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Charleston vs. Charlotte

This ad at at a journalism job site shows how similar names of cities are easily confused. Here’s the difference:

  • Charleston, S.C., is a coastal city known for its lovely architecture and Southern charm. The first shots of the Civil War were fired there.
  • Charlotte, N.C., is a landlocked city known as a center of banking and finance. It’s where the Carolina Panthers play their home football games.

Written by abechtel1

June 19, 2006 at 4:46 pm

Posted in Uncategorized

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  1. People here up North also get North Carolina mixed up with South Carolina quite a lot. My suggestion is that they merge into one large state.

    Andy, I think your blog looks great! I’ve got it bookmarked and look forward to reading it often.

    Kathleen

    kathleen

    June 19, 2006 at 6:29 pm

  2. As a Charlotte native with a ton of family in Charleston, I’ve run across what Charlotteans call “the CH problem” all my life.

    Lex

    June 19, 2006 at 7:38 pm

  3. Just another attempt by the Tar Heel state to appropriate your southern neighbor.

    Doug Fisher

    June 19, 2006 at 5:14 pm

  4. Merge? MERGE! Should New York and New Jersey just “merge”?

    Then what will happen when South Carolina secedes?

    bdure

    June 19, 2006 at 11:09 pm

  5. Looking at job ads again, eh?

    Chris

    June 20, 2006 at 12:24 pm


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