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Florida and Texas should be booming even with the oil towns in in Texas like the midlands and odessa taking a hit. Florida really seems to be taking off with the boomers aging. First map is for projections for 2016
map from us conference of mayors and us census / wikimedia commons
As someone living in the heart of the "economic boom" area in FL I think it's important to make the distinction as to what type of growth is being seen. An explosion of fast food/chain restaurants and convenience stores/gas stations does not make for sustainable growth and certainly does nothing for attracting a skilled, well-educated population nor those companies inclined toward areas where they largely reside. Sadly our poor excuse for a governor has made it his mission to attract as many convenience stores as possible, all enabled to plow down undeveloped land pretty much anywhere they want with green light approval.
As someone living in the heart of the "economic boom" area in FL I think it's important to make the distinction as to what type of growth is being seen. An explosion of fast food/chain restaurants and convenience stores/gas stations does not make for sustainable growth and certainly does nothing for attracting a skilled, well-educated population nor those companies inclined toward areas where they largely reside. Sadly our poor excuse for a governor has made it his mission to attract as many convenience stores as possible, all enabled to plow down undeveloped land pretty much anywhere they want with green light approval.
I know what you mean, so many politicians love to tout their areas as one of the most "livable cities in the US" and tout their town being in all these top 10 job surveys and they become boomtowns. Then they do nothing about implementing smart growth and it becomes a traffic and strip mall hell and loses all the charm that attracted people there in the first place.
A new Whataburger, Bealles, and Gate Gas station surrounded by cheap stucco homes is hardly growth. Florida is exploding growth wise but its not true growth. We need educated people, professional jobs, and true QOL growth versus a new strip mall.
Actually Austin, Raleigh-Durham and Houston are doing it on the backs of a diversified (and sustainable) economy.
As Atlanta finally is too again, Kyle. We were late to the recovery, but are on fire again. We are now 2nd to Dallas/Ft. Worth in total number of new jobs over the past year, but don't show up on lists like this due to the already large size of the labor force.
What really slammed us was that people continued to stream here during the depths of the recession. Things are finally balancing out, and the amount of Intown construction is surpassing anything we've ever seen here, including the Olympic boom.
Actually Austin, Raleigh-Durham and Houston are doing it on the backs of a diversified (and sustainable) economy.
Agreed. It's also important to note that these two metros are the first two to appear on the list with MSA populations over a million. The four FL metros above them are significantly smaller and are building their growth on top of a smaller base. Cape Coral and Naples are part of the same CSA but, even then, its total population barely clears a million.
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