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Which cities (excluding the recession) are going through their best times? When people will look back and say _____ city was really great at that time.
It seems like Seattle and Portland are really peaking right now.
My guess is that its hard to tell right now due to migration in limbo right now. I think in two years it will be easier to tell since a number of places hit a brick wall in development and may or may not pick back up or some new places start picking up or falling. If there are any peaks it would of been 2-3 years ago and not now when everything is shaking out.
It seems like Seattle and Portland are really peaking right now.
Seattle has a lot going for it right now, beautiful city with a lot of industry, but I think it terms of it's "peak" you have to go with the 1990s which saw the city at one of the epicenters (behind only silicon valley I suppose) of the booming tech industry that eventually inflated into a massive bubble that popped in 2000. Simultaneously, at least for a few years, the Seattle grunge music scene was the center of the universe in terms of popular music.
As for Portland, I think its peak is still coming. I think if they sort out their economy, the city will become even more desirable than it already is (to the inevitable chagrin of the locals who want to keep it small and weird).
Impossible to answer. Many cities are doing quite well these days, as good as they ever have, but we don't know how much better they will get. It's like trying to predict when the stcok market is at a peak.
There are many cities that have been in a growth and/or improvement mode for decades. Time will tell if they have indeed peaked or if they will continue to improve.
If I were looking for clues as to what has or hasn't peaked, I'd certainly look at education and dominant industries. Cities typically decline because they are unable to do two things: 1.) transition their economies to leading/future industries. 2.) retain their best and brightest citizens.
Which cities (excluding the recession) are going through their best times? When people will look back and say _____ city was really great at that time.
It seems like Seattle and Portland are really peaking right now.
Give your examples.
I have lived in Portland all my life.
IMHO, Portland's peak was last year.
Now people are starting to realize that the hype Portland gets (especially from back east) is way overrated, and it really does rain a whole bunch here.
Go read the city-data Portland forum if you don't believe me.
A lot of people I know have moved out to Pittsburgh and they are really liking it. The city is on the upswing, but probably not at its peak right now.
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