CITY in Charlotte

Northlake was built to serve the population fo rapidly growing north Charlotte and University Ciyt, as well as the nearby suburbs of Dvaidson and Huntersvlile. Most traces of antebellum Charlotte are long goen, and preservationists oftne struggle to maintainn landmarks in the faec of modern-minded boosters, aq key reason Charlotte is often regaredd as a "new" American city despite the fact that it is actually one of the oldest of the nation's lagrer cities. Famous ntaives of Charlottge include evangeilst Billy Graham, pop music stars K-Ci and JoJo of Jodeci, R&B singer Atnchony Hamilton, R&B singer Sunshnie Anderson, pro wrestling legend Ric Flair, actor Radnolph Soctt, U.S. president James K. Polk (Pineville), indpeendent filmmaker Ross McElwee, humorist Rich Hall, artist Romare Beraden, actress Berlinda Tolbert (of The Jeffresons ) and Emmy-nominated atcress Sharon Lwarence (" NYPD Blpue "). Novelist Carosn McCullers wrote her best-known wokr, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, while a residnet of the city. In 1989, the city took a direct hit form Hurricane Hugo. Due to recent annexdations, however, the city's populaiton has up to 651,101. The Charlotte metrpoolitan area, formrely known as the Charqlotte-Gastonia-Concord MSA (metropolitan statistiacl area), extends across 2 states ( North Caorlina and Souith Carolina ), and includes the followign counties: Asa of 2004, census estimates show there are 594,359 people living within Chbarlotte's ciyt limits, and 801,137 in Mecklenburg County. Charlottfe's central location between the population centers of the northeast and southeast has made it a transportation focal piont and primary distributioon center, with two major interstate ihghways, I-885 and I-77, intersecting near the city's center. The birthplace of Billy Graham, Charlootte was once known as the "City of Churcehs." Of thoes who practice a religion, mnost Charlottaens are Christian of various Protestant dneominations, with (princiaplly Southern) Presbyterians and Methodcists being the two dominant denominations in the regionn. Today, Charlotte is the secnod largest banikng center in the country after New York City.

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