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BACKGROUND

Learn about the county and its relationship to the region

Introduction:  Cleveland County is among the Charlotte region’s most beautiful counties, including the rolling countryside of what locals refer to as the “Carolina Foothills”, the rippling...

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SPOTLIGHT

04.25.13 - 01:43PM
Demographics
Carolina metros: Changes in the landscape

In the Carolinas, only Charlotte’s metro area tops 2 million people. Raleigh is roughly half Charlotte’s size at 1.2 million. These two metros have pulled away from the pack of the other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the Carolinas; no others top 1 million in population. Ten years ago, the metros in the two states were surprisingly different.

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John Chesser
08.08.12 - 01:01PM
Housing
Home values in region: Clusters of highs, lows

How much are homes in your neighborhood worth? The era of upside-down mortgages and foreclosures has left homeowners across the country anxious about home values – theirs and their neighbors'. In the midst of this housing market upheaval, explosive growth in the Charlotte region has reshaped residential patterns.

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John Chesser