I went on location in Charlotte, North Carolina to find out what makes this the most car-centric major city in the U.S., and, by some accounts, the most sprawling city on the planet. What I found was not what I was expecting!

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- The Sheer Traffic Engineering Genius and Brilliant Land Use Impacts of Beltways:    • Ring Roads: Why We Spend Billions So ...  
- North American Cities Urbanism Tier List:    • Urbanism In North America: Sadly, F T...  
- Unexpectedly Walkable Neighborhoods in Otherwise Unwalkable Cities:    • 10 Surprisingly Pedestrian-Friendly N...  

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Resources:
- The University of Richmond's incredible Mapping Inequality project: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
- Demographia's 2022 World Urban Areas Report: http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua...
- Charlotte's long-range transit plan: https://www.charlottenc.gov/CATS/Tran...
- https://www.walkscore.com/NC/Charlotte

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Images
- Thanks to the NBA for being extremely cool about sharing highlights    • Shawn Kemp Top 10 Dunks  
- Uptown Charlotte Thumbnail By Precisionviews - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)

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