Cities of the Future Rankings

[Dashing Dan]

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

[Bridges]

Is this like "Free Beer Tomorrow"?

[jcjohnpaint]

nice

[Dashing Dan]

Is this like "Free Beer Tomorrow"?

Yes!  Exactly!