Columbia and Charleston called boom towns in USA Today article (Greenville: college, manufacturing)

[Charlestondata]

An article in USA Today says college towns and state capitals are doing well. It groups cities into three groups: boom towns, college towns and state capitals. It erroneously lists both Columbia and Charleston on the capitals list. From 2000 to 2006 Charleston grew at a faster rate than Columbia, but from 2006 to 2009 the reverse was true.

College towns do OK in recession - USATODAY.com

[g-man430]

And yet Greenville County added more people from 2008-2009 than Richland, Lexington, Charleston, or Dorchester counties. Oh and the City of Greenville almost added just as many people as the City of Columbia did from 2008-2009 also:

2009 and growth from 2008
1. Columbia - 129,333 (+1484)
2. Charleston - 115,638 (+2127)
3. N. Charleston - 97,601 (+2512)
4. Rock Hill - 69,212 (+1319)
5. Mount Pleasant - 66,418 (+1092)
6. Greenville - 61,782 (+1461)
7. Summerville - 45,239 (+693)
8. Spartabnurg - 40,387 (+390)
9. Goose Creek - 39,064 (+1205)
10. Sumter - 38,412 (+11)
11. Hilton Head - 34,249 (+6)
12. Florence - 32,180 (+117)
13. Myrtle Beach - 31,968 (+936)

[Charlestondata]

I guess it isn't an exhaustive list.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by Columbiadata

I guess it isn't an exhaustive list.

It is, but it only looked at state capitals and college towns. That's why you don't see certain cities listed.

[Charlestondata]

Then I guess it's not an exhaustive list of categories. Former textile mill-gone-high-tech-manufacturing cities that aren't college towns (Clemson's too far away and Furman doesn't carry enough weight.) or state capitals weren't included.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by Columbiadata

Then I guess it's not an exhaustive list of categories.

Obviously not an exhaustive lists of categories (the title of the article lets you know that), but exhaustive for the two categories that are being considered.