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Yeah I'm very sure Atlanta's going to replace LA as the cultural center of the US. After that, LA will have nothing positive to be famous for. LA going to crest at 4 million and then fall back down. I can easily Atlanta making the top 10 but not the top 5. My top 5:
1.NY
2. Austin
3. Charlotte
4. San Jose
5. Philly.
Yeah I'm very sure Atlanta's going to replace LA as the cultural center of the US. After that, LA will have nothing positive to be famous for. LA going to crest at 4 million and then fall back down. I can easily Atlanta making the top 10 but not the top 5. My top 5:
1.NY
2. Austin
3. Charlotte
4. San Jose
5. Philly.
But only assuming sunbelts r still popular then.
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Originally Posted by Razor123
They r increasing fast!
They are increasing fast but nowhere near as fast as LA, Houston, Chicago, Detroit and a few others.
How on earth is Austin or Charlotte gonna pass a city 3 times as large as itself while only adding the same number of people that that city adds. You think adding 150K a decade is gonna make Austin Catch up to Houston, Chicago in 40 years??? That is only 600K in the 40 years. add that to Austin's population and it still won't be half of Chicago or Houstons population.
San Jose is even worse off. San Jose only gained a third of the people Houston gained last decade so it needs a hella mighty push to even begin catching up.
In 40 years I see SJ falling off the top ten along with Dallas.
NY will still be number one
LA will still be number two.
Houston and Chicago will be brawling it out for number 3, loser gets number 4
San Antonio is most probably gonna pass Phoenix and most certainly Philly for number 5.
Phoenix is probably gonna be number 6
San Diego number 7
Philadelphia number 8
Austin number 9
Forth worth number 10
Jacksonville will probably be right behind at 11
Charlotte at 12
San Jose at 13
Dallas at 14
Indianapolis at 15
I don't see Dallas falling out the top 10 and if Fort Worth doesnt address their infrastructure, they will hit a wall very hard. But even if Dallas does fall, it will be far more urban and dense than Fort Worth or Austin.
I don't see Dallas falling out the top 10 and if Fort Worth doesnt address their infrastructure, they will hit a wall very hard. But even if Dallas does fall, it will be far more urban and dense than Fort Worth or Austin.
I don't want to get into foolishness like more urban and density. That would just kill the thread. it is just a stupid straw-man that people on CD use to kill threads by detracting from the topic at hand.
And Dallas is already falling. you think with the stagnant growth it has been having while the others speed up you think it is just gonna sit there holding the spot while the others don't go around it.
In the last two decades Dallas has dropped from 7th to 9th and was passed like lightening by Phoenix San Diego and San Antonio.
It may not drop out of the top ten like a rock like Baltimore, Cleveland and DC did a couple of decades ago, but it certainly isn't gonna stay in the top ten if it doesn't start attracting people away from its burbs and into its central city.
FW does not need to address no darn infrastructure. They have lots of potential for growth via annexation, and they are currently pursuing a vigorous annexation plan like they did last decade
Dallas isn't falling. It's just growing slowly. Dallas is maturing if anything. It's has already seen the growth that Fort Worth is experiencing. The Dallas side of the metroplex grew faster than the FW side.
Yes FW needs to fix its infrastructure or it will deserve the futur it gets. So the only way FW can grow is by annexation? That's ridiculoust. That's why FW is far mire suburban than Dallas is now. Dallas also has open land as well. Dallas will see fast growth itself in the near future. It won't fall out the top 10.
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