SouthPark
SouthPark is Charlotte performing Charlotte. The mall is the cathedral, Phillips Place is the piazza, and every restaurant has valet because walking from the lot would be undignified. Bankers, surgeons, and the people who marry them congregate here in tasteful neutrals. The dating scene runs on Lululemon-after-Pilates energy and steakhouse reservations booked a week out. It is unapologetically expensive, occasionally interesting, and entirely unembarrassed about either. If your first-date budget has a comma in it and you want to signal seriousness without trying, SouthPark does the work for you. Bring a jacket.
SouthPark by the numbers
SouthPark runs male-heavy, about 51% men to 49% women.
Median individual income in SouthPark is about $54,100.
North Carolina registers voters by party, and in Mecklenburg County unaffiliated voters are the largest bloc at about 42%, with Democrats at 39% and Republicans 19%.
The median renter in SouthPark pays about $1,550 a month.
About 10,500 SouthPark residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
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Little Mama’s Italian
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Cafe Monte French Bakery and Bistro
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Red Rocks Cafe: Strawberry Hill in South Park
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The Palm - Charlotte
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Moon Thai & Japanese
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Limani
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Mizu
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Duckworth's Grill & Taphouse
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The Craic
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Cordial
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Serenity Garden
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Anne Neilson Fine Art
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