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I think it could be. I think ABQ would have to do something to attract these people. I haven't been there in over 10 years, but Sante Fe appeared to be more artistic. But if this happend, people discovering ABQ as a good alternate to Vegas and Phoenix, it could experience some of the same problems. I think ABQ, however, is a great city. I miss it.
Albuquerque has been attracting people for some time now, mostly from the East Coast and Northwest, just not on the level of Vegas and PHX. There have been more and more jobs created and most come for the culture,the mild 4 seasons type weather and outdoor activities and also its for those who dont want a big city.
I hope that ABQ never grows the way that Vegas or Phoenix did and if it ever does I will be moving.
Since Nevada and Arizona have bad economies and are over crowded I wonder if more and more people will discover Albuquerque as a new Southwest location. It could be the answer to those who dont want the intense heat and traffic of Phoenix and Vegas. What do yall think?
Well, gee, if they wanted that they could just MOVE NORTH!!!!
Seriously, from what I've heard, ABQ is way better than Phoenix or Las Vegas could ever dream of being. So, hopefully all goes well. Now if we could just convince those stubborn southwesterners....
^Good job on the stats. I am surprised to see Riverside with so high of a gdp. I have never really heard of this city, aside from Rick Warren, until this year. I always thought of it as a small town in Cali. But it seems to be a pretty well populated city. I am also equally surprised to see that out of the cities mentioned it has the lowest per capita. That makes me wonder what is the average hourly wage for an employee there and I also wonder about the unemployment. It is also the fastest growing area out of the cities mentioned so it doesn't look like it is going to get any better. However, I don't live there so the actual scene could be different.
Given its size, that doesn't seem to be a high GDP for Riverside. Its metro is over twice as large as Charlotte's, yet Charlotte has a higher GDP. Phoenix and Seattle have similar MSA populations and their GDPs are $179.5 million and $197.7 million, respectively. I'm thinking it must be a large low-paying service sector driving the economy in the Inland Empire, but I'm not sure. One thing is for sure: if homebuilding was a primary industry there, don't look for much GDP growth in the near future.
^Interesting. I always figured that it would be a good alternative to LA, which I'm sure could be a reason why it has a high population, perhaps sprawl from LA. At anyway, I always figured NoCal to be more progressive than SoCal, not to say SoCal sucks, but I think LA is heavily dependent on the entertainment industry. Nevertheless, that is not the topic of this thread.
^For some reason Indy don't feel like it has over 2 million.
I know I live in the Indy area and it doesnt feel that way.Maybe because it is so spread out. Indianapolis is 379 sq. miles which is more than twice the size of Los Angeles! As of December 18th, 2008 the Indianapolis Metropolitan area has a population of 2,014,267.
The city of Los Angeles is 470 sq. miles with approx. 3.8 million people.
oops. For some reason I thought it was 179 sq. miles I also got Indianapolis wrong it is 419 sq. miles.
City of Indianapolis has a population of 805,500
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I also got Indianapolis wrong
