Which metro is growing too fast: Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, or Phoenix??

[cacto]

Awesome

Phoenix is winning a poll. Thats a first. And it's spelled wrong.

[west336]

Originally Posted by Trae713

Houston isn't annexing residential areas tho. Only commercial areas like malls, or business districts. For example, the city has annexed entire commercial area on the I-10 West corridor in the Katy area, but left the residential areas behind those businesses alone.

I assumed that, but that doesn't completely diminish my point. Those areas are going to need services too, and someday business people, shoppers and residents alike will come pounding on the doors of City Hall demanding better [you name it]......but we'll see I guess.

One thing I've noticed is, at a high level (meaning not a rule, but more so a trend), the older a city or region is the higher the taxes and tax rates. Europe, for instance, is SUPER taxed compared to the newish U.S. and even places like the Northeast/Midwest (where much of this country initially blossomed) is generally more taxed than the rest of the nation. IOW, I think low taxes are only temporary, until people demand more services over time.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by normcrok8

Phoenix was growing much too fast until recently until it destroyed the quality of life. Now its actually starting to shrink. This is a good thing because the huge population influx was causing more competition for the precious few jobs available, traffic jams, air pollution (almost the worst in the country), and horrific rate of violent crime. Phoenix is easily the worst place Ive lived. Phoenix cant handle being a large metro area and needs to shrink by a lot.

No, it's not. You spread a lot of hyperbole in posts all over this forum with very little connection to actual facts. There's been no net loss of population in metro Phoenix... still more moving in than out. "Horrific rate of violent crime"?? I suspect statistics won't bear that out either, either on its own or compared to other cities its size.