[AntiGuv]

Do you mean the city of Charlotte alone (Mecklenburg Co) or the suburbs as well (in Gaston, Cabarrus, and Union Co's).

[Torie]

The metro area, which includes the exurbs, so you need to include part of York County, and parts of other adjacent counties, where folks are part of the same economic zone, and a fair percentage coummute to work at least to the suburbs proper, and live in housing tracts. You get the picture. In any event, it goes beyond Mecklenburg Co, which I know is trending Dem. I don't want to load the dice here for my assertion. I want to be "fair and balanced" as always. :)

[Torie]

The below bit might help, except that it goes out a bit too far, but that might not matter much:

"DKS&A based their findings on 767 respondents to the Charlotte MSA (includes Mecklenburg, Gaston, York, Cabarrus and Anson counties)."

I don't know why Union County isn't in there.

[Torie]

Another list. You be the judge:

"Within the Charlotte MSA (Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union and York Counties) 1,100 jobs were lost during the twelve months ending June 30, 2003 while 20,380 residential building permits were issued producing a -.05 Employment/Permit ratio. Without the previously noted mortgage rate stimulus the market would be in disarray."