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The two coastal metros are the 8th and 9th fastest growing in the nation. Yay traffic! Between all the new businesses, beaches, women, restaurants....the coast is gonna get awfully crowded.
Ha, yeah, hey only have so much room on that peninsula without adding skyscrapers. The eastern part of the county is blowing up with the Mt P area, and if they ever finish 526 the southern end will be huge. I think people have grown tired of the Mt P/Charleston downtown traffic near the water and have flocked to Goose Creek, Summerville, "West Ashley", Mt P, etc.
Ha, yeah, hey only have so much room on that peninsula without adding skyscrapers. The eastern part of the county is blowing up with the Mt P area, and if they ever finish 526 the southern end will be huge. I think people have grown tired of the Mt P/Charleston downtown traffic near the water and have flocked to Goose Creek, Summerville, "West Ashley", Mt P, etc.
So now the people living further inland along I-26 and using their cars to get everywhere can block others from trying to get to Charleston for visit. Good planning.
So now the people living further inland along I-26 and using their cars to get everywhere can block others from trying to get to Charleston for visit. Good planning.
YES!!! They just widened 26, so all they gotta do is, well, widen it some more!!!
You gotta do the math man. See, Charleton is on a peninsula, and it is basically busting at the seams. There are only two real ways onto the peninsula: 26 and 17. Well......you could go through the hoods of the "neck" area, but the FBI listed that area among the 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America last year, so I'd avoid it.
Anyhoo....if we build and build and expand and add, say, 300,000 more people surrounding the peninsula, then just, well, leave the 17th century road layouts downtown which were built for horses and carriages......see how well that will work!!!!???
Charleston should have strong growth for the next decade. It seems that all of the stars are aligning for the city to grow.
And overall, SC has many hotspots of growth. Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the area surrounding Charlotte are the hottest. Columbia and Greenville seem to be moving along at a similar strong pace. For such a small state, growth in all of these areas is good for the state.
Charleston should have strong growth for the next decade. It seems that all of the stars are aligning for the city to grow.
And overall, SC has many hotspots of growth. Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the area surrounding Charlotte are the hottest. Columbia and Greenville seem to be moving along at a similar strong pace. For such a small state, growth in all of these areas is good for the state.
Friday the State Newspaper carried an Associated Press article that cited York County as an example of suburban/exurban growth that has seen a big slowdown. Here it is.
Friday the State Newspaper carried an Associated Press article that cited York County as an example of suburban/exurban growth that has seen a big slowdown. Here it is.
Yea, I saw that. But, I don't think that applies here. The northern part of York County is roughly 10 miles from Trade & Tryon St. Fort Mill is also close to Ballantyne which already has about 5m sq feet of office space and three towers under construction. Allen Tate, the head of one of the nation's largest real estate companies, mentioned that Fort Mill will be one of the hot spots in Charlotte over the next decade, similar to Ballantyne. York may not always grow at 32% but, even 20-25% is not bad, in this case, it is relative.
However, I do agree that the endless suburban sprawl is unsustainable. Cities that keep college grads, invest in alternative forms of transportation, have a strong education infrastructure, and have a strong core will be the cities that lead in the next decade.
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