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With Oracle and General Motors both investing billions, can we safely assume Nashville > Austin?
And that new Soccer stadium
Not until they get light rail and more walkable neighborhoods i doubt it but i can see them being on the same level soon Austin is just a little bit higher right now
With Oracle and General Motors both investing billions, can we safely assume Nashville > Austin?
And that new Soccer stadium
Very unlikely. Austin grew twice as fast as Nashville in the last decade, and shows no sign of slowing down - pandemic notwithstanding.
Austin is also getting a new soccer stadium, and the Tesla manufacturing plant, Google and Facebook are both expanding their Austin operations, and while it is nice that Oracle is investing in a Nashville office, Oracle is moving its headquarters to Austin.
Plus the light rail plan . . .
While I agree that Austin and Nashville are peer cities, with Austin a little ahead in 2021, I think the much more likely scenario is that Austin pulls even further ahead in the next decade . . .
Very unlikely. Austin grew twice as fast as Nashville in the last decade, and shows no sign of slowing down - pandemic notwithstanding.
Austin is also getting a new soccer stadium, and the Tesla manufacturing plant, Google and Facebook are both expanding their Austin operations, and while it is nice that Oracle is investing in a Nashville office, Oracle is moving its headquarters to Austin.
Plus the light rail plan . . .
While I agree that Austin and Nashville are peer cities, with Austin a little ahead in 2021, I think the much more likely scenario is that Austin pulls even further ahead in the next decade . . .
^^^Welp, I'd say this post just about wrapped up this thread, lol.
You never know. Austin is getting expensive and if Tennessee gets more aggressive with tax incentives for companies, that could tilt things. So the answer for me is unlikely but not sure.
No. Austin's growth isn't showing many signs of slowing down. A better question would be if Nashville will pass struggling legacy cities like Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. According to this thread, Austin is a good ten spots above Nashville in terms of being the most influential, and Austin surpassed several those aforementioned cities over the past couple decades. Nashville meanwhile has quite a few transplants from those "rust belt" cities (though KC prefers Austin IMO).
Austin, meanwhile, could easily be a Top 20 city by 2030 if the frantic growth continues (surpassing Baltimore, St. Louis, Portland, and possibly Charlotte/Tampa along the way).
Austin is growing full steam ahead... At some point though I do wonder if it will trip on itself from running too fast and when the growth will slow....
No, but they will both continue to grow and Nashville will grow its level of importance and recognition.
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