Atlanta as a new urban magnet is beginning to show some old city cracks in the facade. I suspect Georgia will begin to slow as a result. I do know that the Raleigh metro area in NC is projected to gain a million in population over the next decade or so, and it’s not just Chamber Of Commerce pap either. Driving through there is like time travel back to 2007 for us in the Greensboro area. Construction galore, new houses, new shopping complexes, new highways. Suburban Apex and certainly Cary are almost unrecognizable.
Georgia has one major issue...water supply for Atlanta. If they don’t straighten this out within a decade...it’ll halt the city’s growth. I think all of these major towns ought to be planning right now...major expansion and prepare for a fifty-percent growth over the next forty years. And cities in California...ought to plan on a fifty-percent loss over the next forty years.
I visited my mom in Dallas this past weekend. There was construction everywhere. It’s changed so much since i left. I live in San Jose, and there is nothing going on here.