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A couple of cities that come to mind are Knoxville and Columbia. I'm thinking in terms of cities that are comfortable, low cost places to live without a lot of negatives, but also don't have a lot of hype and fast growth.
I pulled up several other cities from the urban area list and Lexington is one of them but I'll wait to see if this thread stays active before I go to the trouble of pulling up the list again.
I do not see this thread as an exercise in one upping, but believe whatever you’d like.
One upping or a means of compensating or whatever. You even appeared dismissive of the very real concept of cities using other, typically larger, cities as benchmarks of progress with your earlier Charlotte/Atlanta quip. Why the chips on your shoulder when it comes to this particular topic, I have no idea. Are you personally offended that Greensboro city/Triad leaders "looks up" to Raleigh/the Triangle or use it as a measuring stick for progress or a source of attainable economic/QOL goals?
One upping or a means of compensating or whatever. You even appeared dismissive of the very real concept of cities using other, typically larger, cities as benchmarks of progress with your earlier Charlotte/Atlanta quip. Why the chips on your shoulder when it comes to this particular topic, I have no idea. Are you personally offended that Greensboro city/Triad leaders "looks up" to Raleigh/the Triangle or use it as a measuring stick for progress or a source of attainable economic/QOL goals?
You sound like a used car salesman.
If you care to go back and read my previous posts carefully, and analyze what has been already stated, then maybe you can answer your own questions.
If you care to go back and read my previous posts carefully, and analyze what has been already stated, then maybe you can answer your own questions.
They read like customer complaints submitted to the BBB and nobody needs to torture themselves with a second read to get the gist.
My memory is still pretty strong though so I'll just say that the post asserting every city's uniqueness to justify this thread's uselessness and the one attmepting to establish valid parameters for criteria for comparison purposes originated from the same source. A facade of reason doesn't work too well on a call for censorship based on nothing more than emotions.
I'm not even sure if this could be regarded as a hill of any sort so whether it's worth dying on isn't a sentiment to be pondered.
Wikipedia has a nice list of cities by population. You can reorder it by growth, too. I agree that the cities most similar to Winston-Salem are all in NC, but outside of NC I think the suggestion of Lexington KY is pretty good. Wondering about Huntsville AL, too, and I could see the comparison to Knoxville although it is a good bit smaller than W-S. Chattanooga is another TN city that might have some similarities to W-S, just based on population and growth. Wondering about Greenville SC too. It has that sister-city thing going on with Spartanburg similar to W-S and Gboro and is close to the mountains.
Wikipedia has a nice list of cities by population. You can reorder it by growth, too. I agree that the cities most similar to Winston-Salem are all in NC, but outside of NC I think the suggestion of Lexington KY is pretty good. Wondering about Huntsville AL, too, and I could see the comparison to Knoxville although it is a good bit smaller than W-S. Chattanooga is another TN city that might have some similarities to W-S, just based on population and growth. Wondering about Greenville SC too. It has that sister-city thing going on with Spartanburg similar to W-S and Gboro and is close to the mountains.
Maybe there are some similarities with Roanoke, too? Although Roanoke is more mountainous and less Piedmont.
Winston and Gboro have to be two of the most boring “growing” cities I’ve ever lived in or visited. I grew up in Winston and moved back and forth between the two. I’m currently in CLT.
There is almost nothing to do in either city outside of mostly lackluster bars and/or a couple of breweries. Other than that, both cities feel like suburbs with chains, etc everywhere.
Not necessarily bad places to live but I’ve never been in two cities pushing 300k people population each with less to do. They’re perfect for families or people retiring but if I was somebody potentially single from age 21-34 looking for nightlife, activities, etc. I couldn’t recommend either city. Surprisingly enough, Greensboro is even worse than Winston.
Recently visited Richmond, looks and feels comparable to Winston, slightly less population but felt like there was so much more going on.
Asheville is much smaller than both but yet has some sort of life to it than the triad does not.
Winston and Gboro have to be two of the most boring “growing” cities I’ve ever lived in or visited. I grew up in Winston and moved back and forth between the two. I’m currently in CLT.
There is almost nothing to do in either city outside of mostly lackluster bars and/or a couple of breweries. Other than that, both cities feel like suburbs with chains, etc everywhere.
Not necessarily bad places to live but I’ve never been in two cities pushing 300k people population each with less to do. They’re perfect for families or people retiring but if I was somebody potentially single from age 21-34 looking for nightlife, activities, etc. I couldn’t recommend either city. Surprisingly enough, Greensboro is even worse than Winston.
Recently visited Richmond, looks and feels comparable to Winston, slightly less population but felt like there was so much more going on.
Asheville is much smaller than both but yet has some sort of life to it than the triad does not.
I agree with you 100%.
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