The last time I posted random stuff about the Charlotte area, I rushed it. I hadn't written in a few days, and I wanted to get something up. So, I missed a few things that I wanted to point out. The goal here is to give you all the flavor of NC, so I'll try to take some more time with each of these from here on out.
With that in mind, here are some more observations about this town:
1) "Vehicle" is pronounced "Vee-hick-ul." I know this, because ever radio car ad has some announcer who sounds like he would have been a good fit in O Brother Where Art Thou
screaming about the "waihd selection of vee-hick-uls" on the lot.
2) I have never in my life seen a larger concentration of BMWs, Lexuses, and Benzes. There is some serious money in this town. I just gotta figure out where it is. As I look, I'm sure I will stumble across a few hundred cars that are worth more than my life. It's stunning.
3) Carolinains love themselves some speed bumps. Every parking lot in the town has a speed bump every forty feet. Honestly, I have driven over more speed bumps in the last two and a half weeks than I did in my entire life up to now. I understand the need to control speed in parking lots, but they go just a bit too far. On one speed bump in my parking lot, you need a team of Sherpa guides and twelve oxygen cannisters to get over the top. How do I know that it's too high? It causes a TrailBlazer that is driving under 5 mph to bottom out.
4) At gym, I have seen the following colleges represented on shirts and hats: Michigan, OSU, Yale, Auburn, Georgia, Alabama, Georgetown, UCLA, and Tennessee. What haven't I seen? UNC or NCState. Thought I've seen a few car stickers, I've seen a lot more Buckeye gear than Tar Heel gear on people in this town so far. The only explanation I have for this is that I've been told that no one is really from Charlotte. I guess this city is North Carolina's answer to Houston. Lots of money, no natives.
That's what I got for now.
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