Winston-Salem Is Such A Nice City...Why Is It (Kinda) Stagnant? (Charlotte: 2015, unemployment)
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High PointThe Triad Area
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I *LOVED* it when I was in school there 1994-1999. It reminded me a little bit of a mini Durham; former tobacco town, a thriving HBCU, a large/high profile university, excellent arts scene, funky, cool neighborhoods, repurposed warehouses. I don't get back there much, but if it is growing, and expanding, I bet it's AWESOME now.
I *LOVED* it when I was in school there 1994-1999. It reminded me a little bit of a mini Durham; former tobacco town, a thriving HBCU, a large/high profile university, excellent arts scene, funky, cool neighborhoods, repurposed warehouses. I don't get back there much, but if it is growing, and expanding, I bet it's AWESOME now.
They are roughly the same size and Winston-Salem actually feels somewhat larger, at least in the core.
I am excited about what the boom on Liberty Street going on right now. It is nestled between Trade Street's Art District and the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, which are experiencing ongoing booms of their own.
Among the 5 MSAs in NC with a population over 500,000, Winston-Salem is growing the slowest but none of them are shrinking. Since 2010, these are the average annual growth rates of each from fastest growing to the slowest:
Raleigh-Cary: 2.3% per year
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia: 1.73% per year
Durham-Chapel Hill: 1.66% per year
Greensboro - High Point: 0.73% per year
Winston-Salem: 0.55% per year
With a resume similar to Durham (former big time tobacco town + elite private university), I don't know why it's not following a similar trajectory. When I was a kid, W-S was larger than Raleigh by a good clip and I always liked driving through there on 40 when we headed west. My experiences as of late have been limited though to a few weddings and the occasional football game at WFU.
With a resume similar to Durham (former big time tobacco town + elite private university), I don't know why it's not following a similar trajectory. When I was a kid, W-S was larger than Raleigh by a good clip and I always liked driving through there on 40 when we headed west. My experiences as of late have been limited though to a few weddings and the occasional football game at WFU.
I *LOVED* it when I was in school there 1994-1999. It reminded me a little bit of a mini Durham; former tobacco town, a thriving HBCU, a large/high profile university, excellent arts scene, funky, cool neighborhoods, repurposed warehouses. I don't get back there much, but if it is growing, and expanding, I bet it's AWESOME now.
You definitely need to come back for a visit. You will be amazed at how much more alive downtown has become since the late 90's. Lots of good things going on.
Over the many decades and despite the balance of the park between Durham and Wake Cos., RTP has done more for Raleigh's growth than for Durham's. Durham has made a conscious and focused effort starting a couple of decades ago to transform itself that has changed its trajectory.
Over the many decades and despite the balance of the park between Durham and Wake Cos., RTP has done more for Raleigh's growth than for Durham's. Durham has made a conscious and focused effort starting a couple of decades ago to transform itself that has changed its trajectory.
W-S has done the same. The difference is the tremendous number of jobs created in and around RTP, plus the huge amount of tax base RTP generates for Durham County (most of RTP is physically in Durham County). One cannot overestimate what RTP has meant to Durham. Its pretty much the only difference between W-S and Durham.
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