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Named after the wife of England's King George, Charlotte is known as the "Queen City". The city's prominence rose in the 1980s when it began to be known as a banking and commerce center. Today, the city -- population of about 600,000 -- boasts of being the country's number two financial center. More than 300 of the the Fortune 500 companies are represented here. Along with pro football's Carolina Panthers and the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the area is the epicenter of NASCAR with most of the racing world's garages located nearby. Billy Graham was born and raised in Charlotte and in 2003 moved his headquarters to the city. . . . Corndogs and Pronto Pups are not created equal. A Corndog batter is primarily corn meal based, while a Pronto Pup batter is flour-based. Huck's, the foremost purveyor of the hand-held treat, used the Cornmeal based recipe as does most suppliers.