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I wouldn't necessarily call this city underachieving, but an interesting thought came to me. Greenville, South Carolina.... how different would this city be if South Carolina didn't have laws in place that make annexing so hard. It's thought that Greenville would be closer to 400,000 people. Also, regarding St. Louis. Had they chosen to stay in St Louis County back in the late 1800s, rather than become independent with only 61 square miles, how much larger would they have become, and would they have suffered the way they did in the latter half of the 1900s if they had the economy from the suburban part? Just thinking aloud here....
I don't get that, either. Your original inquiry was as such:
All three of those cities were powerhouses in their day. It's not like they never had a fair shake.
I read the question wrong and misunderstood, I'm sorry.
Underachieving? Perhaps Jackson Mississippi. Birmingham Alabama was on the cusp of becoming a great southern city but was edged out by Atlanta, it still is a pretty great city, but really missed the mark. Same with Memphis.
Could have been more influential : Birmingham AL (got kicked by Atlanta, now by Nashville)
then Memphis (losing to Nashville), Little Rock, San Antonio
It's interesting to me how for a long time Memphis was the largest and dominant city of the state, but over the second half of the 20th century and especially the 21st century, Nashville has just exploded in terms of growth.
I wouldn't necessarily call this city underachieving, but an interesting thought came to me. Greenville, South Carolina.... how different would this city be if South Carolina didn't have laws in place that make annexing so hard. It's thought that Greenville would be closer to 400,000 people.
So would Columbia and Charleston. SC's stringent annexation laws kinda hamper its cities in terms of visibility, but not in any truly significant sense.
San Diego: lost Chargers and about to lose Comic Con due to no expansion of convention center. Downtown is also moribund.
Interesting. Did not know they were losing comicon. Is there any other dreary news for San Diego? First time I'm hearing a bleak Outlook for the city, although I don't follow it too closely.
Interesting. Did not know they were losing comicon. Is there any other dreary news for San Diego? First time I'm hearing a bleak Outlook for the city, although I don't follow it too closely.
They're not going to be able to expand the convention center in time as they both agreed. So they most likely will lose Comic Con to L.A or Vegas. The only good thing happening in SD is Nat Bosa!!!! a prolific developer who loves Downtown SD to build many new high residential towers and a new office building to lure high tech downtown.
So far, we have Cairo, Il, Memphis, TN, and now San Diego...Any additional frontrunners?
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