Up and Coming Mid-Level Cities (cost, largest, Atlanta, life)

[bchris02]

Oklahoma City is booming and its not liberal, but most up and coming cities do lean blue.

[Boston14]

Providence RI, New Haven CT, Worcester MA, Springfield MA, West Palm Beach Fl, Hartford CT, and many other mid-size major cities

[PDX_LAX]

Originally Posted by Boston14

Providence RI, New Haven CT, Worcester MA, Springfield MA, West Palm Beach Fl, Hartford CT, and many other mid-size major cities

If those are "mid-level" cities then Portland, OR is in a category above them.

[Boston14]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

If those are "mid-level" cities then Portland, OR is in a category above them.

correct Portland is a large major city

[cityboi757]

norfolk, virginia .

light rail under construction.. downtown population increasing.. tons of construction.. etc.

[PDX_LAX]

I think we need to work on our definition of "mid-level" cities.

Portland? Minneapolis? Denver? These are major cities.
Fresno, Stockton, Bakersfield. These are mid-level cities.

[OyCrumbler]

Going by PDX-LAX's examples, I think Madison is around the forefront for up and coming mid-level cities.

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by cityboi757

norfolk, virginia .

light rail under construction.. downtown population increasing.. tons of construction.. etc.

yea but norfolk was established a while ago and had its big growth spurts. It was up and coming. The growth has leveled off.

[PDX_LAX]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Going by PDX-LAX's examples, I think Madison is around the forefront for up and coming mid-level cities.

It makes sense, don't you think? Minneapolis has a metro of 3.2 million. Does that sound like mid-level to you?

Stockton/Modesto, Fresno, and Bakersfield all have about 1 million in their metros. Certainly not major cities but they're not towns either. Madison is a great example.

I think Minneapolis, Denver, and Portland are mid-level major cities, but they are still major cities nonetheless.

[cityboi757]

Originally Posted by garmin239

yea but norfolk was established a while ago and had its big growth spurts. It was up and coming. The growth has leveled off.

while norfolk was established way back, growth HAD leveled off, and now it's grown substantially, there are over 2000 housing units under construction downtown right now.