‘By the way, Boston ...’: Charlotte thinks it has a big dick. The only problem is that it doesn’t have a soul. ... Have you ever been to Charlotte? Don’t bother. Whatever charm it once had was flattened and paved in the name of big-dick bragging rights. ...
... If you do have to go to Charlotte on non-big-dick business, here’s what the tourist guide will say: “Over there is the home where Jefferson Davis surrendered the Confederacy. But we tore it down so we could have big-dick bragging rights. Over there is a once beautiful and charming Southern antebellum neighborhood. But we tore it down for big-dick bragging rights. Over there is ...”
... Picture a well-swept Route 9, and you have Charlotte. ...
Of course, Boston has its own big-dick wannabes. They’re usually the types who spew NYC v. Boston inferiority. But as Hub Blog has said before and will say again: Boston is to New York what Edinburgh is to London. They’re two different cities. But I’ll take the comparison to Edinburgh any day. ...
Charlotte? Think Frankfurt, five days after it was fire-bombed. By its own air force.