re: What American cities are trending up?

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Ya, a lot of people who want to escape their shite life somewhere else in the country mentions Florida as their destination so this is not surprising

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I think half the people I know have lived there at one time. Its an interesting State, for sure.

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Huh, I've had the opposite experience.

People have been almost uncomfortably friendly in some circumstances and I've lived in the South my whole life.

I mean, the guy in charge of the beer section at HEB was REALLY helpful

Seems like many people are looking for friends as well, since so many aren't from here, leading them to be nice and outgoing.

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I was suprised to not be overwhelmed by hipsters when I moved to Austin. I don't find the ratio to be measurably different from the last two places I lived, New Orleans and central Houston.
These types are everywhere, all mid to large cities are catching up.

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central Houston

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When I was first back in Houston a couple of years ago after 5 years of living in Austin I was blown away by how much hipsterism had taken over inside the loop. I was like "Whoa! this s*it is here now, too?" Houston seems like the last place that would become hipster, because it is a serious working man's town ruled by the conservative oil industry and hipsterism is typically associated with liberal layabouts who don't work, but it has. I think it's just everywhere now.

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Seattle

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TDawg1313

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I was going to start a thread on Seattle soon as I'm going out there for an interview in the next few weeks. I'm not thinking about buying as I will be coming back to Texas as soon as the job is finished. I was just looking for general info as I'd be working downtown.

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Jacksonville is actually probably number 1 in cities I just didn't like at all.

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Same. My dad was down there for medical reasons for a while, and so I spent a fair amount of time in sort of a resident rather than tourist mode. I didn't like it. Which is strange, because I really thought I might.

Several people have told me I'd probably find more of what I'm looking for in Tampa.

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1990 - 632,910 2000 - 711,470 2010 - 787,030 2015 - 850,106 Is a 34% population increase in 25 years really that significant? Just doesn't seem like that big of an increase.

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Considering its in the heart of the Midwest Rust Belt...hell yes it is. I'd challenge you to find any city in the Midwest that has had that kind of growth in the last 25 years. Columbus is the logistics and distribution capital of the United States. Columbus is an 8 hour drive from 85% of America's population. Also, the Metro has gone from 1.1 mill to 2.3 million in that same time frame. Columbus did that quietly, its only now starting to explode. Columbus proper will probably be over 1 million by 2020.

Let me add that Columbus recently just completed a project called the Scioto Greenways. It was the largest added green space project in an urban area in the country. They demolished the dam of the Scioto River witch flows through downtown, to its natural state, shrinking the width of the river and adding 33 acres of parkland and greenspace. Here are some pics:

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During Construction:



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Columbus 8 hr radius:

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Provably way off. In the last census the US population center was Plato, Mo. Per Mapquest the drive from Columbus to Plato takes 9 hours, 22 minutes. So over half of the US is more than 8 hours west of Columbus. And that doesn't include Florida or the Gulf coast. Columbus might be with an 8 hour drive of 35% of the US population but that's about it.

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Yea, you are right, it isn't quite that much, but I added a graph to show you why its a logistics and distribution hub...which is exploding in Cbus.

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Before: Image Link During Construction: Image Link After: Image Link

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That's badass.

And yes, it is amazing that a Rust Belt city is growing at the rate Columbus is.

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That's badass. And yes, it is amazing that a Rust Belt city is growing at the rate Columbus is.

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Columbus lucked out by not basing its economy on manufacturing and auto sector. Instead, it invested in technology, medical and logistics/distribution industries. It doesn't hurt that The Ohio State University and the state government anchors Columbus. Nationwide just announced a massive expansion at the Children's Hospital that will add 2000 direct jobs and probably 1000 more jobs indirectly. Columbus economy is a great place to be right now.



The Blue is the existing hospital and the Orange is the expansion plans.

columbus is a cool city but the weather blows

brb rotting away all winter for 9 months
brb seasonal depression because you havent seen the sun in 3 months
brb having snow storms in april
brb humid as frick in the summer so back to rotting away in the AC