We’ve heard you. These are the biggest pet peeves for Charlotte.

As the biggest city in the state and one of the fastest growing in the country, it’s no secret that Charlotte has become a hot spot in the South.

While it offers a “big city with a small town feel” filled with a lot to do and see, no place is perfect.

After receiving dozens of responses in our latest Readers Choice poll about what irks residents most about the city — a lot of our readers agree that Charlotte is no different.

Of all the things that make up the Queen City, the traffic, public transportation and road conditions are by far the biggest pet peeve of those in the area — including a lack of light rail stops, aggressive drivers and even Exit 3A:

Traffic and road conditions

• “The completely selfish, dangerous and flat out inattentive drivers that constantly threaten our safety on a daily basis. It negates doing anything fun, or going anywhere when getting on the road here is a liability to your health.” — Nathan Newbrough

• “Aggressive drivers racing and weaving in and out of traffic. Would like to see a ‘Share the road’ approach to a more comfortable city.” — Barbara Devinney

• “My biggest pet peeve are the orange construction cones blocking lanes of traffic without there ever being any visible signs of construction activity. My current favorite is the narrowing of King’s Road passing by Metropolitan on the right. My second favorite is the flashing sign on Randolph Road stating “Construction Starting in 30 Days”. It’s been up more than 30 days! Crickets!” — Gary Knight

• “The traffic. Especially 77 up near the Lake where it is only 2 lanes.” — Nicole Tarbell

• “The drivers. The lack of enforcement by the city for the blatant red-light runners and careless driving on interstates.” — Lisa Gillette

• “Until I recently went home to my small town after a death of a family member, I didn’t realize how much I missed EVERYONE respectfully pulling over to honor the passing of a funeral procession.” — Deb Borkey

• “I-77. It is the worst thing about Charlotte. I anticipate that I will probably die along I-77. I’ve already had one car totaled on I-77.” — Hytham Imseis

• “The lack of sidewalks on Yorkmont Road between South Tryon and Tyvola. I see so many people jogging or walking on the road there due to the increased amount of people living in this area. The cars are speeding on this two lane road and I fear someone is going to be hit by a car someday…”— Valerie Rohda

• “Exit 3A, with the chaotic lane merging, and the murderous drivers coming right at you while attempting to get off on exit 3A. Yikes.” — Ren Maravich

• “Having to look both ways before going through a green light. Apparently red lights are are just suggestions in Charlotte lol” — Mickey Bixenman

Public transportation

• “Transportation. Charlotte is a major metropolitan area with nearly a million residents and our transportation infrastructure has not kept up. Traffic is a nightmare. Major arteries like Providence Rd. before Sardis Rd., Monroe Rd., Eastway Dr., Central Ave., Woodlawn, Park and so on have not been widened in 50 years. The train is nice, but it only goes north/south.” — Tim Shinn

• “The Blue Line does not run often enough on weekend nights. If it ran every 15 minutes I am confident it would have more riders and would reduce traffic uptown.” — Emily Urbanek

• “No light rail to PNC for safe transport to and from concerts.” — @camfulton

But it’s not just the busy traffic and transportation conditions. Ongoing construction projects, the dining scene and even new neighborhood names like LoSo are also among the biggest pet peeves of local Charotteans.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

• “Flying in and out of Charlotte Douglas Airport, which is bursting at its seams. The worst airport experience of any of the cities in which we have lived.” — Cheryl Preyer

• “NO LIGHT RAIL TO THE AIRPORT!” — Christopher Craig

City landscape

• “The tree canopy being reduced more every day.” — Nikki Redman

• “Lack of large green spaces. Coming from the Triangle, I was used to having state parks, some more than double the size of the largest park in Mecklenburg County, within a few minutes drive of urban areas. Now I realize how spoiled I was.” — Jonathan Hill

• “No real retail downtown.” — Sonya Rorie

Construction

• “That they have torn down all of the cool old buildings in South End and replaced them with modern high rises and a ridiculous amount of apartments and most of it has happened in the last 8 years! I hate to think what it will look like in eight more.” — Beth Gutt

• “Everything has been sacrificed in the name of growth: infrastructure not made to handle traffic, overloaded shopping centers, too many apartments, too few safe homes, and all the culture and small business in Charlotte has died.” — Dakota Alberta

Cost of living

• “Rent prices! My last place more than doubled in rent in the 4 years I was there.” — Stephy Hamrick

• “It’s hard to get hired on a good paying job and find reasonable housing.” — Naomi Gilley

• “Gentrification in uptown.” — @_southerncomfort_

Dining scene

• “The lack of good Cuban food …” — Alison Zepeda

• “Amelie’s not being open 24hrs anymore.” — @lovenarie

• “Bustling Brewery Scene” alone makes (me) nauseous.” — @nexbestjared

Neighborhood names, especially LoSo

• “‘LoSo’ definitely. Because why? & where?!?!” — @lovenarie

• “Real (not being rude) question- what SHOULD it be called? When I’m meeting someone somewhere unfamiliar, they’d say “oh it’s near Southpark, Plaza Midwood,” etc. LoSo is lower south end (south of south end). It’s a quick way to identify a location. Truly asking- why is LoSo so triggering and NoDa isn’t?” — @s.a.r.a.h.g.a.r.n.e.r

New residents

• “People who have moved here from somewhere else, who find something unfamiliar or not to their liking in Charlotte and complain by saying, ‘Back in xxxx, we did it this way.’” — Tom Bowers

• “People are so unfriendly and pretentious.” — @rachelfposey

* Replies have been edited for grammar and spelling.

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