The Cost Of Living In Charlotte - Charlotte Magazine

The Cost Of Living In Charlotte - Charlotte Magazine

Walking through First Ward in uptown on a warm late-winter afternoon, Tom Hanchett sees layers of the city invisible to most people. You might describe the homes we’re walking past as “apartments” and leave it at that. But Hanchett points out that the low-slung, tan buildings with columns and awnings are remnants of the original Earle Village, a public housing complex where more than 400 families lived until the 1990s, when most of it was torn d…