Total population growth doesn’t imply speed of growth. In an article about “fastest growing”, they should have ranked them by % growth per annum. The authors need a stat course. Stat!
NY at top is only about 0.6%, whereas some Texan cities lower down are over 2%.
I agree. But what can we do… the article has already been written by someone who don’t understand statistics. It’s is CNN afterall. But regardless, it’s still good data. San Diego is growing at 1.5%. That’s pretty good.
Here’s a related story. We are #2 next to the three SF Bay markets in the number of houses that sell within 60 days. We’re #1 in improvement on this metric.
I agree. But what can we do… the article has already been written by someone who don’t understand statistics. It’s is CNN afterall. But regardless, it’s still good data. San Diego is growing at 1.5%. That’s pretty good.
Lot’s of things we can do! Sadly our inaction will force us down some ugly paths. Why is endless growth good again?
Josh
1.5% per year is hardly endless — it’s 2x the national growth rate, keeping in mind that there are a lot of cities with negative or zero growth (think Rust Belt).
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