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It's also important to note that many Sunbelt cities like Atlanta and Charlotte are doing a good bit of urbanizing within the core of the metropolitan area. There are tons of residential developments happening along and or close to rail lines in those cities. Also, one good thing about the recession is that it put a halt to much of the exurban development that was occurring on the fringes and this is reflected in more recent population trends which show the central cities/counties receiving much of the region's growth.
Ain't nothin' sunny 'bout Atlanta or Charlotte. Those cities are for black people escaping racist Northern metropolitan areas, those who can't afford the prohibitively expensive cost-of-living in the Northeast, and those who simply gave up on Florida.
Ain't nothin' sunny 'bout Atlanta or Charlotte. Those cities are for black people escaping racist Northern metropolitan areas, those who can't afford the prohibitively expensive cost-of-living in the Northeast, and those who simply gave up on Florida.
The weather ( thus see hurricanes for one ) can change this real quick. Reasons why it has lagged *most* other parts of the country. Ofcourse you also have a growing number of northern states who have begun to figure out that RTW is a good thing and thus see states like MI, IN and WI which in recent years the sunbelt had benefited greatly off of as many have been RTW.
The sunbelts boom is going to eventually limited by suburbanization and the poor planning that comes with it. It's very odd that cities like Charlotte and Atlanta have very bad traffic that's comparable to the NE given their size. In this will end up making commute times become unbearable.
Virginia definitely fits in the mid-atlantic or north category because it's growth is in the DMV metro region not in the other parts of the state.
But the growth that is occurring in Nova is no different that you will find in Atlanta or Charlotte. Outside of Old Town and Arlington County to an extent, the majority of nova is spread out car culture type development. The saving grace is metro.
Ain't nothin' sunny 'bout Atlanta or Charlotte. Those cities are for black people escaping racist Northern metropolitan areas, those who can't afford the prohibitively expensive cost-of-living in the Northeast, and those who simply gave up on Florida.
Obviously, they are pieces of land and buildings that do not like people based on the color of their skin, lol! (A human by definition is not an "area")
The sunbelt boom WILL end, within the next few decades too. It will stabilize and other areas will boom. (That is why they call them booms)
The Midwest will be the next boom.
The Midwest already had its boom.
I don't really see any other area of the country "re-booming" after all have had their booms. The South/Sunbelt was really the last to experience this phenomenon, so after it has had its time in the sun, the country as a whole will have leveled off.
I don't really see any other area of the country "re-booming" after all have had their booms. The South/Sunbelt was really the last to experience this phenomenon, so after it has had its time in the sun, the country as a whole will have leveled off.
Completely disagree. There will always be an area of the country that is growing significantly faster than the rest, and it will constantly shift... just like it always has.
I think you will see parts of regions boom, once the current boom levels off.
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