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The East Coast is heavily populated. You have the Northeast. NYC, Boston, DC, Baltimore, and New Jersey have population centers at or on the ocean.
Then you have Florida with Jacksonville, Tampa, Daytona Beach and Miami.
What happened to Georgia and North Carolina and South Carolina? Georgia and North Carolina are top ten in population, but these states have no huge coast cities.
I saw that video the other day. He didn’t give much weight to the devastation the South faced after the Civil War, nor to the generational attitudes toward and perceptions of the South long afterwards. I ran into that in my five years in DC from ‘79 through ‘83.
Nor did he mention the fast percentage of growth occurring on this part of the coast now. Percentage-wise, for instance, metro Charleston (the Charleston-North Charleston MSA) has been outpacing the inland MSA’s in his study for some time now. Most of that growth, granted, has been gravitating to more inland areas of the Charleston-North Charleston MSA. Same with the extremely fast-growing Myrtle Beach MSA.
Actually that video confused me if Columbia is being treated as part of the empty coast while Charlotte/Raleigh are part of the developed interior. But also like a fifth of SC’s population lives between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Granted it’s not in a single large MSA with skyscrapers, but it definitely doesn’t feel empty. I think SC should be excused from this exercise.
That said, the correct answer is ports and economy.
And of course much of NC's coast is made up of the Outer Banks region.
That said I have often wondered why Wilmington isn't bigger and why it hasn't been a greater vector of growth the last couple of decades when most warm weather coastal cities have exploded in terms of development and growth.
And of course much of NC's coast is made up of the Outer Banks region.
That said I have often wondered why Wilmington isn't bigger and why it hasn't been a greater vector of growth the last couple of decades when most warm weather coastal cities have exploded in terms of development and growth.
Wilmington proper, as well as New Hanover County of which it is the county seat; are both fairly geographically small and largely built up (but still growing at a healthy rate). Neighboring Brunswick County is the fastest growing county in NC mostly due to suburban Leland and surrounding area (right across the river from Wilmington) developing significantly in the past decade. Hence Brunswick County recently being re-added to the Wilmington MSA after a decade of (mistakenly) being included in the Myrtle Beach MSA.
Actually that video confused me if Columbia is being treated as part of the empty coast while Charlotte/Raleigh are part of the developed interior. But also like a fifth of SC’s population lives between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Granted it’s not in a single large MSA with skyscrapers, but it definitely doesn’t feel empty. I think SC should be excused from this exercise.
That said, the correct answer is ports and economy.
I agree that the SC coast is not like the NC and GA coasts and should not even be compared to the other two. It is growing by leaps and bounds because every other person from up here is retiring in either Charleston or Myrtle Beach. SC government needs to put brakes on this runaway development because of the topography and hurricane risk.
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