Is Corpus Christ beginning to "BOOM"?

[teenwolf80]

Originally Posted by gabetx

Lets take a look at some numbers now. Between 2000-2010, the city grew from 277,454 people to 305,215, a 10% growth. The 2012 Census estimate put the city's population at 312,195, a 2.3% growth in just two years. If the city continues at this estimate growth rate, which it seems it is growing quicker as of the last year, from 2010-2020 the city's population should be approximately 340,314. an 11.5% growth for the decade. That will also place our metro area over the half a million mark.

But what you failed to include is the fact that over 70% of this population growth, for both the city and metro, is a result of the birthrate of the city. During 00-10, there were NINE years where the Corpus metro had a negative net domestic inbound population. Meaning, more people moved away than moved to Corpus. During those years, births and international immigration were the key factors to Corpus' growth.

Not to be a debbie downer, but an outlet mall and water park isn't going to change that. Those are regional tourist destinations that provide low paying jobs.

[teenwolf80]

Originally Posted by gabetx

Not even included is the proposed Harbor Bridge replacement, the SEA district, which includes a new high rise and two mid rises, the North Beach proposal, and Destination Bayfront.

From what I can tell, there is no actual proposed high-rise. The only thing I could find was a Caller article that detailed what was needed and had accompanying renderings of hypothetical concepts not actual proposed or funded developments.

Maybe you're talking about something else.