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Austin, Portland, Seattle are 3 cities that 15-20 years ago were a lot more off the radar then they are today. They are now really popular cities that have become very expensive and crowded. Places that a lot of young people want to move to. You might add the Raleigh NC area to that list too. Denver has become a lot more of a hot city too in the last 10 yrs. Does anyone have a guess what the next major up & coming city will be? Seems like it is more likely to be in the West or South as that's where the hottest up & coming cities came from the last 15-20 years. It seems like ot will also need hipsters, creative types and high tech, as those have all been ingredients in the last batch of up & coming places.
Columbus is a great possibility. Chattanooga Tennessee I couldn't imagine. Omaha Nebraska is a great possibility. Boise has a minute to go but a possibility too.
That is a good list. I think I would consider Asheville already discovered and on most peoples radar though. Boise is a good call. And I have heard Chattanooga too. I have heard Pittsburg too, Pittsburg has the universities and Carnegie Mellon to help with tech jobs. Maybe Bellingham WA?
I used to think Albuquerque NM had potential as the next hot city, New Mexico has lots of sun and a mild winter, beautiful mountains and kind of a mystique to it and cool culture, but NM just can't seem to get it's act together to attract decent jobs.
What makes you say Omaha and Columbus? What would drive those to become the next hot cities? I can't see hipsters flooding into Omaha Those are 2 I would never have thought of.
You could also say, "what is going to be the next hot small city"? I think Boulder CO, Ft. Collins CO., Missoula MT, and Ashville are examples of smaller hip cities that are fully discovered. Ft. Collins is an example of a place that was undiscovered 15-20 years ago and has doubled in population and has much higher real estate prices now. Ft. Collins again has the combination of a university, hipness, outdoor recreation.
most of these are well known cities that are up as they are going to get. Asheville really has no job market , it is a small tourist town in the mountains and big employers won't start moving there. lol That isn't my idea of an up and coming city. I would say something like Greenville SC.
I crack up when I see people list New Orleans and Nashville and Kansas City as "up and coming". Shouldn't it be a smaller metro to be up and coming?
Who says it has to be a smaller metro? The OP listed Austin, Portland, Seattle, and Denver as cities that have really come along ways in the past 10-20 years. Even 20 years ago those cities were pretty renowned.
most of these are well known cities that are up as they are going to get. Asheville really has no job market , it is a small tourist town in the mountains and big employers won't start moving there. lol That isn't my idea of an up and coming city. I would say something like Greenville SC.
I crack up when I see people list New Orleans and Nashville and Kansas City as "up and coming". Shouldn't it be a smaller metro to be up and coming?
New Orleans is pretty small compared to cities it's compared against. It's only 1.3m MSA.
Lafayette, LA is an up and coming city. Very under the radar nationally but making great strides.
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Those are 2 I would never have thought of.
