South Carolina Passes 5 Million

[WiseManOnceSaid]

Originally Posted by greenvillebuckeye

If there are fewer job opps then why are people moving down here? They can't be all northern retirees. And even if they are they're not looking to work anyways sooooooo this portion of your statement makes zero sense.

They are moving here because 1) it's cheaper 2) the weather is nicer 3) their companies are moving here 4) "it sure beats the traffic in ___(insert any northern city here)___"

I have personally seen a good amount of folks coming in from out west, not all of our transplants are northerners.

We certainly have more jobs here than we did 10 years ago. With the people come the jobs, hopefully.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by WiseManOnceSaid

Less job opportunities because there are more people competing for the jobs.

You can also have more opportunities as long as business growth keeps up with human growth. That doesn't seem to be the case here in Chucktown as we are lagging behind in schools, retail, services, etc. On the bright side, tech is doing wonderfully as is heath care.

There will be more job opportunities in absolute numbers, at least in the most basic industries that support population growth in general (e.g., retail, restaurants, construction, healthcare, etc). In terms of competition for jobs, that depends on a couple of different factors with two of the most important being the demographics driving population growth and where much of the growth is occurring.

[nmelfi]

All I can say is north part of TR is growing in leaps and bounds. Bring it on, property is skyrockecting!