Yes, that's already been established. Huntsville is growing faster than Birmingham. But adding an extra 2,300 people more than Birmingham each year is not going to make up for a population deficit of over 650,000.

Austin, TX is the fastest growing major metro in the US... and has been for sometime. But guess what, its never going to catch Dallas or Houston. It just won't. Too much of a gap in between to ever catch up.

The same goes for Huntsville compared to Birmingham. A metro of 450,000 people is just not going to suddenly overtake one that has well over 1.1 million people. It just doesn't work that way.

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Posted by Irons Puppet

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Posted on 7/30/18 at 5:25 pm to BHMKyle

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Yes, that's already been established. Huntsville is growing faster than Birmingham. But adding an extra 2,300 people more than Birmingham each year is not going to make up for a population deficit of over 650,000.

Austin, TX is the fastest growing major metro in the US... and has been for sometime. But guess what, its never going to catch Dallas or Houston. It just won't. Too much of a gap in between to ever catch up.

The same goes for Huntsville compared to Birmingham. A metro of 450,000 people is just not going to suddenly overtake one that has well over 1.1 million people. It just doesn't work that way.

It is not just growth, it is how they are growing. Those companies have sustainability compared to Banking and medical. I will go with what the experts think and what I have seen first hand:

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P.S They just consider Limestone and Madison Co as Metro Hunstville (compared to 10 for BHM to include Talladega