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I don't wanna seem like a homer but New Orleans should be in this conversation. It's future is brighter than most of these cities.
I feel that most cities that don't have a strong urban core are not sustainable for years to come.
I don't wanna seem like a homer but New Orleans should be in this conversation. It's future is brighter than most of these cities.
I feel that most cities that don't have a strong urban core are not sustainable for years to come.
Tourist/entertainment wise, yeah. Job/population growth, not so much as other cities on the list.
Tourist/entertainment wise, yeah. Job/population growth, not so much as other cities on the list.
As transportation gets less efficient, it can be a huge deterrent to locating companies. We've had this problem in Baton Rouge many times as our roads network is terrible. I don't want to get too of topic but I don't think these cities like Charlotte and Houston (I mention it because I have experience there and it's known for it's recent job growth) will sustain all the growth they've had without relatively immediate urban renewal.
As transportation gets less efficient, it can be a huge deterrent to locating companies. We've had this problem in Baton Rouge many times as our roads network is terrible. I don't want to get too of topic but I don't think these cities like Charlotte and Houston (I mention it because I have experience there and it's known for it's recent job growth) will sustain all the growth they've had without relatively immediate urban renewal.
Charlotte hasn't experienced large traffic problems, despite the population boom within recent years. The infrastructure is fairly new/being expanded to better adjoin the people using the interstates/highways/light rail and soon to be streetcar.
Raleigh on the other hand has some pretty bad traffic, but that hasn't slowed down the development of the RTP.
I don't think any city on the list will get as rough as Atlanta's traffic, which definitely could loose businesses and other people that aren't willing to go through the hassle to get to an office tower Uptown.
IMO, Charlotte's really good at planning for the future, so if there becomes a significant lack of transportation, I don't think it'd be a problem.
I voted for Nashville by accident. That city is huge sprawl, over 500 square miles and barely 600,000 people. All that city does is annex land. I guess it has plenty of room to grow, but so far it's not receiving large population growth like the Raleigh-Durham metro area is. That area is booming.
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Charlotte hasn't experienced large traffic problems, despite the population boom within recent years. The infrastructure is fairly new/being expanded to better adjoin the people using the interstates/highways/light rail and soon to be streetcar.
Raleigh on the other hand has some pretty bad traffic, but that hasn't slowed down the development of the RTP.
I don't think any city on the list will get as rough as Atlanta's traffic, which definitely could loose businesses and other people that aren't willing to go through the hassle to get to an office tower Uptown.
IMO, Charlotte's really good at planning for the future, so if there becomes a significant lack of transportation, I don't think it'd be a problem.
That's nice to know. I don't know much about Charlotte to have an educated opinion.
I voted Charlotte. It's a nice city with a good cost of living, I think it will continue to grow rapidly over the next few years.
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