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re: What cities are on the rise?
Posted on 2/10/19 at 5:55 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 2/10/19 at 5:55 pm to fightin tigers
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Same. There is a reason population is rapidly shifting into cities. Convenience is one of them.
Who wants to sit in traffic 2hrs a day to enjoy being 'away from everyone'
The burbs are growing faster than cities in most cases.
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Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:00 pm to fallguy_1978
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The burbs are growing faster than cities in most cases.
Maybe in Baton Rouge, but in America and the rest of the world population is rapidly moving to urban areas.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:01 pm to fightin tigers
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Maybe in Baton Rouge
Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Nashville etc.
More people are moving to the suburbs than the inner city.
This post was edited on 2/10/19 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:03 pm to fightin tigers
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There is a reason population is rapidly shifting into cities. Convenience is one of them.
It has more to do with our shifting economy and where available jobs are.
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Who wants to sit in traffic 2hrs a day to enjoy being 'away from everyone'
Not an issue for me. I can work from home whenever I want. Plenty of other people like me out there as well.
I get it. You like living in a city with everything you enjoy doing convenient to you. That's cool. But not everyone enjoys doing the things you do.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:06 pm to Centinel
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It has more to do with our shifting economy and where available jobs are.
Ummm...that is convenient, right?
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You like living in a city with everything you enjoy doing convenient to you. That's cool. But not everyone enjoys doing the things you do
I completely get that. I'm not saying how I live is right. Just don't get the traffic and constant struggle people are willing to do for the suburban life.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:07 pm to Centinel
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. You like living in a city with everything you enjoy doing convenient to you. That's cool. But not everyone enjoys doing the things you do.
A lot of it has to do with age and place in life. Living in most cities with a family requires a big income because most cities (particularly in the South) have shitty schools compared to the suburbs and housing is generally more expensive.
This post was edited on 2/10/19 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:14 pm to Zappas Stache
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I would go crazy in the middle of nowhere. I enjoy being in a city where I can walk or bike to most anything I need and a long drive for me is anything over 15 minutes.
I still drive to everywhere...but yes I would be miserable if I had to live somewhere where the phrase "I'm driving into town today, need anything?" is commonly heard. Imagine having to drive more than 5-15 minutes for a coffee shop or a grocery store or Target??!!
You call that living?
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:37 pm to fallguy_1978
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More people are moving to the suburbs than the inner city.
You're right. All the research and data is wrong.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:47 pm to fightin tigers
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You're right. All the research and data is wrong.
So Houston is growing faster than The Woodlands? Dallas faster than Plano? Nola faster than the Northshore? It's just not accurate. Suburbs are growing at a much greater clip than inner cities in most cases.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:49 pm to fallguy_1978
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Suburbs are growing at a much greater clip than inner cities in most cases.
In some cities this trend is reversing and people are moving closer to the center.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:51 pm to Paul Allen
Depends on the city. I’d say there’s a pretty healthy mix.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:53 pm to inkorrect
Greenville, SC and Charlotte, NC are almost unrecognizable compared to 10 years ago.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:54 pm to Paul Allen
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In some cities this trend is reversing and people are moving closer to the center
I'm sure there are exceptions but generally that's not true. The people that live in the inner city are the rich, single or married with no kids and the poor dependent on government services.
Your average nurse and retail manager that are married with 2 kids live in the suburbs. It's really not even debatable. Look at the city vs suburb growth rates in a city that's attracting a lot of jobs.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 6:57 pm to inkorrect
Maurice baw!!!
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:19 pm to fallguy_1978
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So Houston is growing faster than The Woodlands? Dallas faster than Plano? Nola faster than the Northshore? It's just not accurate. Suburbs are growing at a much greater clip than inner cities in most cases.
Going to use round numbers here....
Say you have 1000 people moving to an general area, urban and suburban. We will assume the natural birth and death rate remains the same and equal amount move from one area to the other or no one moves out.
600 move to a town of 1,000,000. That is a growth rate of around .06%.
The remaining 400 people move to a town of 10,000. Growth rate of 4%.
Which city is actually growing more? The one that had the higher rate or the one that actually has a larger population increase?
This post was edited on 2/10/19 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:23 pm to fightin tigers
Look at metro vs city growth rates then. I guarantee you that most fast growing metros are growing faster than the city itself. That's attributable to people moving to the suburbs. Inner cities remain shitty places to raise a middle class family in the vast majority of cases.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:27 pm to inkorrect
Moved to Charlotte in 2001. Don't have many points of comparison, but the growth has been unlike anything I experienced growing up in Louisiana.
Best real estate advice I ever received was from my wife's uncle - purchase a home as close in town as you can afford.
Was fortunate to follow his advice as the commute has become longer for those living outside of the Charlotte city limits.
Best real estate advice I ever received was from my wife's uncle - purchase a home as close in town as you can afford.
Was fortunate to follow his advice as the commute has become longer for those living outside of the Charlotte city limits.
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:29 pm to Soft_Parade
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Was fortunate to follow his advice as the commute has become longer for those living outside of the Charlotte city limits.
Due to the growth of the suburbs by chance?
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:30 pm to fallguy_1978
100% true for DFW. Frisco and McKinney are blowing up, while hipsters are moving to Dallas proper.
TH03 hates my suburb pimping 
TH03 hates my suburb pimping
Posted on 2/10/19 at 7:31 pm to Soft_Parade
Maybe due to shite infrastructure? Takes me 18 minutes to get from essentially Plano to Las Colinas
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