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Overlooked so far in the thread is the water supply issue which is going to greatly impact the "fast growing cities" in Texas as well as Phoenix and the California cities. They're not going to be able to handle the massive forecasted influx of current growth over that time period.
L.A is already pushing 4 million lol so in the next 30 years it will have to at least be at 7 million,Houston unfortunately will knock Chicago out of the big 3 real soon,wonder how will it affect Chicago's legacy ?
L.A is already pushing 4 million lol so in the next 30 years it will have to at least be at 7 million,Houston unfortunately will knock Chicago out of the big 3 real soon,wonder how will it affect Chicago's legacy ?
If L.A. were to increase density it could become a giant city which I see could happen except for one thing: The Mega drought that will likely happen.
The reason Oklahoma City isn't mentioned is because it has a lower population than all the other cities mentioned. Oklahoma City is at just over the 600,000 mark while all the other cities are at least over, or right by, the 850,000 mark. Even though OKC is experiencing large growth too, the other cities with higher starting populations now are growing just as fast, and in some cases (Austin) way faster.
I agree with this opinion. It will continue to grow well, but certainly not enough to pass the cities in front of it, except for maybe Detroit and Baltimore.
The real wild card here would be more city/county consolidations, Ã la Nashville and Louisville, that greatly expand municipal boundaries and gobble up existing population. It's not hard to imagine that happening a time or two among some of America's mid sized cities between now and 2050. Conversely, it's also not impossible to imagine a consolidated municipality split into various municipalities under an ambitious political leadership that is responding to a strong will of its citizens.
An example of the former possibility would be a place like Miami. Already MiamiDade has a two tiered system with a county mayor. If that superseded the local municipalities and they were consolidated completely, Miami would immediately jump into the top 5 in the nation. This is the sort of wildcard that could become a statistical game changer.
You guys have been watching too much weather channel.
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