Fast growing towns (Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson: lease, new home, subdivisions)

[spllancer]

Which towns/cities are the fastest growing in the Greenville/Spartanburg area?

[Hobo7396]

Simpsonville, Greer, Taylors, Powdersville, Easley.

These were lightly populated areas with lots of open land for the new infill housing developments of the last 10-20 years.

The more mature areas of Greenville are not shrinking, but the lack of remaining undeveloped land means most new development will go somewhere else.

[USNRET04]

Five Forks is one of the fastest growing areas (Simpsonville). The annual income there is higher than other parts of Simpsonville, so you would find more affluent customers there I would imagine. But then again, most of them have newer cars, under warranty or leased premium vehicles. (If you are looking for your auto repair shop that you want to open).

[spllancer]

I was in Simpsonville back in 2011 and it didn't seem like it was expanding too much. Has much changed since then? Or maybe I just wasn't in the growing area of Simpsonville. And yes, I am asking for the shop, keen eye!

[USNRET04]

You probably didn't look at Five Forks, it's a few miles from the interstate. Here is a thread about it: Five Forks Growth

It's grown 84% since 2000.

South Simpsonville area is also picking up. Lot's of new home growth and subdivisions coming in again.

[DSMRE]

Simpsonville has boomed in the last 10 to 20 years. It was much smaller.

[lyricamphibian]

There is Simpsonville the city and then there is the Simpsonville mail delivery area, which includes a large and growing population outside of the city limits. It is always useful to make it clear which you are referring to.

I live within the Five Forks census-designated place, several miles outside the city limits, but have a Simpsonville mailing address. It would be misleading for me to tell people that I lived "in Simpsonville," so I tell them I live "on the far east side" or sometime "in the Five Forks area."

[mattee01]

Originally Posted by lyricamphibian

There is Simpsonville the city and then there is the Simpsonville mail delivery area, which includes a large and growing population outside of the city limits. It is always useful to make it clear which you are referring to.

I live within the Five Forks census-designated place, several miles outside the city limits, but have a Simpsonville mailing address. It would be misleading for me to tell people that I lived "in Simpsonville," so I tell them I live "on the far east side" or sometime "in the Five Forks area."

This is a huge problem in South Carolina that I wish the stuborn legislature would address. Due to zoning and annexation laws from the nineteenth century, today you see people claiming "I live in Anderson" when they live on SC-81 near the interstate (10 miles away) or "I live in Greenville" when in fact they live just off 85 near Powdersville. You'll see large swathes of developed areas that are miles outside of the cities. It'd be so nice to see SC start to veer away from treating counties as municiple parties of their own.

...Sorry bout the rant lol

[DSMRE]

Originally Posted by mattee01

This is a huge problem in South Carolina that I wish the stuborn legislature would address. Due to zoning and annexation laws from the nineteenth century, today you see people claiming "I live in Anderson" when they live on SC-81 near the interstate (10 miles away) or "I live in Greenville" when in fact they live just off 85 near Powdersville. You'll see large swathes of developed areas that are miles outside of the cities. It'd be so nice to see SC start to veer away from treating counties as municiple parties of their own.

...Sorry bout the rant lol

Probably need to speak to the ones in power. ;-)

[Skunk Workz]

Originally Posted by mattee01

This is a huge problem in South Carolina that I wish the stuborn legislature would address. Due to zoning and annexation laws from the nineteenth century, today you see people claiming "I live in Anderson" when they live on SC-81 near the interstate (10 miles away) or "I live in Greenville" when in fact they live just off 85 near Powdersville. You'll see large swathes of developed areas that are miles outside of the cities. It'd be so nice to see SC start to veer away from treating counties as municiple parties of their own.

...Sorry bout the rant lol

This isn't a SC exclusive, FL was the same way with smaller cities, and larger unincorporated areas.

Not really sure it's an issue though, as many people were quite happy to live in an unincorporated area, and some very large areas actively fought being incorporated.