Charlotte just set a tourism spending record, and 6 neighborhoods explain why

Charlotte, North Carolina, nicknamed the Queen City, pairs the courtesy of a small Southern town with the scale of a major financial center, the country’s second-largest banking hub. The neighborhoods South End, Ballantyne, NoDa, Uptown, Plaza Midwood and Elizabeth each have a different character built from their own restaurants, breweries, museums and historic architecture. The differences between them are becoming more pronounced, not less, even as new development continues to change parts of the city.