I’ve lived in Charlotte for the past 15 years. When I moved here, the population was about 260,000 people. It is now 1.2 million people in the greater Charlotte area making it the 17th biggest city. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who is originally from here. Now they do consider both North and South Carolina Panthers territory, but they don’t have a huge following. Non sports fans will root for them, just to feel like they “belong”, attend parties, or hoping to raise their property value. 50% of Charlotte is made up of people from Ohio (no lie), 30% from NY/anywhere up North, 15% from Cali/West Coast, and 5% of originals. They have no following