What about schools — are they a concern for you? And what, if anything, might make you non-uptown dwellers more interested in uptown?