Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
This is what is surprising to me. 2016-2017 is apparently the peak in apartment construction, yet population growth has slowed in more than half of major cities.....uh....does that indicate a potential apartment market bust on the horizon?
I hope so.. so the prices can regulate some cities have ridiculous rent amounts. Austin and Denver I know for sure.
I'm iffy on categorizing Philly as a Rustbelt city although it's clearly a recovered post-industrial city.
Don't list it as a even recovering rust-belt city in the Philly forum. As you probably know? But in virtually all aspects in past declines in and of rust-belt cities totally included as them. Philly clearly suffered the visible signs and a later start at recovery maintains it longer. Through in a more lax then more prominent approach on clearing out earlier blight to gentrification. The visible factors remain more seen in many instances.
Rust-belt is dying term anyway. With a more lasting term used for the Great Lakes region. But Midwest in general. Why Philly posters, at least in the past? Generally pushed their sister Pa city, into the Midwest too.
How I see it. Generalizations go both ways. Visible signs clearly have plagued cities even if technical labels did not officially include them. Like the term - "rust-belt" and using some cities as scapegoats to take heat from them they dislike.
Does anyone have a source for CSA population estimates? I calculated the one I am most interested by myself but I surely have no patience to run through them all. Also, for these estimates, I suppose that they'll use the adjusted 2015 numbers for percentage and absolute growth numbers.
Also, has anyone seen a report about why 2015 numbers were adjusted downward? Every single MSA that I've looked at so far has an adjusted number that is lower than the previously reported number.
Considering San Antonio is still ahead of Austin by almost 400k and grows between 2-10k less a year it will take another 30-35 years.
To add to this since 2010 Austin has added 340,116 and San Antonio has added 287,101 new people which is a difference of 53,015.
San Antonio is now at 2,429,609 and Austin is at 2,056,405 which is a difference of 373,204. So if the current growth patterns hold true, which we all know will not, Austin is about 40 years from becoming Texas third largest metropolitan area.
I'm iffy on categorizing Philly as a Rustbelt city although it's clearly a recovered post-industrial city.
I agree with you, in that Philly may not even be a Rustbelt city. However, I've seen it sometimes listed as such and therefore felt obligated to credit it for its MSA growth.
Does anyone have a source for CSA population estimates? I calculated the one I am most interested by myself but I surely have no patience to run through them all. Also, for these estimates, I suppose that they'll use the adjusted 2015 numbers for percentage and absolute growth numbers.
Also, has anyone seen a report about why 2015 numbers were adjusted downward? Every single MSA that I've looked at so far has an adjusted number that is lower than the previously reported number.
Exactly how fast do you want Atlanta to be growing? I asked someone from Houston this when they complained Houston wasn't posting 150K or something crazy. Do you not experience growing pains? Is adding as many people as you can the biggest thing that matters? Not judging, just curious.
As someone who has spent the better part of 2 decades in Phoenix, I'd say this is not the biggest thing that matters. Although it is helpful for economic growth and new entertainment.
I was actually quite pleased to see the Phoenix metro refocus it's priorities when the growth slowed down after the 2006ish crash. There was a renewed interest in things like infill development, improving education, investing in public transportation among others. But the budget shortfall this created was nothing short of a disaster and I'll say it's better to have a growing city/expanding budget then not.
Here are the numbers for the 2016 CSA and adjusted 2015 numbers. Atlanta's CSA grew by 99,328. Chicago CSA lost 21k people.
This link doesn't take me to those numbers, just to a main page. From there, I can't find the information. Are you sure that the link is correct?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
