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Out of the cities listed (which all rate highly on growth list both population and or economically) which city do you feel will be the most changed in the next 5-10 years? One where you would would say.. That's ... ?
Some criteria to think of when considering..
Food scene
Housing
Suburbs (growth- larger metro size)
Transportation
Big city amenities (walkable neighborhoods, pro sports, zoos, museums-etc)
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The cities are your list are newer cities to start, so new development in a new city doesn't change the city's general feel very much. Phoenix was big, boring, and sprawling twenty years ago, and it will be big, boring, and sprawling twenty years from now regardless of how much its population changes. Also, most of the growth you're seeing in those cities are in the 'burbs, not the inner city. The sunbelt was also hit hard during the Great Recession, so growth has also tapered in those cities too. Right now, we're actually seeing the most drastic change in the rustbelt.
So, my vote would be for Cincinnati or Cleveland. Both are going through rapid urban revitalization with new construction and new industry moving into the downtown areas.
Detroit will probably change a lot in the next 10 years too. It'll take a long time before Detroit is the next hot spot, but change is already happening.
Minneapolis is also experience a lot of growth in its core. The city is booming with a very low unemployment rate. They're also rapidly expanding their light rail system.
Also, keep your eye on St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Baltimore. Millennials love living in urban areas, but the traditional go-to's like NYC, SF, Boston, and DC are too expensive.
Last point, I don't think anyone really cares about zoos. I haven't heard of any new ones going up anywhere. I could be wrong, but that's just my sense on the matter.
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For instance, austin, which as you said is a new city.. Is being transformed beyond words almost
On a daily basis. It's going from a sleepy college town- to a real time big city. Pictures can justify that over the past 5 years alone, as well as the economic/population grown. The entire metro is booming and towns that no one thought would be anything more than a tiny little town somewhere near the hill country has over 40,000 residents and the most homes being built/in the permitting process in the state and maybe country. Downtown is transforming with 1,000+ Room hotels opening soon, or under construction. 30+ high rises are under construction with another 30+ in various permitting stages. The cities you listed all already have a solid foundation and would be quite hard to make that big of a turn around in that short of a time considering they are already established. I think a city like austin that didn't have much to start with and has been booming at crazy levels will be much different from itself in 5 years than say Cleveland.
For instance, austin, which as you said is a new city.. Is being transformed beyond words almost
On a daily basis. It's going from a sleepy college town- to a real time big city. Pictures can justify that over the past 5 years alone, as well as the economic/population grown. The entire metro is booming and towns that no one thought would be anything more than a tiny little town somewhere near the hill country has over 40,000 residents and the most homes being built/in the permitting process in the state and maybe country. Downtown is transforming with 1,000+ Room hotels opening soon, or under construction. 30+ high rises are under construction with another 30+ in various permitting stages. The cities you listed all already have a solid foundation and would be quite hard to make that big of a turn around in that short of a time considering they are already established. I think a city like austin that didn't have much to start with and has been booming at crazy levels will be much different from itself in 5 years than say Cleveland.
Just my view
Austin hasn't been a sleepy college town for 60 or 70 years. That said, it has been growing both steadily and rapidly for the past 60 or 70 years. In Austin, change is the norm, so I wouldn't say that it's being transformed as much as it's staying on its charted course. Therefore, I have every reason to think that the next ten years will just be more of the same.
Meanwhile, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Cincinnati have been losing population for as long as Austin has been gaining population. The fact that people are starting to care about these cities again, that businesses are returning to these cities, and neighborhoods are coming to life again feels like a much bigger, profound, radical transformation than what's going on in these perpetually expanding sunbelt cities.
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This is one of those Austin cheering threads designed to look like a poll, it's been a while. I'm surprised the OP gave multiple options in the poll, as they were not really looking for actual opinions. I say we all vote Pittsburgh just to spite it as anything other than accolades for ATX just won't do here
How so? Anytime austin leads or wins anything it's gets ragged,
Yet no one cares when it comes up in other threads about being overrated- or people don't understand the hype? Who cares. I could careless. I'm just interested In seeing which city people think will be the most unrecognizable from today in the next 5-10 years (my prime living and enjoying these city things age). So if austin wins? Cool. If people feel as though it's one of the other cities? Cool. I posted cities that are always on the fastest growing, always gaining economically and population. These are the cities that in my view have the best chance to be very different them they stand today.
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