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Only Miami, Denver and Charleston are actual central cities in the top ten, and only 11/12 of the top 50 are central cities of their own metros.
Miami
Denver
Charleston
Seattle
Austin
Fort Collins
Cape Coral (Ft Myers is also on the list and I really don't know which one I'd call the central city)
Atlanta
San Francisco
Raleigh
Reno
I guess I’m unsure of some of the data points, but I’m surprised only Raleigh made the list and not a few of her suburbs as well (thinking Cary, Apex, Holly Springs).
Only thing this tells me is that Texas is in some massive housing bubble. Frisco and Denton are boomtowns now lol.
Frisco (or Phrisceaux) has been a darling for nearly 2 decades now. It's one of the most overhyped burbs of DFW. It's a mall, an IKEA, a few stadiums, an office park, a metric ton of chain restaurants, and overpriced cookie cutter McMansions everywhere. It's a thousand miles from nowhere and looks like the middle of Kansas.
This list and the metrics being used don't make sense.
I don’t put much stock in any of these lists, the only thing that struck me was the uptick of small satellite towns like Denton Tx., Longmont CO., St. George UT.
I’m guessing the elder millennials that made up the “Great Urban Renewal” are now needing more space for kids.
Frisco (or Phrisceaux) has been a darling for nearly 2 decades now. It's one of the most overhyped burbs of DFW. It's a mall, an IKEA, a few stadiums, an office park, a metric ton of chain restaurants, and overpriced cookie cutter McMansions everywhere. It's a thousand miles from nowhere and looks like the middle of Kansas.
It is also a magnate for jobs and all the burbs around it are hubs for jobs. Not overrated at all.
I guess I’m unsure of some of the data points, but I’m surprised only Raleigh made the list and not a few of her suburbs as well (thinking Cary, Apex, Holly Springs).
The list is weird. It's easy to imagine for some of the cities listed that the suburbs are included, while in others the suburb is all that's listed. The entire Raleigh area is a boomtown with many of its burbs experiencing hyper growth, so maybe it's all just put under the Raleigh umbrella?
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