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Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:45 pm to Reservoir dawg
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GTR was defined as a Micropolitan area 3 or 4 years ago. I read about it, and found it online. Why it would be defined as something different now wouldn't make any sense.
Here's your map.
LINK
Posted on 3/23/17 at 4:59 pm to Numberwang
Population 128k according to wiki. It's the same thing as several other congruent areas listed as Micropolitan Statistical Areas, often involving 2 or 3 counties. That particular data graph is either old, or this region hasn't been updated in 30 or 40 years.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:00 pm to BHMKyle
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Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville)
Which is interesting, because I would never ever live in any of those cities for any reason unless I made stupid money and then it would be just long enough for me to afford to GTFO.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:07 pm to BHMKyle
I live in Nashville and it needs to chill 
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:09 pm to BHMKyle
One year growth numbers are kind of useless.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:18 pm to TailbackU
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Which is interesting, because I would never ever live in any of those cities for any reason unless I made stupid money and then it would be just long enough for me to afford to GTFO.
There are some really nice areas around Jacksonville, but the city itself is a dump. Orlando is like white trash nation. Tampa just seems like a bunch of old people. Miami is nice in parts and then also looks like Dominican Republic in parts.
Florida is just a different place...
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:18 pm to TheCaterpillar
Most of the "Fayetteville metro" population growth appears to have happened in Benton County to the north.
I'm more than OK with that.
I'm more than OK with that.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:29 pm to TailbackU
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Which is interesting, because I would never ever live in any of those cities for any reason unless I made stupid money and then it would be just long enough for me to afford to GTFO.
Tell us how you really feel.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:32 pm to TheXman
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There are some really nice areas around Jacksonville, but the city itself is a dump. Orlando is like white trash nation. Tampa just seems like a bunch of old people. Miami is nice in parts and then also looks like Dominican Republic in parts.
Eh Jacksonville isn't that bad as long as you stay away from the athletic and explosive parts on the north side. I live on the outskirts to the south and I'm almost closer to Ponte Vedra.
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Florida is just a different place...
Understatement of the century.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:36 pm to Korin
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I live on the outskirts to the south and I'm almost closer to Ponte Vedra.
Ponta Vedra is nice and I really like the Amelia Island/Fernadina Beach area.
Maybe I haven't seen a lot of the city of Jacksonville just wasn't great. A lot of downtown areas aren't though these days.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:54 pm to BHMKyle
ITT we learn how passionate reservoir dog is about the Golden Triangle cities being combined in the census.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 5:57 pm to Numberwang
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I'm just talking in terms of "attracting workers". With so many people being drawn into Texas from everywhere, it's surprising that adjacent states manage to have their own growing metros.
I don't know that I would ever want to move to OKC from Houston, but what has happened there is pretty amazing. They've worked really hard on several fronts to make it attractive to folks and position itself as kind of the backup energy hub to Houston. From the major independent oil companies that started there keeping roots there and consolidating folks from Houston, doing everything they can to get a major pro sports team, then all of the real estate and commercial development they've done
I go there for a work a decent amount and it's really not bad at all. And OKC used to suck hardcore
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:00 pm to volfan30
Haha..well, because it is 
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:04 pm to Reservoir dawg
Okc is better but it's still not great.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:13 pm to BHMKyle
Percentage of all this growth across the south that's mostly visible in beautiful forest and rolling farmlands being bulldozed to erect cheaply constructed walmarts and fast food locations: 80%
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:20 pm to Farmer1906
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Port A, Beaumont, & Orange?
Otherwise known as the worst place on earth. Especially Port Arthur.
Do the cops still drag the chain link barricades across the streets at 6 to keep people out of the town center?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:47 pm to Nguyening
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More illegal immigrants have been leaving than coming in to the US for several years now.
What do illegal aliens have to to with building the wall he requested?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 6:55 pm to BHMKyle
The lesson here is pretty much the lesson of the last half-century. The primary thrust of population migration has been toward urban centers. Most of the towns near the bottom are either semi-rural or isolated from major metropolises. That's how the world has been trending for decades. Has little to do with the universities in question.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:05 pm to ColoradoAg03
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Auburn's population of metrosexuals was astonishing when I went this past football season.
Hipsters are alive and well in Auburn.
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