The fastest growing cities in the United States

Yahoo Finance ^ | 7/2/2009 | Les Christie

[AuntB]

“I wonder what makes New York City so attractive that people would actually still want to live here....

Maybe its the immigrants.”

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Could be!

More than 1 million people became citizens in 2008,

Largest number of people naturalizing lived in:
California (181,684), New York (73,676) and Florida (54,563).
SOURCE: Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/wvlHEAD03WEST012209.htm

“In 2008, California had the most illegal immigrants at 2.7 million, double its 1990 number, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey.”

http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/1245213.htm

[Free State Four]

Bush is no longer President. Now, we have The One We Have Been Waiting For. It is natural that New Orleans is in full-blown recovery.

[SeekAndFind]

There have been some changes this year to the 25 largest cities.

For one thing, Denver moved into 24th place with 598,707 residents. It replaced Nashville, which dropped out of the top 25.

In addition, Dallas (1,279,910) edged past San Diego (1,279,329) to eighth place from ninth.

San Francisco also moved up to 12th place; its population (808,976) surpassed Jacksonville (807,815).

And Austin (757,688) blew past Columbus (754,885) to 15th.

Charlotte (687,456) leapfrogged Memphis (669,651) to 18th and El Paso (613,190) passed Boston (609,023) to 21st.

Chicago, once the nation’s second city, has fallen nearly a million behind Los Angeles with 2,853,114.

[q_an_a]

Give me land lots of land. McKinney and Frisco have created a fantastic pair of suburbs, north of Dallas, with amazing homes, entertainment venues, like the Frisco ball park, that also has MSL, and more places to play for a family than you can imagine. On top of that there is so much golf on wonderful courses that anyone with a fat wallet can play. AT+T has put in a huge amount of their corp offices in this area, so employment at good pay is close to home.

[Flycatcher]

When my father-in-law visits his hometown of Alkali, NV the population jumps 100%.

So Goldfield must be a thriving megalopolis to him, huh?

; )

[umgud]

I gotta believe my city shrunk (Bakersfield CA). Seems every street has several empty houses.

[BikerJoe]

When my father-in-law visits his hometown of Alkali...

Is he very caustic? (Sorry I couldn't resist...)

[HotLead61]

Is he very caustic?

"A little chemistry humor, for those of you in Rio Linda"

[SeekAndFind]

A little chemistry humor, for those of you in Rio Linda

I wonder if the population of Rio Linda is growing...Rush Limbaugh put it on the map, but I wonder if people ever think of visiting the place...

[Flycatcher]

Worse in Stockton, I hear tell.

_{But it's always worse in Stockton, I hear tell...}

[Texas_shutterbug]

The thing about Dallas is that it is part of the larger metro area of Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington and other little towns. It all feels like....Dallas. LOL

[randog]

Yes. I don’t know what he sees in that town. He must see it as he did as a child.

[Flycatcher]

I wonder if the population of Rio Linda is growing

It is, and has been for quite awhile. It actually has some decent neighborhoods yet still retains a rural flavor. One big negative: mosquitoes! It's just south of the rice fields that extend all the way to the Hwy 70 -- Hwy 99 split.

Positive: In winter, you can view tens of thousands of ducks, geese, and tundra swans in this area.

So it's a mixed bag.

[Texas Mulerider]

only that the nipple people move the heck outta here and to New Orleans or NYC.

Nipple people. I'm going to steal that!

[HotLead61]

Good point. I know Rush started the “Rio Linda” thing, but what brought that about? That may have been before my time...

[strongbow]

My sister moved to McKinney about 15 years ago. It was a nice little quiet hamlet in Texas then. I go to visit about every year. Every year I am amazed at the transformation and continued growth. It is hard to grasp how many people and businesses have moved into that area. I have never seen anything like it. I don’t know how they can build that fast. My brother in law is a surgeon there and loves it. No unions, lots of good companies with good insurance. Mckinney been very, very good to them.

[Flycatcher]

Yes. I don’t know what he sees in that town. He must see it as he did as a child.

Then I must view the world through the eyes of a child too. I find the emptiness and austerity of Nevada (and its ghost towns such as Alkali) to be stirring to the soul.

In so many places in Nevada, you can feel truly alone. It's frightening. It's beautiful.

[HotLead61]

Indeed, solitude can be a wonderful thing.

[randog]

I agree with you-I’ve lived here all my life and find the desert beautiful. But Goldfield is just a pile of firewood at best.

[kalee]

Cary, N.C., which gained 6.9% to 129,545;

Great, more dem voters for the Old North State.