When I first moved to SD, the population of the county was just under 1 million. Today, I believe it’s around 3 million. In Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, the population is just over 1 million and people are moving here in large numbers. In another thirty years, the population here will probably reach 3 million since there’s so much land. We’re only 60 miles from Asheville, 45 minutes to the Blue Ridge Parkway, two hours to Atlanta and one and a half hours to Charlotte. No beach but frankly, I was sick of the beach. I used to have a beautiful ocean view (less than 1/2 mile from the ocean) in SD. Now, my views in three directions are the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. Nope, it’s not San Diego but the property values are stable and likely to stay that way.
Good luck to those of you who are still disillusioned enough to think of buying before 2012 but what the hell, it’s your money, not mine. 🙂
