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View Poll Results: Most rapidly urbanizing?
DC 48 44.04%
LA 30 27.52%
Seattle 24 22.02%
Other 7 6.42%
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Old 10-06-2014, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C.
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So much for overbuilding.

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Old 10-06-2014, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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I hear there's so much construction in DC nowadays that they've actually requested some people to move out of the city. With so much construction going on, the city has apparently become one giant safety hazard.
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Old 10-06-2014, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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I hear there's so much construction in DC nowadays that they've actually requested some people to move out of the city. With so much construction going on, the city has apparently become one giant safety hazard.
In DC, do they block sidewalks when they do big projects? This is a big problem in DTLA, Hollywood and K-Town with several blocks being closed to pedestrians. It's not even city-proper that has this problem, as there are two big projects on my street in Pasadena that are blocking parts of the sidewalk.

What doesn't make sense is that sometimes they will create that temporary corridor, but not always. Sometimes one side of a project will have them and the other will not.

Construction boom is creating obstacle courses for L.A. pedestrians - LA Times
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Old 10-06-2014, 04:06 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Miami seems urbanizing rapidly.
Yea, I think putting Miami among these three in terms of rapidly urbanizing cities makes a lot of sense.
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Old 10-06-2014, 04:09 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Also, the last time this thread was active, the Silver Line hadn't opened yet. How's that changed thing?
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Old 10-06-2014, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Seattle aka tier 3 city :)
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Yea, I think putting Miami among these three in terms of rapidly urbanizing cities makes a lot of sense.
I wouldn't consider putting up condos with no street retail urbanizing an area.
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Old 10-06-2014, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C.
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Also, the last time this thread was active, the Silver Line hadn't opened yet. How's that changed thing?
Construction boom continues uninterrupted in Tysons - Fairfax - Home
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Old 10-06-2014, 08:09 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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LA. The other two are also urbanizing very quickly, though.
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Old 10-06-2014, 08:25 PM
 
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I don't get the impression Seattle is "booming" visiting there, even if the population is still growing.
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Old 10-06-2014, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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I don't get the impression Seattle is "booming" visiting there, even if the population is still growing.
Did you not open your eyes? The urban core is a forest of cranes right now building 20+ towers over 400 feet high, 8 of which will be over 500 feet high. Outside of the urban core, Seattle's urban nodes are building apartments like crazy.

Seattle's growth is the very definition of a boom.
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