Speed Street

I have lived in Charlotte long enough to see many changes but two impacted my household this weekend. One is Speed Street, the other the new train. When I was young the Speedway was Charlotte's dirty little secret, not mentioned among the middle class, tucked in a corner of North Charlotte- okay technically Cabarrus county, out of sight out of mind. then in the 90's racing was suddenly cool and Charlotte discovered the track that was here all along. I mention this because it is now the cool thing among college kids to take the train downtown to Speed Street- tons of people, good music, cheap food -what's not to like and you dont't have to fight traffic anymore. According to my daughter, the worst problem on the train is the b.o. of fellow passengers, especially when the train is crowed and some guy is holding onto the strap right above your face. Rude!