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Hearing Austin Texas in the list is getting old.
We all know Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Tell us something we dont know.
If it was your city I bet it wouldn't be getting old.
As far as metros, it'll same story and same old metros. I actually expected Atlanta's metro growth to begin accelerating....after a bottom out at around 67k added to the metro, it has increased again to around 85k-90k so it's already starting. Houston will slow down a bit due to the change in oil and energy prices.
As far as cities, when it comes to percentage, I expect Seattle and Austin to continue strong growth. Atlanta's growth will also accelerate in the city itself. Charlotte's doing well. NOLA is doing well. Denver also. Basically, cities with small city limits, but with high raw growth will see high percentage growth.
Yeah, it does get old after a while hearing Austin is the fastest growing city. I think every single person knows It's a fast growing city, add wish they could say San Antonio since it adds, 40,000 to 50,000 people a year. How about adding OKC, Omaha, Nashville, and Charlotte to the fast growing list.
None of the cities are growing at their peak rate anymore. Whether or not they continue to boom will depend on a number of factors, many of which they won't have too much control over. Depending on how far into the future we're talking about, sooner or later all the fastest-growing cities right now will not be booming anymore, and a few may even decline some. This is what happens to all groups of booming cities eventually. They all slow down, and another group rises up and booms instead. I would think another group is already getting started, probably in the mid-size metro group, and not all in the South, either.
None of the cities are growing at their peak rate anymore. Whether or not they continue to boom will depend on a number of factors, many of which they won't have too much control over. Depending on how far into the future we're talking about, sooner or later all the fastest-growing cities right now will not be booming anymore, and a few may even decline some. This is what happens to all groups of booming cities eventually. They all slow down, and another group rises up and booms instead. I would think another group is already getting started, probably in the mid-size metro group, and not all in the South, either.
Continuous growths at peak rates is statistically unsustainable for every single city. Larger cities/metros with slowing growth rates yet significant absolute growth numbers are nothing to sneeze at.
As far as metros, it'll same story and same old metros. I actually expected Atlanta's metro growth to begin accelerating....after a bottom out at around 67k added to the metro, it has increased again to around 85k-90k so it's already starting. Houston will slow down a bit due to the change in oil and energy prices.
As far as cities, when it comes to percentage, I expect Seattle and Austin to continue strong growth. Atlanta's growth will also accelerate in the city itself. Charlotte's doing well. NOLA is doing well. Denver also. Basically, cities with small city limits, but with high raw growth will see high percentage growth.
I don't consider Austin or Charlotte (esp!) city limits as being large, FWIW.
As far as metros, it'll same story and same old metros. I actually expected Atlanta's metro growth to begin accelerating....after a bottom out at around 67k added to the metro, it has increased again to around 85k-90k so it's already starting. Houston will slow down a bit due to the change in oil and energy prices.
As far as cities, when it comes to percentage, I expect Seattle and Austin to continue strong growth. Atlanta's growth will also accelerate in the city itself. Charlotte's doing well. NOLA is doing well. Denver also. Basically, cities with small city limits, but with high raw growth will see high percentage growth.
^^^ This. Cities with limited footprints and a propensity for less infill/more sprawl (and annexation) will see the large "growth" numbers.
I don't consider Austin or Charlotte (esp!) city limits as being large, FWIW.
*Edit* I meant small, not large. I thought both cities had very large municipal boundaries.
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