City and town potential (New York, York: pollution, stations, business)

[tviz25]

What towns and cities in upstate New York do you think have the most potential at growing in population, business, downtown, etc.

[honeychrome]

It is interesting that so many people want to be where growth is projected for the primarily financial opportunities it affords, yet then decry the manifestations of growth (sprawl, over-development, congestion, pollution, etc. etc.). There is little challenge to the assumption that perpetual and maximized growth is always essential and good. Certainly it is essential to the survival of our economic system as it exists now, but in a world of limited resource there will necessarily be a limit somewhere.

Nevermind the inferred politics, I urge everyone to watch/listen to/read the following lecture on growth, if only to understand the mathematics behind 'growth.' When you read someone saying "We hope to achieve population growth in our town of 5% annually," do you really know what that means? The usual response is that simply because its 'growth' it must be a good thing.

Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy | Global Public Media

None of which is to imply that the question of which towns/cities in upstate NY will be growing the most in the future isn't interesting or valid. My thinking is the Finger Lakes region will see quite a bit of growth.