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re: Seattle surpasses Austin as fastest growing big city
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Maybe you get used to it after a while. Twilight at 4 pm isnt appealing to me. I can barely tolerate it at 530.
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Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:27 pm to northshorebamaman
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It will be interesting to see what impact policies like the new head tax will have
I’m married so this wouldn’t affect me but I can see how it would be a burden for a lot of people.
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:34 pm to Jim Rockford
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Maybe you get used to it after a while. Twilight at 4 pm isnt appealing to me. I can barely tolerate it at 530.
Its brief. The dark days of winter are only about a month. After new years you start gaining light at a very fast clip
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:37 pm to northshorebamaman
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but the metro is ranked 2nd fastest growing in the US and Tacoma (not really a suburb) is the 10th fastest growing
It's going to become one major clusterfrick. I did take advantage of the housing price growth here though. Thank frick.
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:38 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Other cities like Nashville, DFW, Austin, Hou, etc. have suburbs exploding and outpacing the big city.
Ya Leander is the fastest growing city "under" 50,000 people I think I saw in the paper today. It has likely already surpassed that. I believe it grew by 14% last year.
Pflugerville and Georgetown are Top 6, and Cedar Park is 13th.
Austin slowed to 1.4% or something last year.
Austin itself has a few directions it can't grow because of Cedar Park, Round Rock and Pflugerville.
Westlake isn't part of Austin yet all of a map smidge from downtown.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:46 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Other cities like Nashville, DFW, Austin, Hou, etc. have suburbs exploding and outpacing the big city. Seattle area isn’t growing nearly as much as other areas.
That's not really true from what I've seen. The suburbs are booming as well, at least from a housing price point of view.
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:49 pm to crazy4lsu
We're going through a big city code overhaul right now.
Austin has a lot of rules against density and the neighborhoods near downtown and major arteries are trying to keep it that way I think.
I don't know how much longer South of the "lake" (it's a fricking river) is going to go without tall construction.
Austin has a lot of rules against density and the neighborhoods near downtown and major arteries are trying to keep it that way I think.
I don't know how much longer South of the "lake" (it's a fricking river) is going to go without tall construction.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:52 pm to crazy4lsu
It’s crazy what you can get in Houston suburb (Tomball, Spring) , 4/3 with a pool under $300k. The price is definitely right but there’s not jack shite to do out here.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:16 am to ellishughtiger
I'm about 15 minutes from downtown.
If I head 5-10 minutes closer I'd lose about 1000 SQ feet at same price.
If I move about 10-20 minutes away I'd own a castle
If I head 5-10 minutes closer I'd lose about 1000 SQ feet at same price.
If I move about 10-20 minutes away I'd own a castle
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:34 am to Jim Rockford
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Maybe you get used to it after a while. Twilight at 4 pm isnt appealing to me. I can barely tolerate it at 530.
Like Roger said, the extreme long and short days only last about a month each.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:37 am to northshorebamaman
Seattle and Austin is full of trashy motherfrickers.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:45 am to northshorebamaman
Another way of saying it is that more people moved to San Antonio than anywhere else in America.
I know Seattle, Denver, and Austin have hipsters/gays and music, what is going on down in San Antonio?
I know Seattle, Denver, and Austin have hipsters/gays and music, what is going on down in San Antonio?
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:47 am to Jim Rockford
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They're awfully dark and damp though.
Better damp than wet, BR has twice the annual rainfall of Seattle.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 1:21 am to EA6B
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Better damp than wet, BR has twice the annual rainfall of Seattle.
Yep. The rain just takes its time in western WA.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 3:40 am to IllegalPete
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what is going on down in San Antonio?
I was curious about this as well as I haven't seen San Antonio mentioned that often on lists like this so I've googled around a little bit. From what I can find San Antonio has been aggressively annexing surrounding areas so its growth is more on paper rather than new bodies actually moving in. Tbird, or any of the other SA baws can step in and correct me if needed.
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Unlike most large cities in the US, San Antonio is not completely surrounded by independent suburban cities, and under Texas state law it exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) over much of the surrounding unincorporated land, including planning major thoroughfares and enforcing rules for platting and subdivision. It pursues an aggressive annexation policy and opposes the creation of other municipalities within its ETJ. Nearly three-fourths of its land area has been annexed since 1960.
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This post was edited on 5/25/18 at 4:00 am
Posted on 5/25/18 at 5:27 am to EA6B
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Better damp than wet, BR has twice the annual rainfall of Seattle.
I’ll take the fast moving storms in the south over the perpetual grey of the PNW, granted the South has some other weather issues.
Here’s an article from last spring talking about Seattle having THREE sunny days from October to March in 2017.
I love Seattle and to a lesser extent Portland, but I don’t love the endless grey and endless damp mist.
3 Sunny Days
This post was edited on 5/25/18 at 5:31 am
Posted on 5/25/18 at 5:41 am to Bruco
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Here’s an article from last spring talking about Seattle having THREE sunny days from October to March in 2017.
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The data seems to back it up -- the last time Seattle had an official sunny day (as in 30 percent or less cloud cover observed) was on Feb. 13 - nearly a month ago! It was sunny and 57 that day, in case it's already faded into your memory banks.
I've lived here too long. I thought last winter was pretty sunny. During winter I consider 50% cloud cover to be a pretty damned nice day. But you're right. It's hard to overstate how crummy the weather can be. You really have to enjoy it to stay here long term. Luckily I enjoy cooler weather and don't mind the clouds but I'm sure I'm in the minority with that. I'm usually relieved when our "perfect" summer is over.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 6:07 am to IllegalPete
nm
This post was edited on 5/25/18 at 6:09 am
Posted on 5/25/18 at 6:55 am to Flashback
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Seattle and Austin is full of trashy motherfrickers.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:46 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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I'm about 15 minutes from downtown.
I’m about 5 minutes.
My house is tiny and old and falling apart, but it’s worth a mint.
I could move to the suburbs and live in a castle, but then I’d waste half of my life commuting, have slower value appreciation, and lower quality schools.
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