#1-2. For me would be South Charlotte area, main Roads being, Highway 51, Rea Road, Providence Road, Ballantyne Commons. This is a newer section of town with alot of shopping and other things to do. About 20 minutes from downtown, 20 miles from Lake Wylie, 10 minutes from the mall, and good new schools for the most part. Included in this would be the Audrey Kell area I was talking about, which is just south of this. Very new schools and developments. Included in this area are many nice nieghborhoods. You would have to be on the ground or speak with a real estate agent because this area is rather large and there are many options, this being the part of town in know best.
3. Southpark Area, is more of a central/soputh area that is very nice. I am not sure about the schools in this area, but it is a nice area. Southpark is an upscale mall and it is a nice area. I'm not very familiar with it, but it is nice.
#4. Would be Matthews/Indian Trail, Matthews does have a small Downtown with an older feel to it and pretty good schools. Like I said, it is hard to distinguish when you have left Charlotte and entered matthews, they are that close to each other. A lil bit of an older part of town but still nice for the most part.
5. Dilworth/Myers Park Area - Is a lil bit more of the historic area, closer to dowtown. Nice old homes, more gentrified are but very good schools, possibly the best in Charlotte
Obv. the southern part of the city is the part I know best, but not the only very nice area in Charlotte. Keep me updated and I will help anyway I can.
I am with you in that I prefer more urban than rural/country. Right now I live minutes from restaurants, shopping, movie theaters etc. and want to have that in Charlotte as well. Also I want a safe neighborhood with good schools obviously. So could you give me your top 5 areas/suburbs including the south and north of Charlotte based on what I want?
