- Charlotte ranks dead last in “walkability” for the nation’s 50 largest cities
- Rare for a major city, Charlotte is not located on any major waterway
- Charlotte is the largest American city without a zoo
- When General Cornwallis occupied Charlotte during the Revolutionary War, local residents drove them out with “a hornet’s nest of rebellion,” leading to the popular name for Charlotte’s sports teams
- Chartered in 1768, Charlotte is older than the U.S.
- Charlotte is the second largest banking city in the U.S. after New York
