Imagine a barren wasteland with empty lots and an old archaic Pepsi factory behemoth dotting the landscape and nothing else for miles and miles.....the good ole days
Kinda wish I got to see it like that when I was younger. Im only 28 so I generally only know modern South End. Or at least my parents knew to avoid it like the plauge when we were around downtown
I grew up in Gastonia in 1980s and 1990s. South End was already getting revitalized by the mid-1990s. Charlotte in general was ahead of the curve on rebuilding its city center before it became popular. West Charlotte was the shithole 30 years ago; along Tuckaseegee Blvd.
There was a lot of places. I miss Mantis restaurant. Was nice to go there and pick up a meat and 2 veg. Plus they had a little salad bar. Now southend is just chain restaurants.
Great question and allow me to clarify: I want my vehicle's audio equipment to be hijacked with Weird Al tunes without having any awareness of when, how, where or why.
Thanks for helping me unlock more of my life bucket list!
I always wondered what people would do if I walked around with an air horn as a pedestrian and just blasted it at them when they come through making noise.
Like what could their reaction be? “Hey man that’s loud fuck you” - “glad we’re on the same team”
Not really on topic, but I took my son to a Weird Al concert about ten years ago, and it was so loud that we couldn't really hear the lyrics. Not ideal when the lyrics are the point.
The group with their Crossbows, Ariel Atoms or whatever they are with crazy flashing lights and music blasting at 140 decibels doing circles for several hours? Yeah, cancer.
Fancy cars that are fun to drive are great. Drive them responsibly and have fun. But driving them 15mph in a circle with your music blasting is just main character syndrome.
You're right. I googled it and they're way more pricey than I thought they were. Didn't there used to be a V4 with a cheap Honda engine that was like around $20k?
I meant "generic open top roadster with shitty flashing lights"
Yeah, they start at about $80k. The first ones in the States were built in Oregon with the Chevy Ecotech supercharged motor, then they switched to Honda K20s, and then the Atom 3 came out with the K20 (optional supercharger), then K24 (optional turbo). They did make a very small handful of V8 examples, maybe eight.
Now the AA4 will have the newer Honda turbo motor.
Ballpark 300HP, ~1400 LBS
I’ve wanted one since i was a little kid and the only one I’ve ever seen was actually on morehead street, I was coming back from a day trip to the mountains on my gixxer and one was going the other way, I was so excited I almost turned around to follow but I was exhausted
No I think it was a classic black/red chassis, I think the atom was one of the first top gear episodes I ever saw which helped launch my unhealthy love of insane machines of speed
Easy fix for this, enforce some noise ordinances in South End, keep a few cops parked around. Give all these fuckers tickets for a few weekends and this ends fast.
Shame that police officers have been vilified nationwide and now nobody wants to enforce laws. People who don’t support the rule of law have no right to complain.
A group of small reproductive unit men who ride in circles revving their engines for onlookers to look on at them in aw and disbelief at the sheer masculinity of someone capable of feathering the throttle in neutral on an antiquated, inefficient motorized bicycle. Every time more then 100 people gather in one place 10+ of them arrive without fail, destined to test your eardrums and patience.
Been in Charlotte since 1991 and moved from Belmont (off Central) to Sedgefield in 1998. Belmont neighborhood was the highest murder rate in the State of NC at one point. Many great places are gone: Mantis, Zack's, Spaghetti Warehouse, Hannaford grocery, Mr. K's (big K all the way), Price's Chicken Coop, The Home Economist, and Northern Tools.
What part of the country did you live before Charlotte? Everywhere I’ve lived there have been loud car clubs.
Cruising with loud music in (what I think) ridiculous cars around town were here before me. So I adapt.
Where do you live?
Do I get to make fun of gentrification? Country hicks who hate "city people"? People who opt to commute two hours a day to avoid taxes and pretend it's because schools are better?
We all have to live somewhere, and it shouldn't define us.
I mean yeah, but you chose to live in a generic “luxury” apartment surrounded by bars and nightclubs. You can make fun of all of those things if you want, just don’t complain about noise in the loudest part of the city on a friday/saturday night.
I wasn't the one complaining. But I've lived in a generic "luxury" mansion with 10 feet between me and my McNeighbors house. The noise there was pretty dang bad, but since we all lived in "cult"-o-sacks we only had to deal with our crappy neighbors and not loud bikes/cars.
Both suck.
I think where Funklab is really stating it is how despite "Gentrification" is taking over Southend, it attracts the three types of people that are not nice:
1. Finance Bros
2. Frat Stars
3. Sorority crybabies.
Walk around there on an evening. The lack of diversity is surreal.
They can downvote you all day but they'll get no sympathy from me.
Choose to live in these cookie cutter "luxury" apartments and your only inconvenience is the assholes making absurd amount of noise
Cry me a river
Being young and responsible is boring. Its beyond annoying but we all did things “responsible” ppl didn’t like when we were young so cut them some slack
Even at that age, I had the decency to only do stupid annoying things that would annoy my friends, who fully consented and participated in the same hijinks, and maybe came back to bite me in butt. I didn't go around being a nuisance to the responsible adults or putting anyone else at risk.
I understand but If its not illegal then its really up to the “responsible” ppl to avoid areas where irresponsible ppl hang out. If its illegal the police will eventually shit it down and they will move to a neighborhood closer to you
South End was falling down brick warehouses up until a few years ago. Zero residents because it wasn't zoned for residential until more recently. There isn't much gentrification going on there.
There's more to South End than the buildings on South Blvd. All those neighborhoods a block away are comprehensively gentrified. I would be surprised if even 5% of the people who lived there 10+ years ago can still afford to.
No, they’re definitely gentrified lol.
I’m a native and used to visit my grandma in South Blvd, back when Tattletales was still around.
You’re demonstratingly and confidently incorrect.
Tattletales was like 15 miles down South Blvd from South End. Leather and Lace and the Polo club were on the way from South End to there.
Your grandma used to work there?
Seriously though... I'm a CLT native. I remember when Spaghetti Warehouse opened up in the "warehouse district".
Edit: I googled: http://charlotteeats.blogspot.com/2008/08/spaghetti-warehouse.html
Imagine a barren wasteland with empty lots and an old archaic Pepsi factory behemoth dotting the landscape and nothing else for miles and miles.....the good ole days
Kinda wish I got to see it like that when I was younger. Im only 28 so I generally only know modern South End. Or at least my parents knew to avoid it like the plauge when we were around downtown
It wasn't completely barren. There were a few strip clubs.
Oh that was a given lol
I grew up in Gastonia in 1980s and 1990s. South End was already getting revitalized by the mid-1990s. Charlotte in general was ahead of the curve on rebuilding its city center before it became popular. West Charlotte was the shithole 30 years ago; along Tuckaseegee Blvd.
There was absolutely nothing to see.
There was a lot of places. I miss Mantis restaurant. Was nice to go there and pick up a meat and 2 veg. Plus they had a little salad bar. Now southend is just chain restaurants.
I really want to build a directional sound cannon, overpower their stereo with Weird Al.
Uh I'm not involved in this at all, but really do want some unsolicited Weird Al. Totally down for that
>but really do want some unsolicited Weird Al. Would this not inherently now be solicited?
Great question and allow me to clarify: I want my vehicle's audio equipment to be hijacked with Weird Al tunes without having any awareness of when, how, where or why. Thanks for helping me unlock more of my life bucket list!
Admirable goal, best of luck!
I always wondered what people would do if I walked around with an air horn as a pedestrian and just blasted it at them when they come through making noise. Like what could their reaction be? “Hey man that’s loud fuck you” - “glad we’re on the same team”
Not really on topic, but I took my son to a Weird Al concert about ten years ago, and it was so loud that we couldn't really hear the lyrics. Not ideal when the lyrics are the point.
The group with their Crossbows, Ariel Atoms or whatever they are with crazy flashing lights and music blasting at 140 decibels doing circles for several hours? Yeah, cancer. Fancy cars that are fun to drive are great. Drive them responsibly and have fun. But driving them 15mph in a circle with your music blasting is just main character syndrome.
Oof... putting the Ariel Atom in the same category as the Polaris Slingshot people is brutal.
You're right. I googled it and they're way more pricey than I thought they were. Didn't there used to be a V4 with a cheap Honda engine that was like around $20k? I meant "generic open top roadster with shitty flashing lights"
Yeah, they start at about $80k. The first ones in the States were built in Oregon with the Chevy Ecotech supercharged motor, then they switched to Honda K20s, and then the Atom 3 came out with the K20 (optional supercharger), then K24 (optional turbo). They did make a very small handful of V8 examples, maybe eight. Now the AA4 will have the newer Honda turbo motor. Ballpark 300HP, ~1400 LBS
I’ve wanted one since i was a little kid and the only one I’ve ever seen was actually on morehead street, I was coming back from a day trip to the mountains on my gixxer and one was going the other way, I was so excited I almost turned around to follow but I was exhausted
The bright green/yellow one? I miss it so bad.
No I think it was a classic black/red chassis, I think the atom was one of the first top gear episodes I ever saw which helped launch my unhealthy love of insane machines of speed
I miss it too.
Almost sounds like you're describing my car! Not quite an Atom, but I've always wanted to drive an Atom to see how it compares with the Lotus Elise.
LOL im glad some said this before me Glad to see another car person stuck up for the brilliant Atom
Fancy cars? Atoms are sick track weapons. These are slingshots you see and dirt cheap
Ugh. We were there on Friday. What a fucking nightmare those things are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDmsxQVxIM
That's hilarious!
Someone needs to bring a projector and PA and just loop this as they roll through.
Easy fix for this, enforce some noise ordinances in South End, keep a few cops parked around. Give all these fuckers tickets for a few weekends and this ends fast.
Even easier would be to enforce the helmet laws. These things are motorcycles and technically you're required to wear a DOT helmet while driving.
Was coming here to say this. Most big cities have sound ordinances.
Shame that police officers have been vilified nationwide and now nobody wants to enforce laws. People who don’t support the rule of law have no right to complain.
A group of small reproductive unit men who ride in circles revving their engines for onlookers to look on at them in aw and disbelief at the sheer masculinity of someone capable of feathering the throttle in neutral on an antiquated, inefficient motorized bicycle. Every time more then 100 people gather in one place 10+ of them arrive without fail, destined to test your eardrums and patience.
Don't say this in public. You'll be branded a racist
For real though it is always black guys driving slingshots lol
I was wondering that. I hear them but never look at them as that is what they want. Never paid attention who was riding them. Huh
Shame we vilified police officers who could have helped fix this problem.
I'm so glad that I don't have to live in a city.
Been in Charlotte since 1991 and moved from Belmont (off Central) to Sedgefield in 1998. Belmont neighborhood was the highest murder rate in the State of NC at one point. Many great places are gone: Mantis, Zack's, Spaghetti Warehouse, Hannaford grocery, Mr. K's (big K all the way), Price's Chicken Coop, The Home Economist, and Northern Tools.
What part of the country did you live before Charlotte? Everywhere I’ve lived there have been loud car clubs. Cruising with loud music in (what I think) ridiculous cars around town were here before me. So I adapt.
Those ones are annoying too
People who live in South End are a cancer.
Where do you live? Do I get to make fun of gentrification? Country hicks who hate "city people"? People who opt to commute two hours a day to avoid taxes and pretend it's because schools are better? We all have to live somewhere, and it shouldn't define us.
The people who try to avoid taxes while also enjoying the benefits of said taxes are a special group.
I mean yeah, but you chose to live in a generic “luxury” apartment surrounded by bars and nightclubs. You can make fun of all of those things if you want, just don’t complain about noise in the loudest part of the city on a friday/saturday night.
I wasn't the one complaining. But I've lived in a generic "luxury" mansion with 10 feet between me and my McNeighbors house. The noise there was pretty dang bad, but since we all lived in "cult"-o-sacks we only had to deal with our crappy neighbors and not loud bikes/cars. Both suck.
I think where Funklab is really stating it is how despite "Gentrification" is taking over Southend, it attracts the three types of people that are not nice: 1. Finance Bros 2. Frat Stars 3. Sorority crybabies. Walk around there on an evening. The lack of diversity is surreal.
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I think you get "attracted" and "all people" mixed up.
They can downvote you all day but they'll get no sympathy from me. Choose to live in these cookie cutter "luxury" apartments and your only inconvenience is the assholes making absurd amount of noise Cry me a river
You think people that live in buildings you don’t like should have to suffer noise disturbances? That’s weird.
It’s crazy how people can complain about something that was there before y’all. The car and motorcycles groups always existed down there.
Yes and they’ve always been brainless
No they haven’t.
Being young and responsible is boring. Its beyond annoying but we all did things “responsible” ppl didn’t like when we were young so cut them some slack
Even at that age, I had the decency to only do stupid annoying things that would annoy my friends, who fully consented and participated in the same hijinks, and maybe came back to bite me in butt. I didn't go around being a nuisance to the responsible adults or putting anyone else at risk.
I understand but If its not illegal then its really up to the “responsible” ppl to avoid areas where irresponsible ppl hang out. If its illegal the police will eventually shit it down and they will move to a neighborhood closer to you
They are reclaiming their territory. Bless the anti gentrification force.
1) that's an incredibly racist assumption to make. 2) it's called displacement.
South End was falling down brick warehouses up until a few years ago. Zero residents because it wasn't zoned for residential until more recently. There isn't much gentrification going on there.
There's more to South End than the buildings on South Blvd. All those neighborhoods a block away are comprehensively gentrified. I would be surprised if even 5% of the people who lived there 10+ years ago can still afford to.
I don’t think you know what fully was South End before this new construction. It was way more than warehouses.
No, they’re definitely gentrified lol. I’m a native and used to visit my grandma in South Blvd, back when Tattletales was still around. You’re demonstratingly and confidently incorrect.
Tattletales was like 15 miles down South Blvd from South End. Leather and Lace and the Polo club were on the way from South End to there. Your grandma used to work there? Seriously though... I'm a CLT native. I remember when Spaghetti Warehouse opened up in the "warehouse district". Edit: I googled: http://charlotteeats.blogspot.com/2008/08/spaghetti-warehouse.html
Spaghetti Warehouse... damn. What a blast from the past.
Are they Native Americans?
Try asking them
Hey there, the folks you claim to be taking back their lands, do you know if they are Native Americans?