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One city that stands out as odd is Anchorage. I thought that Alaska was a mecca for gun lovers looking to escape the lower 48 and their oh so tough stances on firearms. Guess they couldn't hang with the big dogs up there :P
And Fayetteville too is weird. Isn't NC supposed to be booming? And all those GA cities... Thought GA was a typical sunbelt state.
Atlanta has been responsible for the lion's share of Georgia's population and economic growth in the last 50 years. Athens, Augusta, Savannah and coastal Georgia are in pretty good shape as well. Other than that, much of Georgia is actually stagnant, including cities like Columbus, Macon, Albany and Valdosta. And the only rural areas that are in halfway-decent shape are those near recreational destinations in the north Georgia mountains. Basically, here's a map breaking it down, with the GREEN areas generally thriving, and the RED areas generally stagnant:
Maybe this map could have small green dots near Warner Robins and Milledgeville, but other than that, I've been around Georgia enough to feel confident in the accuracy of this map.
Kind of surprised about Baton Rouge. Not terribly familiar with the city and know it has some issues with crime but you would think a state capital with a major university in the sunbelt region would be booming.
Atlanta has been responsible for the lion's share of Georgia's population and economic growth in the last 50 years. Athens, Augusta, Savannah and coastal Georgia are in pretty good shape as well. Other than that, much of Georgia is actually stagnant, including cities like Columbus, Macon, Albany and Valdosta. And the only rural areas that are in halfway-decent shape are those near recreational destinations in the north Georgia mountains. Basically, here's a map breaking it down, with the GREEN areas generally thriving, and the RED areas generally stagnant:
Maybe this map could have small green dots near Warner Robins and Milledgeville, but other than that, I've been around Georgia enough to feel confident in the accuracy of this map.
ths is why i scoffed when some people said on another topic that SC is 'twins' with south Georgia.
One thing to keep in mind, and thus revealed after Omaha appearing on this list as losing population, the OP indicated he pulled his numbers from a site that was not using the "official" estimates from the US Census.. The validity of the entire city listing provided in the OP should come into question..
The Omaha listing was completely inaccurate.. And I'd summize many of the cities listed as losing population from 2014 to 2015 are not valid either..
Kind of surprised about Baton Rouge. Not terribly familiar with the city and know it has some issues with crime but you would think a state capital with a major university in the sunbelt region would be booming.
The growth is mostly away from the city towards Gonzales and Mandeville. Baton Rouge itself doesnt have a lot of room to grow.
ths is why i scoffed when some people said on another topic that SC is 'twins' with south Georgia.
I do see some similarities to South Carolina in parts of Georgia. Generally, the part of Georgia that was colonial territory is more similar to South Carolina, while the remainder is more similar to Alabama or north Florida.
The colonial territory is everything south of the Blue Ridge Mountains, east of the Ocmulgee River, and north of the Altamaha River. Those areas, urban and rural, are similar to South Carolina. Savannah and Charleston are classic Southern port cities. Coastal Georgia and coastal South Carolina are increasingly popular destinations for tourists and retirees. Columbia is like a blend of Athens and Augusta. Toccoa is part of the Greenville/Spartanburg media market.
Otherwise, west Georgia from the Great Appalachian Valley down to about Albany is more similar to Alabama, and everything south of Albany and west of the Okefenokee Swamp is like a northward extension of the Florida panhandle. For that matter, the Blue Ridge mountains in far northeast Georgia are like a southward extension of the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
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