I went on location in Charlotte, North Carolina to find out what makes this the most car-centric major city in the U.S., and, by some accounts, the most sprawling city on the planet. What I found was not what I was expecting! ---------- CityNerd is now available on Nebula -- streaming ad-free, along with lots of other great creators! Discount for signing up at my channel: https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far. https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Mastodon: @nerd4cities@mstdn.social Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced: - The Sheer Traffic Engineering Genius and Brilliant Land Use Impacts of Beltways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxhswMvrhc - North American Cities Urbanism Tier List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOGIXGTYYJ4 - Unexpectedly Walkable Neighborhoods in Otherwise Unwalkable Cities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hUR5v4aok ---------- Resources: - The University of Richmond's incredible Mapping Inequality project: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=13/35.222/-80.86&city=charlotte-nc - Demographia's 2022 World Urban Areas Report: http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf - Charlotte's long-range transit plan: https://www.charlottenc.gov/CATS/Transit-Planning - https://www.walkscore.com/NC/Charlotte ---------- Images - Thanks to the NBA for being extremely cool about sharing highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQeMhYJe5JA - Uptown Charlotte Thumbnail By Precisionviews - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83229785 ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv