The list below, from "New Geography" was the basis for an article in Forbes this month (7/2011), entitled "The Next Big Boom Towns in the US"
The Forbes article keys in on Nashville at #3, but Jacksonville is a not-too-shabby #14 on this list, e.g. ahead of #15 Atlanta.
Cities of the Future Rankings
Rank Metropolitan Area
1 Austin, TX
2 Raleigh, NC
3 Nashville, TN
4 San Antonio, TX
5 Houston, TX
6 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
7 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
8 Charlotte, NC-SC
8 Phoenix, AZ
10 Orlando, FL
11 Indianapolis, IN
12 Salt Lake City, UT
13 Columbus, OH
14 Jacksonville, FL
15 Atlanta, GA
16 Las Vegas, NV
16 Riverside, CA
18 Portland, OR-WA
19 Denver, CO
20 Oklahoma City, OK
21 Baltimore, MD
22 Louisville, KY-IN
22 Richmond, VA
24 Seattle, WA
25 Kansas City, MO-KS
26 San Diego, CA
27 Miami, FL
28 Tampa, FL
29 Sacramento, CA
30 Birmingham, AL
31 New Orleans, LA
32 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
33 Minneapolis, MN-WI
34 St. Louis, MO-IL
35 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
35 New York, NY-NJ-PA
37 Boston, MA-NH
38 Memphis, TN-MS-AR
39 Pittsburgh, PA
40 Virginia Beach, VA-NC
41 Rochester, NY
42 Buffalo, NY
42 San Francisco, CA
44 Hartford, CT
45 Milwaukee, WI
45 San Jose, CA
47 Chicago, IL-IN-WI
47 Los Angeles, CA
49 Providence, RI-MA
50 Detroit, MI
51 Cleveland, OH
Here's a link to the article as it ran in "New Geography"
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002322-the-next-future-boom-towns-in-the-us (http://www.newgeography.com/content/002322-the-next-future-boom-towns-in-the-us)
Is this like "Free Beer Tomorrow"?
nice