What cities cost of living will extremely change in 5 years?

[JamilALAmin]

Charlotte already had its surge.

I'd say Rock Hill, SC is up next as people look to commute.

Charlotte gonna be a cluster fukk in 10-20 years. The white people there completely ignore the underclasses, and it will come back to bite y’all in the ass. As fast as that city is growing, they need to be building infrastructure like crazy, but they’re not. And stuff like building the train to the rich folks side of town first and giving the Black folks side crumbs is not a good look. When brehs there figure out what the other side of the fence looks like, it’s gonna be a wrap. I saw the tension bubbling below the surface when I lived there. And I called it then, but the whole world saw it begin to boil over in them riots a few years ago. There is a major streak of anger there that all the big shiny Bank and corporate offices hide. You can’t make that jump to that next level but leave a third of your population behind. It doesn’t work like that.

 

[BigMan]

Philly too

Philly has so much room for growth and it’s in a great location

 

[hashmander]

Charlotte gonna be a cluster fukk in 10-20 years. The white people there completely ignore the underclasses, and it will come back to bite y’all in the ass. As fast as that city is growing, they need to be building infrastructure like crazy, but they’re not. And stuff like building the train to the rich folks side of town first and giving the Black folks side crumbs is not a good look. When brehs there figure out what the other side of the fence looks like, it’s gonna be a wrap. I saw the tension bubbling below the surface when I lived there. And I called it then, but the whole world saw it begin to boil over in them riots a few years ago. There is a major streak of anger there that all the big shiny Bank and corporate offices hide. You can’t make that jump to that next level but leave a third of your population behind. It doesn’t work like that.

i don't think they plan on leaving that 1/3 behind, the plan is usually to push 'em out. the suburbs will be the new ghettos, european style.

 

[JamilALAmin]

i don't think they plan on leaving that 1/3 behind, the plan is usually to push 'em out. the suburbs will be the new ghettos, european style.

True. And I feel you on all that. But there are also different dynamics at play there too. Charlotte is a typical sunbelt city, no physical barriers to development so shyt is on that sporadic here and there, spread out everywhere growth. Outside of a few areas like Plaza Midwood I think they’re just building new stuff where nothing was before moreso than gentrifying older areas. So what you’ll have is the folks with money lumped together over here and the ratchet folks lumped together over there. And CLT city limits are huge, plenty of places inside the city that basically farm land still, so they got plenty of room to build before they even reach the burbs. They got 1990’s Atlanta population with 1970’s Atlanta infrastructure, with no Maynard Jackson type safety net for the hood folks who don’t have a degree. That’s a recipe for disaster my breh. Ain’t nobody alive gonna say ATL knows how to plan for growth, gridlock/shyt falling apart from overuse is the norm round here. And I don’t see CLT doing anything different, same exact demo. Add the not throwing the hood a bone and you can see the writing on the wall. Them dudes up there tore up Uptown a few years ago for a reason.

 

[BillBanneker]

It’s already happening. Whole Foods in Englewood now, Mariano’s opening up in other hoods. White folks starting to pop up in areas where they wasn’t before. And the new development from the Loop is creeping further and further south. Been saying for years Chicago is next up. You can’t find another city in America with the amenties Chicago has for that cheap of a COL. The people who pull the strings realize it too. That’s why they flood the media with “Chiraq is horrible” stories to scare folks away while they buy up everything. I bet you in the next 10 years Chicago will be the next it city. Pop culture wise the same thing that made middle America yokels want to move to Brooklyn when they grew up is happening now with Chicago. Shameless, Chicago PD/FD, The Chi, Drill Music, constant drubbing in the media.....trust that plays a factor in it too.

and that obama presidential campus that's getting built.

good deals to be had too.

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Whole foods in englewood? Wow. Yeah, especially after some time after the presidential library gets set up, the southside is going to be on the come up. That's the whole plan (*tinfoil hat*), media hypes up "chi-raq", city cuts social services (school/fire/trash/streetscapes) but taxes are going to stay through the roof compared to county, population hollows out enough, then . Especially with the Chi being pretty affordable (minus those winters) for such a large city/metro.




In the south, I'm going with nashville, COL has gone up like crazy and the infrastructure hasn't been able to keep up with the growth.

 

[BillBanneker]

Washington D.C. will continue to skyrocket. It will become the "San Francisco" of the East Coast.

NYC will stabilize somewhat.

Philadelphia will start to gentrify as "Millennials" and "Gen Z" (white kids) realize its like Brooklyn but, cheaper.

Chicago will start to gentrify for the same reasons as Philly. Major world city. 40% the cost of New York.

Atlanta will no longer be a cheap place to move to.

Damn, it isn't already?

I'm surprised Philly hasn't gone through the roof yet, great local (close to NY, DC to a lesser degree), historic housing stock, ton of universities/colleges.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Philly... I just moved here and it's a lot cheaper than I would've expected for a major city

I used to live in Philly in undergrad (2002-2007)

It was cheaper THEN. It's going to get WAYYY more expensive so you better find somewhere and plant a flag because Philly is a huge college town.

Younger people will use it as an alternative to NYC.

 

[Pressure]

Charlotte gonna be a cluster fukk in 10-20 years. The white people there completely ignore the underclasses, and it will come back to bite y’all in the ass. As fast as that city is growing, they need to be building infrastructure like crazy, but they’re not. And stuff like building the train to the rich folks side of town first and giving the Black folks side crumbs is not a good look. When brehs there figure out what the other side of the fence looks like, it’s gonna be a wrap. I saw the tension bubbling below the surface when I lived there. And I called it then, but the whole world saw it begin to boil over in them riots a few years ago. There is a major streak of anger there that all the big shiny Bank and corporate offices hide. You can’t make that jump to that next level but leave a third of your population behind. It doesn’t work like that.

If there's one thing Charlotte is addressing is its infrastructure problem.

 

[Reece]

It’s already happening. Whole Foods in Englewood now, Mariano’s opening up in other hoods. White folks starting to pop up in areas where they wasn’t before. And the new development from the Loop is creeping further and further south. Been saying for years Chicago is next up. You can’t find another city in America with the amenties Chicago has for that cheap of a COL. The people who pull the strings realize it too. That’s why they flood the media with “Chiraq is horrible” stories to scare folks away while they buy up everything. I bet you in the next 10 years Chicago will be the next it city. Pop culture wise the same thing that made middle America yokels want to move to Brooklyn when they grew up is happening now with Chicago. Shameless, Chicago PD/FD, The Chi, Drill Music, constant drubbing in the media.....trust that plays a factor in it too.

I peeped that shyt 10 years ago. They stay with the FUD. They buying the South Side and West Side for pennies. There’s probably all sorts of factories and warehouses over there and they will be converted into luxury lofts and condos between now and 2030 They will push the poor to Gary, St. Louis and Milwaukee. Watch

 

[Reece]

Damn, it isn't already?

I'm surprised Philly hasn't gone through the roof yet, great local (close to NY, DC to a lesser degree), historic housing stock, ton of universities/colleges.

Philly is the underrated gem on the East Coast. Hopefully it doesn’t gentrify too fast

 

[JamilALAmin]

If there's one thing Charlotte is addressing is its infrastructure problem.

Yeah but not fast enough and no where near the levels that y’all are growing by. Y’all just finished the 485 loop, y’all only got one transit line, haven’t even secured funding for the other one let alone started building it. The Gold Line trolley bus doesn’t count, especially not when I was up there and remember what it was supposed to be-another rail line instead of a glorified bus. And not getting the poorer sides of town access to mass transit first or even at the same time was a big mistake. White people in the south don’t use mass transit like that anyway, why not put it in the areas that need it most? All you’re doing is isolating that population, it’s just not an issue now because crime isn’t that bad. Once brehs on Tuckaseege figure out that robbing rich folks in South Park beats sitting on the porch all day it will be a problem.

What’s the main complaint about ATL? Traffic and lack of mass transit options. If Charlotte has the same population and growth patterns as Atlanta in the 90’s but doesn’t have the infrastructure of Atlanta in the 70’s even, how is that not going to be a disaster in decades to come? Keep in mind Atlanta had MARTA and 285 finished for years when it was the size Charlotte is now. Like you had a blueprint of what not to do right down the road and you still didn’t take heed to it. Folks still moving there in droves and the level of building to match that isn’t something that’s going on. Charlotte will be 5 million plus by the time the roads, transit and infrastructure catch up but by then it’ll be too late.

 

[hashmander]

I peeped that shyt 10 years ago. They stay with the FUD. They buying the South Side and West Side for pennies. There’s probably all sorts of factories and warehouses over there and they will be converted into luxury lofts and condos between now and 2030 They will push the poor to Gary, St. Louis and Milwaukee. Watch

that's why it's the right time to buy. they'll push the renters out by just raising the rent.

 

[hashmander]

I used to live in Philly in undergrad (2002-2007)

It was cheaper THEN. It's going to get WAYYY more expensive so you better find somewhere and plant a flag because Philly is a huge college town.

Younger people will use it as an alternative to NYC.

temple is trying to build an on campus football stadium with entertainment surrounding it. if i lived in philly i'd snap up real estate in that area.

 

[JamilALAmin]

I peeped that shyt 10 years ago. They stay with the FUD. They buying the South Side and West Side for pennies. There’s probably all sorts of factories and warehouses over there and they will be converted into luxury lofts and condos between now and 2030 They will push the poor to Gary, St. Louis and Milwaukee. Watch

They already doing that. I got a house in Gary, and damn near the whole Robert Taylor is in the Hoarcemann district now. As an outsider to that area, I look at it and see nothing but opportunity. In NWI and chicago, the whole region really. If Amazon picks Chi then expect that process to speed up big time.

 

[85 East]

Toronto. Houses quickly approaching average cost of $1,000,000 and we're talking shyt homes. Condo's everywhere, tearing down business and city staples for more condo's. The downtown core is turning into rich whites and asians primarily.