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There's so much beautiful low-lying land to be preserved between Columbia and Sumter, as well as rural Lower Richland County land, that I don't see that happening.
redcliff- Think they could add the counties this coming March? I know for Columbia, Newberry is almost a given and possibly Sumter and/or Orangeburg.
Woodlands- What kind of growth would we ever seen from Sumter? From all the census figures Sumter is pretty much stagnated. Although I too, would love to see Columbia start to link up more with Sumter along 378.
Sumter is growing west towards Columbia.. If you follow the Broad Street Corridor which turns into HWY 378 AKA Sumter Highway.. you will find, stretching from Dowtown Sumter, that it contains most of Sumter's growth...followed by south of town towards Manning on HWY 15. Most of the new subdivisions in Sumter are to the west and northwest up HWY 521. Sumter now has a consolidated school district. In the past it was a doughnut with the center being Sumter District #17 which served most of the city and was pegged by locals as "the good district" and Sumter District #2 which is the crust of the doughnut being labeled "not as good" district. Developers and politicos pushed to have them merged which allowed the suburban growth which was running out of land in District #17 to spill over into the now merged area of District #2..Schools Zones were redrawn to keep the newly developed subdivisions in the more favored old District #17 school areas though they were formerly located in the old District #2 and the growth continues to march west.
As Cola Data said.. I doubt that the urbanized area ever actually touch.. There is so much more favored undeveloped land in North Richland County that has yet to be built and those areas have better interstate access and schools. Even if it does shift south to Lower Richland. The Wateree floodplain/swamp and several large tracts forest tracts farmed by paper companies would likely not be sold for development.. so you will always have a "gap" in urban development.. If the urbanized areas connect at all (physically) it will be up 521 towards I-20 and Camden/Kershaw County.. but that still a loooong way from the current urban areas.
Just kidding. But with just seven tenths of a percentage point more commuting by Newberry workers to Richland and Lexington counties last year, the Columbia (not Columbia-Newberry) MSA's population would be around 821,000. I know - close counts only in horseshoes. But it's still called just Columbia. The name is the feminine personification of "liberty," and it's such a wonderful and livable MSA.
Anderson county is part of Greenville's metro area as of February 2013, making the population 824,112. This is now the largest in South Carolina.
Hopefully it gets us more noticed now. Would love to see another airline like JetBlue come to GSP.
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Just kidding. But with just seven tenths of a percentage point more commuting by Newberry workers to Richland and Lexington counties last year, the Columbia (not Columbia-Newberry) MSA's population would be around 821,000. I know - close counts only in horseshoes. But it's still called just Columbia. The name is the feminine personification of "liberty," and it's such a wonderful and livable MSA.
Anderson county is part of Greenville's metro area as of February 2013, making the population 824,112. This is now the largest in South Carolina.
The largest metro in SC is Charlotte at 2.3m residents. Since Charlotte includes 3 SC counties, it is part of SC.
Seriously, all three traditional SC metros have always been close in size. The question is and always will be how a one city centered metro like Charleston & Columbia compares with a multi city metro. But, since these areas are so close in size, it does not matter. Adding newberry to Columbia makes sense at some point but, to keep the numbers consistent, it is not there yet. Will be interesting to see how the new large projects in Columbia may influence future commuting patterns.
The largest metro in SC is Charlotte at 2.3m residents. Since Charlotte includes 3 SC counties, it is part of SC.
Seriously, all three traditional SC metros have always been close in size. The question is and always will be how a one city centered metro like Charleston & Columbia compares with a multi city metro. But, since these areas are so close in size, it does not matter. Adding newberry to Columbia makes sense at some point but, to keep the numbers consistent, it is not there yet. Will be interesting to see how the new large projects in Columbia may influence future commuting patterns.
Actually Charlotte is only partly in South Carolina, so only the part that is in South Carolina counts which is only 199,035 people.
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Greenville metro area is now the largest in South Carolina
Hopefully it gets us more noticed now. Would love to see another airline like JetBlue come to GSP.
