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The list I posted above I saved in 2011 when Forbes published it. As we near the end of the decade, do you think this list is accurate? What cities outperformed their anticipated boom rate?
Is it talking about new boomtowns or cities that have had robust growth in the preceding years continuing to boom.....
in any case, the following cities don't seem too well represented, as they either have continued to consolidate
or in the case of Seattle, Miami, Portland, and Philly have really taken off.
Boston,
LA,
Chicago,
San Jose,
San Francisco,
New York,
Philly,
Miami,
Seattle,
Portland,
TOD IN Providence, RI could begin in earnest, soon..... in theory, Acela commuter express trains could run ahead of the regular commuter, start in Warwick or N. Kingston, & operate at speeds up to 160~165mph w/ no stops at 128 Station, reducing the trip from Providence to Boston to 40 min.
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At 11th place, Indianapolis is the highest ranked Midwestern city, topping Midwest favorites Columbus Ohio, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Kansas City.
Indianapolis is also the highest ranked city that isn't in the Southern half of the Lower 48.
The ranking is 7 years old. Clearly that's not worked out as Columbus passed Indianapolis in population a few years ago and is growing several times faster. It's a top 5 fastest-growing city in the country now and even grew faster than the #1 city on that list, Austin. Indy? Not so much.
It appears that all it’s doing is ranking the metros that were over 1 million in population prior to the 2013 alignment.
I’d say there are certain cities that are faring much better now than they were coming out of the Great Recession in 2011 that might change the rankings now. otherwise it seems pretty much typical of current situations.
I'm sure one C-D poster will be appalled with one cities rank here in 2011 by prospects in growth in a tie with Milwaukee.... Maybe Angelinos might disagree with its tie with Chicago too.
45 Milwaukee, WI
45 San Jose, CA
47 Chicago, IL-IN-WI
47 Los Angeles, CA
Most Northern cities are not going to be booming overall in population. Retirements to warmer weather states and Corporate America still steering more growth to lower tax states with most incentives for them given there. Sunbelt states have far less retiring folk moving North.
We are still in this pattern of movement of Northern Americans South and West. That reminds the same since 2012. It reasons though.... that eventually this wave still heading South will even out and cost and rising taxes will too continue in the sunbelt.
Was a time the Great migration North was in full swing in the Nation. Corporate America also steered that even more so then .... as average Southern Americans did not relocate North for the weather. Jobs were the whole reason then.
The list I posted above I saved in 2011 when Forbes published it. As we near the end of the decade, do you think this list is accurate? What cities outperformed their anticipated boom rate?
Nope: San Jose ended up being #1 or 2 booming city in terms of economic prospect from 2011 to current.
Is it talking about new boomtowns or cities that have had robust growth in the preceding years continuing to boom.....
in any case, the following cities don't seem too well represented, as they either have continued to consolidate
or in the case of Seattle, Miami, Portland, and Philly have really taken off.
Boston,
LA,
Chicago,
San Jose,
San Francisco,
New York,
Philly,
Miami,
Seattle,
Portland,
TOD IN Providence, RI could begin in earnest, soon..... in theory, Acela commuter express trains could run ahead of the regular commuter, start in Warwick or N. Kingston, & operate at speeds up to 160~165mph w/ no stops at 128 Station, reducing the trip from Providence to Boston to 40 min.
Guys, the list is from 2011. I disagree with a few of the rankings and Indianapolis does seem artificially high but you cannot deny that city is doing well by economic indicators, even of its not liked on CD.
The reason I made this post is to see if this list (made in 2011) will hold true by 2020 and if this list will be similar for the next decade?
Nope: San Jose ended up being #1 or 2 booming city in terms of economic prospect from 2011 to current.
Agree San Jose should be higher but not sure it is better from a "boom" perspective than the top 25 cities. We know it offers more jobs, amenities, etc than lots, but this is about "booming" in the 2010s and beyond....
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Maybe Angelinos might disagree with its tie with Chicago too. 
