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Can't remember what organization did the ranking, but Charleston, SC was just ranked the #1 city in the US and Canada and the #2 city in the world. While it is a beautiful city with a very rich history, I think Savannah, Ga could easily make an argument here.

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I have never been to Charleston, but I'd like to visit.

Charleston
Greenville
Asheville
Savannah

Asheville looks nice but all I've heard about it is the crazy hippies downtown.

To be fair I'm more of a Folk music person than Country, but I heard it gets weird there

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Asheville looks nice but all I've heard about it is the crazy hippies downtown.

To be fair I'm more of a Folk music person than Country, but I heard it gets weird there

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Asheville is great, just keep an open mind.

Nashville is a nice city. But I also think its far and away the most overrated city in America. People in Nashville act as if their city is growing so fast that its unprecedented. They seem mesmerized by the rapid growth as if its something that's never happened in American history.

And while Nashville is booming, many other cities around the country are experiencing the same thing. Nashville is not exceptional from that standpoint.

In terms of percentage growth, Nashville is just the 7th fastest SOUTHERN metro in terms of growth rate. Growth rate for Southern metros (2010-2016):

19.8%- Austin
15.3%- Raleigh
14.4%- Houston
14.4%- Orlando
13.4%- San Antonio
12.6%- Dallas
11.6%- Nashville
11.6%- Charlotte
9.9%- Jacksonville
9.5%- Atlanta
9.0%- Miami
8.9%- Tampa
6.5%- New Orleans
6.1%- Richmond
3.9%- Louisville
3.0%- Virginia Beach
1.7%- Birmingham
1.4%- Memphis

So yes, impressive growth. But Nashville is no anomaly.

Now if you look at those same major Southern metros ranked in actual growth, its even less impressive (2010-2016):

+852,000- Houston
+807,000- Dallas
+503,000- Atlanta
+502,000- Miami
+340,000- Austin
+307,000- Orlando
+287,000- San Antonio
+257,000- Charlotte
+249,000- Tampa
+194,000- Nashville
+172,000- Raleigh
+133,000- Jacksonville
+79,000- New Orleans
+74,000- Richmond
+50,000- Virginia Beach
+48,000- Louisville
+19,000- Birmingham
+18,000- Memphis

So Nashville ranks 10th of all major Southern metros in terms of actual number of people added to its population since 2010. For every one new person added to Nashville's metro, Houston is adding 4.4. Now that is impressive!

Again, I fail to understand why Nashville people try to act as if their city is experiencing something like nowhere else.

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So what is the best Southeast town?

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They are all so different, it all depends on what you like. I'd take Charleston followed by New Orleans from a charm, history, and culinary standpoint... If a big city is what you are looking for, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Austin are probably tops.

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Nashville is a nice city. But I also think its far and away the most overrated city in America. People in Nashville act as if their city is growing so fast that its unprecedented. They seem mesmerized by the rapid growth as if its something that's never happened in American history.

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I've noticed this too, and its growth is nothing to talk about.

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it also has all of the nauseating features that come with it's main industry, Pop Country music.

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You can say that again.

Jacksonville

Fayetteville isn't a top 100 metro in population, so it doesn't hit most of these lists. It will be in two years, based on projections.

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In terms of percentage growth, Nashville is just the 7th fastest SOUTHERN metro in terms of growth rate. Growth rate for Southern metros (2010-2016):

19.8%- Austin
15.3%- Raleigh
14.4%- Houston
14.4%- Orlando
13.4%- San Antonio
13.0% - Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas metro
12.6%- Dallas
11.6%- Nashville
11.6%- Charlotte
9.9%- Jacksonville
9.5%- Atlanta
9.0%- Miami
8.9%- Tampa
6.5%- New Orleans
6.1%- Richmond
3.9%- Louisville
3.0%- Virginia Beach
1.7%- Birmingham
1.4%- Memphis

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Actual numerical growth since 2010: 61,828 That's a lot for a small metro area like ours.

Your math is right.

We aren't a "real city", and that makes some of the growth here harder for old timers. We're a metro growing out of the middle of nowhere, based entirely on home-grown companies and a university, so that's kind of unique itself.