A Sea Of Red

The Rust Belt Shrinks and Texas grows. No surprises in the results:

Census Report wrote: The 15 Most Populous Cities on April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2019
April 1, 2010 July 1, 2019

Rank Area Name State Name Total Population Rank Area Name State Name Total Population
1 New York city New York 8,175,031 1 New York city New York 8,336,817
2 Los Angeles city California 3,793,139 2 Los Angeles city California 3,979,576
3 Chicago city Illinois 2,695,652 3 Chicago city Illinois 2,693,976
4 Houston city Texas 2,095,517 4 Houston city Texas 2,320,268
5 Philadelphia city Pennsylvania 1,526,012 5 Phoenix city Arizona 1,680,992
6 Phoenix city Arizona 1,446,691 6 Philadelphia city Pennsylvania 1,584,064
7 San Antonio city Texas 1,326,161 7 San Antonio city Texas 1,547,253
8 San Diego city California 1,301,929 8 San Diego city California 1,423,851
9 Dallas city Texas 1,197,658 9 Dallas city Texas 1,343,573
10 San Jose city California 952,528 10 San Jose city California 1,021,795
11 Jacksonville city Florida 821,750 11 Austin city Texas 978,908
12 Indianapolis city (balance) Indiana 820,457 12 Jacksonville city Florida 911,507
13 San Francisco city California 805,184 13 Fort Worth city Texas 909,585
14 Austin city Texas 801,829 14 Columbus city Ohio 898,553
15 Columbus city Ohio 789,018 15 Charlotte city North Carolina 885,708

The fastest growing are also in obvious places:

1 Frisco city Texas 71.1 200,490 South
2 Buckeye city Arizona 56.6 79,620 West
3 New Braunfels city Texas 56.4 90,209 South
4 McKinney city Texas 51.9 199,177 South
5 South Jordan city Utah 51.8 76,598 West
6 Meridian city Idaho 48.3 114,161 West
7 Cedar Park city Texas 44.2 79,462 South
8 Fort Myers city Florida 39.8 87,103 South
9 Conroe city Texas 39.3 91,079 South
10 Irvine city California 35.5 287,401 West
11 Murfreesboro city Tennessee 34.6 146,900 South
12 Mount Pleasant town South Carolina 34.1 91,684 South
13 Round Rock city Texas 33.3 133,372 South
14 Goodyear city Arizona 33.1 86,840 West
15 Franklin city Tennessee 32.8 83,097 South

There is actually qute a bit of interesting facts on population trends in the report.

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Yeah, my biggest takeaway from reports like this is "different strokes for different folks."

South Jordan might be one of the last places on earth I'd want to live.

I did work over there for Larry Miller back in the early 2000's. Wouldn't go back.

I am a huge Utah enthusiast.

I live just outisde of #9 on the fastest growing list and go to church there. #1 & #4 are essentially the same North Dallas suburb making the combination of the two even more impressive. What I find interesting about Frisco is they essentially used sports as their primary growth investment. They built minor league facilities along with an MLS stadium and gave tax incentives for Jerruh Jones to bring the Star facility to town. As a result, sports fans chose to move there as a lifestyle decision. I haven't seen many other communities try this tactic. High upfront costs would up paying massive dividends.

big SLC area fan as well. once you get over the cult like enthusiasm most people there have, Its all pretty great there.

Oh, my brother in law lives just outside of SLC. But like I said, I don't even want to drive through there.

Like I said, "Different strokes..."

I'd never live in Texas either, lol. I'd move back to California before doing that.

It seems like Frisco and Franklin have become the go-to places for corporate headquarters.

Frisco was essentially ranchland before they began their audacious sports development plans. Corporations relocating from the Rust Belt to business friendly states like Texas & Tennessee are generally looking for quality of life in making their decisions. That's because they'll be living there as well. Franklin benefited from Nashville's tech run much like Round Rock & Cedar Park was experiencing in Austin's head-spinning growth. These all have limited life cycles as communities build out.

The I-45 Corridor north of Houston currently only has about 750k living here right now. By 2050 the federal and state projections expect 5.5M in the same area. That's nearly as much as all but a handful of metros in the nation right now. There are similar crazy expectations in several corridors in Florida, Arizona, Texas and even SLC-to-Boise. The biggest changes from just a decade ago is that Florida, Texas & Cali were the big growth areas. Now Cali is joining New York and the Great Lakes states as the primary states where residents are fleeing. Just ask Coloradoans & Idahaons how that is going for them.

The sad thing about those numbers is that it will turn a Texas into a Blue State

Sly Fox wrote: ↑May 22nd, 2020, 10:54 am Frisco was essentially ranchland before they began their audacious sports development plans. Corporations relocating from the Rust Belt to business friendly states like Texas & Tennessee are generally looking for quality of life in making their decisions. That's because they'll be living there as well. Franklin benefited from Nashville's tech run much like Round Rock & Cedar Park was experiencing in Austin's head-spinning growth. These all have limited life cycles as communities build out.

The I-45 Corridor north of Houston currently only has about 750k living here right now. By 2050 the federal and state projections expect 5.5M in the same area. That's nearly as much as all but a handful of metros in the nation right now. There are similar crazy expectations in several corridors in Florida, Arizona, Texas and even SLC-to-Boise. The biggest changes from just a decade ago is that Florida, Texas & Cali were the big growth areas. Now Cali is joining New York and the Great Lakes states as the primary states where residents are fleeing. Just ask Coloradoans & Idahaons how that is going for them.

I remember when anything north of Plano was largely flat and empty. Frisco, Allen, and McKinney can probably also attribute a decent amount of their growth to the corporations that were based out of the Richardson and Plano. My dad used to work out of Telecom Corridor back in the day and I recall seeing developments and office buildings consistently being built up 75.

Wasted a year and a half of my life in the Metroplex. I think I'll just go to Richmond, Farmville, or VA Beach, thanks.

ATrain wrote:Wasted a year and a half of my life in the Metroplex. I think I'll just go to Richmond, Farmville, or VA Beach, thanks.

LOL, I don't even like driving through Texas. I have a few friends down there but that's probably the only thing that would bring me down there.

Mainly, it's just not the kind of environment I enjoy. But I'd say that about a lot of states. Nothing against TX. Just not my cup of tea. Texas does have the gulf, which is more than I can say for all the landlocked states.

A lot of things have made it easier for people and businesses to relocate, which impacts these trends. My parents are in the middle of moving from CA to TN right now. When we're their age, we may make a move down to FL.