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Charleston, SC. It's been topping lists for population and economic growth for a couple of years now, and it's not showing any signs of slowing down. And it's already a popular tourist destination with a fantastic downtown, several points of interest, and nice beaches.
Austin, Portland, Seattle are 3 cities that 15-20 years ago were a lot more off the radar then they are today. They are now really popular cities that have become very expensive and crowded. Places that a lot of young people want to move to. You might add the Raleigh NC area to that list too. Denver has become a lot more of a hot city too in the last 10 yrs. Does anyone have a guess what the next major up & coming city will be? Seems like it is more likely to be in the West or South as that's where the hottest up & coming cities came from the last 15-20 years. It seems like ot will also need hipsters, creative types and high tech, as those have all been ingredients in the last batch of up & coming places.
How was Seattle off the radar in 1994 at the height of grunge & national emergence of Starbucks? That was like The Year Of Seattle... Haha
How was Seattle off the radar in 1994 at the height of grunge & national emergence of Starbucks? That was like The Year Of Seattle... Haha
Right? Seattle was at the middle of the radar that year. I seem to remember the Seattle craze beginning even a few years earlier than that. Right around 1991 or so was when I first started hearing all the buzz about Seattle. Seems like so many people I knew back then were moving there around that time. I would definitely say that '94 was the year it all peaked for Seattle. It really hasn't gone out of favor since... but the hype is nowhere near as extreme as it was 20 years ago.
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I do see Houston, Dallas, Austin will continue expansions. But in downtown High-rise living. Not as much. A city like Chicago. Cannot expand but for its suburbs and gentrification and downtowns building up. I think these Texas cities can?
I do see Houston, Dallas, Austin will continue expansions. But in downtown High-rise living. Not as much. A city like Chicago. Cannot expand but for its suburbs and gentrification and downtowns building up. I think these Texas cities can?
Chicago is not New York. IT is not confined to an island. The only real armament the Texan cities have on their side is pure size. Houton and Dallas both are well over 300 square miles.
My money is on HOUSTON. I could see Houston being the 2nd or 3rd largest city in the U.S. within 20 years. Yes, I do mean larger than Chicago or L.A.
Lol, bigger than Chicago...perhaps. More important than Chicago, probably not.
Bigger than LA? Dream on. Houston is currently HALF the size of LA, and LA's population is growing much more quickly. No chance in hell of Houston catching up.
Many of mid-sized metros in the country has at least one hip neighborhood and new construction in the city center. Thats why you see so many people on here saying places such as Louisville, Columbus, Grand Rapids, ect often based on the fact that they live there and consider the development in their city to be unique. My point is, while the development is positive, I don't think it constitutes its inclusion as the next Austin or Portland. However, If I had to pick three it would probably be, Denver, Santa Rosa, and The Bronx, NY (I know its not a city).
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