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Jackson, MS. The only thing changing about that place is all the business closing and moving out to the suburbs each year. I lived there for 9 years, and got out when I could. I said the only way I'd return is either in a pine box or an urn. Or if I found out the world was ending, because they are 10-20 years behind many places.
i dont think hardly any big southern city maybe 10000 or more is really southern thats how it is in wv for appalachian anyways too many people movin in
Roanoke, VA Raleigh, NC
Georgetown, SC
Beaufort, SC
Greenville, SC
Huntsville, AL
Mobile, AL
Murfreesboro, TN
Jackson, MS
Is that a joke?
I think one probably needs to look at cities with slower growth from migration. To remain relatively unchanged, a city can't sustain huge amounts of outside influence. Raleigh has been one of the fastest growing cities in America for decades and has had so much influence from outside the South that it's ridiculous to call it unchanged. The city alone has grown 42% in the 8 years since the 2000. It's MSA is the fastest growing in the US with Raleigh being the 8th fastest growing municipality over 100,000 in the USA in 2008. Its immediate suburb: Cary, was the 3rd fastest growing municipality over 100,000 in the USA in 2008. At almost 400,000 in the city limits alone, the population is almost double of what it was in 1990.
The challenge to all high growth cities is to retain what is best of you culture while allowing change to come to those parts that need the most work. Keep the good and toss the bad if at all possible.
"Relatively large" appears to be quite subjective in this thread. Tyler, TX? ROFL!
Yes relatively large is pretty relative in here. I was comparing Tyler to the 8 million small towns you have in the south. It's relatively large compared to them.
Is that a joke?
I think one probably needs to look at cities with slower growth from migration. To remain relatively unchanged, a city can't sustain huge amounts of outside influence. Raleigh has been one of the fastest growing cities in America for decades and has had so much influence from outside the South that it's ridiculous to call it unchanged. The city alone has grown 42% in the 8 years since the 2000. It's MSA is the fastest growing in the US with Raleigh being the 8th fastest growing municipality over 100,000 in the USA in 2008. Its immediate suburb: Cary, was the 3rd fastest growing municipality over 100,000 in the USA in 2008. At almost 400,000 in the city limits alone, the population is almost double of what it was in 1990.
The challenge to all high growth cities is to retain what is best of you culture while allowing change to come to those parts that need the most work. Keep the good and toss the bad if at all possible.
No, it wasn't a joke. I'm well aware of Raleigh's growth and the changes that come with that, which is why I'm always surprised at how much Southern flavor it has retained. I believe that was what the OP was inquiring about, wasn't it?
Of "relatively large cities" Jackson, Mississippi seems to have the highest percentage "born in state." If you want bigger Birmingham, Alabama is apparently 82.7% "born in state."
I seem to recall reading that Lafayette, Louisiana has kept a good deal of old Cajun culture alive. Although it's apparently touristy so might not have kept its old ways up that well. I think Savannah, mentioned above, might be a good choice too.
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