We lived here when we first moved to Charlotte (moved out May '08). We loved it there.
The walk to Uptown isn't bad, although not recommended alone late at night. i recommend walking down Brevard as opposed to the other options (less bums congregate under this overpass). We always walked downtown all the time, our running route was around Uptown.
The pool is awesome, can get kind of busy on the weekends and you will definitely get the frat feel from it. The grills are great, the trash pickup was great. i loved drinking with the city view from the rooftop areas. Everything was pretty great.
If we could have bought here (and they had a slightly bigger option) as condos, we probably would have.