Which city in SC will boom next? (Columbia, Charleston: schools, colleges)

[motonenterprises]

Originally Posted by fammaf

Augusta/Aiken has more going on than Greenville/Spartanburg and Columbia/Lexington.

Augusta downtown's and infrastructure(roads-interstates) have construction all over.

Lol! Augusta is far behind either of these cities.

[fammaf]

Augusta had six lane interstates for years. On 520 had 4 to 5 lanes at one point on the interstate. Dot is widening them even larger now. Along with a spaghetti junction.

Greenville and Columbia have things going on. There are 13 to 15 cranes in downtown and the medical district in Augusta.

[g-man430]

BS. The interstate is being widened to three lanes each way in Augusta. It's on GDOT's website if you don't believe me. There are not 13-15 cranes downtown either. Those cranes are for interstate construction only. Show me pics to prove me wrong.

[fammaf]

Originally Posted by motonenterprises

Lol! Augusta is far behind either of these cities.

Yes this city really looks far behind Columbia and Greenville.


G-man I-20 & I-520 are two diffrent interstates n Augusta. Both of them are being widen. I-520 already had 3-5 lanes on each side before construction. At certain points on 520. Also there are 13-15 cranes downtown/medical district. Don't hate.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by fammaf

Augusta/Aiken has more going on than Greenville/Spartanburg and Columbia/Lexington.

This has to be a joke, right? Augusta is a fine city, but it does not have more going on than Greenville or Columbia.

[mrpeatie]

Are we really measuring the viability and economic strength of cities according to the size of the highway people use to drive through it without using an off-ramp? Just wanted to make sure I am on the same page.

I live in Charleston and our boom has really been driven by lifestyle-related transplants as opposed to a true business boom. That is part of the reason our real estate market makes absolutely no sense.

The skyline method of measurement won't work to well in SC because most of our cities sprawl and the preferred method of development seems to be the office park or research/office campus. Greenville's ICAR is probably the best new prototype.

[CarolinaBredChicagoan]

I hate to say it, but with things being as they are, economically speaking, I don't see any area of SC booming anytime soon. I don't see a great deal of vision among SC leaders at the moment, and SC doesn't seem poised to embrace change, and that's what'll be needed to boom in the world in which we live. I'd LOVE to be proven wrong, but SC seems to be lagging at the moment, and may continue to do so in a time in which retirement funds are in jeopardy, tourism is sagging, and new homes are moving slowly...

[motonenterprises]

Originally Posted by fammaf

Yes this city really looks far behind Columbia and Greenville.


G-man I-20 & I-520 are two diffrent interstates n Augusta. Both of them are being widen. I-520 already had 3-5 lanes on each side before construction. At certain points on 520. Also there are 13-15 cranes downtown/medical district. Don't hate.

Augusta doesn't have a freeway that compares to Greenville or Columbia. I20 in Augusta is narrow in comparison to I85 even with its construction. I'm familiar with both cities. This person has never even been to Greenville I bet and is a dreamer.

[Akhenaton06]

We're talking about SOUTH CAROLINA cities here, so any mention of Augusta is totally irrelevant. Even so, if you look at the statistics that matter (e.g, population growth, GDP, etc.), Augusta falls a bit short when compared to Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston.

[adavi215]

^I think maybe Augusta was brought up because of Aiken, SC. My geography could be wrong, because I am actually not quite sure where Aiken is. But if Aiken is by Augusta,GA, then it might be safe to say that Aiken's growth depends on Augusta. That would put Aiken in the same position as Rock Hill. I need yall to stay with my train of thought here. Ultimately, we are comparing the growth of Augusta to Charlotte in order to compare the growth of York and Lancaster County. That being said I give York and Lancaster the edge over Aiken because Charlotte is booming, even in this recession.

That being said not one of these regions, is on the same pace as Charleston, Columbia, or Greenville/Upstate. I'm sure both are nice areas (I actually love retreating from Charlotte to Rock Hill on occassions) but they are not close to becoming a boomtown. These three areas of SC could really launch SC into a good status...but as stated earlier that depends on leadership.