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I didn’t say Greenville wasn’t booming. I used the Charleston example because of the traffic issue. Greenville isn’t restricted by geography to expand it’s roads. Traffic isn’t a nightmare in Greenville.
It's getting pretty busy. Rush hour starts at 3pm now. But I definitely agree on geography. Charleston is restricted by being on a peninsula. All of the urban areas in our state are growing though and that's good I think. It's time for me to make another trip to Cola. Nice to visit the other cities every now and then.
Feelings? Really? I've never thought you'd come at me like that. Shocked. It is also a fact that a smaller number is easier to effect when it comes to percentages. In this case, Greenville being the more populated msa, means it takes more to move percentages up. But yes Charleston is growing faster.
Charleston is growing much faster by raw numbers also. From 2010-2016, the metro has added 97K people. In that same period Greenville added 61K people and Columbia added 50K people.
Charleston is growing much faster by raw numbers also. From 2010-2016, the metro has added 97K people. In that same period Greenville added 61K people and Columbia added 50K people.
I'm sure Boeing opening their plant in 2011 helped with the growth and pretty soon the Volvo plant will be up and running, I don't see the growth slowing anytime soon. It will obviously expand further along I-26 going northwest away from the coast.
Time to get that I-26 corridor up to at least 3 lanes in each direction, maybe 4!
Charleston is growing much faster by raw numbers also. From 2010-2016, the metro has added 97K people. In that same period Greenville added 61K people and Columbia added 50K people.
"I haven't been to Greenville, but I've read a good bit on both Greenville and Charleston and it just seems strange to me they completely destroy Columbia in terms of amenities, general perceptions, jobs (this is where Columbia really sufferers IMO)."
You'd think, that being the capital, it be the more developed than other cities in the state. However, it just feels kinda empty to me.
I think every state is different, in SC you have three main metro areas all roughly around the same size (within ~100,000 or so of each other), some growing faster or slower than other two.
2016 numbers Metropolitan Statistical Area
1 Greenville 884,975
2 Columbia 817,488
3 Charleston 761,155
In some states the capital is the largest metro area in that state, say like, Atlanta - GA, Nashville - TN, Boston - MA, but in others, that is not the case, like Tallahassee, the 12th largest metroplex in FL, or Austin, which is behind Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
I like South Carolina having 3 good-sized metro areas, instead of having 1 ginormous metroplex and a bunch of smaller ones.
I think every state is different, in SC you have three main metro areas all roughly around the same size (within ~100,000 or so of each other), some growing faster or slower than other two.
2016 numbers Metropolitan Statistical Area
1 Greenville 884,975
2 Columbia 817,488
3 Charleston 761,155
In some states the capital is the largest metro area in that state, say like, Atlanta - GA, Nashville - TN, Boston - MA, but in others, that is not the case, like Tallahassee, the 12th largest metroplex in FL, or Austin, which is behind Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
I like South Carolina having 3 good-sized metro areas, instead of having 1 ginormous metroplex and a bunch of smaller ones.
Right. There's no rule that says a state capital is supposed to be more developed than other cities in the state. In addition to Florida and Texas, that's certainly not true in North Carolina, Delaware, California, Nevada, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, New York, Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, New Mexico, etc. Even so, as you stated, Columbia is on par with other large metros in the state that give it a more balanced feel.
I just hope the OP can eventually move somewhere that suits him better since he's obviously not happy in Columbia.
It's getting pretty busy. Rush hour starts at 3pm now. But I definitely agree on geography. Charleston is restricted by being on a peninsula. All of the urban areas in our state are growing though and that's good I think. It's time for me to make another trip to Cola. Nice to visit the other cities every now and then.
Correction: Downtown Charleston is restricted by being on a peninsula. I get tired of Charleston being defined as just being on the peninsula. There's over 120 sq miles within the Chas city limits.
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