Will the Gulf Coast ever be a true "third coast"? (America, Boston)

[magnoliashorty]

There is a perception that the US has two coasts that are always in competition (East Coast vs. West Coast). But the Gulf coast, from Texas down through Florida, is an entirely different coastal region that's ignored because it doesn't have strings of major cities like the other coasts do (nothing comparable to L.A./San Fran/Seattle or the D.C.-NYC-Boston corridor—yet).

My question is, within a few decades or so, would it be possible for the Gulf Coast to emerge as an important economic region with multiple major cities? Will there be growth clustered around, and in between, cities like Houston, New Orleans and Tampa? Could cities like Mobile and Pensacola grow significantly? In other words, will America eventually have three distinctive, urbanized coasts? And if not, why exactly does the Gulf Coast lag behind?

[NigerianNightmare]

The East Coast has EU which is arguable the Second or First, The West Coast has Japan and China which are respectively the Third and Fourth biggest economies. Brazil+ Mexico+ Argentina is the only thing southwards, and although all three have large middle classes, only Brazil has multiple large port cities, while Mexico has overland trade with us. So to wrap it up, until more SA countries start earning 20,000 per capita U.S dollars on average the Gulf Coast can't boom.

[Happiness-is-close]

Houston, New Orleans, mobile, Tampa, Bradenton, ft Myers, Naples. The south coast has a lot of big cities around it.

[Soonhun]

I thought the Great Lakes were the "Third Coast" and the Gulf was lumped in with the "East Coast," except culturally, when it is just the Gulf Coast.

[Spade]

Never heard the great Lakes as third coast.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by Spade

Never heard the great Lakes as third coast.

I've heard North Coast, not Third Coast.

[ialmostforgot]

Yes, but we need more connection between New Orleans and Florida.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Houston seems to be more tied in with the Texas Triangle than the Gulf cities.

[NowInWI]

Originally Posted by Spade

Never heard the great Lakes as third coast.

https://maps.googleblog.com/2009/04/...-us-third.html

I've heard it many times. Apparently, Google Maps thinks it's the Third Coast. If Google says so….. Isn't the Gulf Coast known as..the Gulf Coast?

[Spade]

Originally Posted by NowInWI

https://maps.googleblog.com/2009/04/...-us-third.html

I've heard it many times. Apparently, Google Maps thinks it's the Third Coast. If Google says so….. Isn't the Gulf Coast known as..the Gulf Coast?

Again, this is the first time I've heard the great Lakes as third coast. And gulf Coast has been referred as both third and Gulf Coast. Isn't the great Lakes called the great Lakes?