What are the safest parts of Charlotte

[sig]

I see the worst parts of town discussed below. What are the best parts of town?

[bruce]

THE VAULT AT HYATTS GUN SHOP, but not the parking lot.

[bruce]

There is a lot of good neighborhoods in charlotte.
However I guess you could say this, A good place or area to live is what you make out of it. What we carry in our heart is what counts.
A good neighborhood starts with the individual and how we choose to deal with the world.

[slappy]

Try Huntersville, with the exeption of horrible traffic, and The teenagers that congregate at birkdale on the weekends. Its a great place

[beckyboo]

Not in Charlotte, but just about 5 miles away, you will find Fort Mill, SC or Tega Cay, SC. Lower taxes, better schools, many good neighborhoods. Your property values will increase. (Just a few places you shouldn't buy in, but it's obvious by the run down condition of the houses.)

[B H Liber]

beckyboo said:

Not in Charlotte, but just about 5 miles away, you will find Fort Mill, SC or Tega Cay, SC. Lower taxes, better schools, many good neighborhoods. Your property values will increase. (Just a few places you shouldn't buy in, but it's obvious by the run down condition of the houses.)

Eek! But then you would be living in SC! Not a state a really like to consider part of the U.S. Better Schools?! Did you really just say that?

[bruce]

Well B H liber that just shows you how bad charlotte is , if people prefer SC over Charlotte

[beckyboo]

Well relative to Charlotte, they're better. If the child wants to get an education, ignore the bad influences that are in every school, they can get an excellent education in Fort Mill School.

There are great opportunities in many areas of interest for them to pursue, including the basics. Extracurricular activities are many and varied. They could use a bowling team.

These are a few things the school system utilized where we came from. They could utilize the internet better to inform parents of weekly class work assignments and homework. Elementary on up was sent home the entire weeks assignments for each class, with homework included, and how the class was using what they taught to meet state and fed. guidlines. It was also posted on the internet. Very easy for parents to check up on their kids. Two set of textbooks for each child. One to be kept at school, one at home. (No damage to backs or books) They virtually would not let any student fail, unless you just would not do the work. It was a 50/50 black and white school. Lower to upper middle class. No suggestive clothing, music or behavior allowed in schools. Not even at school sporting events or dances. (first basketball game I went to in Fort Mill, rap music was blaring as the team came in, with expletives...aggghhh!) If a child began to drop below a C, they were pulled out of any extra-curricular activities, made to sit in the same class (taught by someone else, or the same teacher) during the time they would have been in the extra-curricular class. So they got it twice a day. If that was not possible, or it wasn't available, they had to stay after school, or come before school for tutoring. In a 9th grade class of 550, only 3 people failed. And that was only because they just would not cooperate. School meetings were filled with parents, black and white. It was a separate school district, had been for 30 years, so they know how to make it work. 90 + percent of Seniors go on to 4 year college. Not 2 year. And they don't force out the underachievers before high school. Many awards. And it was in Mississippi! It can be done.

The York Co. community is growing so fast, with flight from Charlotte, and so many out of state newcomers coming in, it is hard for them to get a grasp on what they need from year to year. But that's to be expected in any public education setting, where they have so much overhead management. Overall, they are doing well with what they have.