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Which medium sized city do you see growing so much in the next 10 years that it becomes a very important city in the United States? Where do you see major league sports teams being created?
I can see Raleigh fitting the criteria. It seems to be a booming city with a lot of growth in both population and the economy. I wouldn't be surprised to see some major league sports teams making their move there in the next 10-15 years.
I would say Fargo, ND. I lived there in 2009-10 and it was a small city (~200,000). Over the course of the year I stayed there I noticed the area developing moderately. After I've left ND, it has been in the news a lot for having become a booming economy due to oil. While a lot of this Shale mining is in Western ND, Fargo is also seeing a major influx of people. From what I hear, real estate prices are on the rise and there is a deficit of rental apartments. So I think, following the oil, large oil companies will be setting up shop in the ND and this can lead to the development of a major city in the coming decade.
The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area has been growing for awhile though was slowed a bit by the recession. The proximity to other desirable cities in NC (Greensboro-Winston Salem and Charlotte) in my opinion will dilute the growth a bit within the state. Richmond could be a sleeper as it quite steadily has been less removed from the Baltimore-Washington corridor through rapid expansion down as far south as Fredericksburg. Amtrak has recently added through increased demand Northeast Corridor Rail service (several trains a day) to NYC and Boston, which originally would have dead ended in DC. In terms of population, demographic and location a pro sports team in Richmond (probably with a Virginia name) would seem to be a good match for either MLB or the NFL. It's a large jump geographically between Washington DC and Charlotte (or Atlanta if talking baseball) given the population residing in-between.
Yeah I was thinking Richmond, but you just never hear anything about that place.
I think Richmond has a good chance of getting swallowed up by the Greater D.C. area in the coming decade or so. The Union will then finally meet the Confederacy. lol.
Was there last week -- construction cranes everywhere and a very positive vibe.
Charleston, SC
Eventually I see this place getting on more and more people's radar.
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