There is a vast range of options to live close to Uptown without directly being enveloped by the Charlotte, North Carolina skyscrapers.  The neighborhoods around Charlotte, known as the Center City Ring, are varied both in terms of housing type and price. It is divided into two categories: the historic streetcar suburbs and the transitional neighborhoods built after World War II. 

Emerging in the late 1800s due to the streetcar routes, Old Charlotte is where Charlotte’s first true suburbs existed. Homes in Myers Park and Eastover are impressive with oak-canopied avenues and stately residences. Homes in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte had experienced revitalization during the 1980s. Next to Dilworth is SouthEnd, which recently redeveloped into a hot spot with great restaurants, nightclubs and businesses.