Moving from Atlanta and Charlotte still surprised me. Here's what I missed.

I came expecting a smaller Atlanta with cheaper rent. Charlotte has cheaper rent (mostly true), but it's less dense and the transit gap is significant, MARTA spoiled me badly. Charlotte's light rail is good for one corridor. Everything else is a car. Also: Charlotte has no nightlife past 2am, which I learned by showing up somewhere at 2:15am to a dark building. Cultural adjustment is real.