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Started 9 months ago by bjones2585
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bjones2585
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Saw this when I was reading this morning...looks like Delaware County made the cut...thoughts?

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/moneymag/1108/gallery.best_places_job_growth.moneymag/6.html

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If you believe Wikipedia ;), Delaware County appears to be where well off young couples move to have a family.

So as the CU userbase ages we may be reading 'Delaware Underground' in a few years....
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The county is expected to see explosive growth in the years to come, as young people that want to escape from the city move to the suburbs of southern Delaware County.[citation needed]

According to Forbes Magazine, Delaware County is the fifth best place in the United States to raise a family and the best place in the state of Ohio to reside. It was home to former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The median income for a household in the county was $67,258, and the median income for a family was $76,453. The median age was 35 years.

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dubdave00
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It is nice up there but I wouldn't want to fight the traffic and have a longer commute. I like Old / Downtown Delaware. It has a cool vibe to it with Ohio Wesleyan giving it some youth.

I will say this, the drive on 71 from Cleveland into Columbus feels "bigger". By that, I mean, Columbus feels like it's grown as you hit traffic and development almost 20-25 minutes before hitting downtown.

I can't say that coming from Cinci but it could happen over the next 10-15 years depending on the economy. Stringtown is like a mall-less Polaris and it wouldn't shock me if a developer saw "opportunity" there with all of the new housing growth. 665, before it, is getting revamped and bringing a lot of development too.

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manticore33
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I really, really enjoy living in the City of Delaware. However, I think the growth on the South-side of the county is a bit much. Everyday as I make my trek down 23 to Lewis Center I see more and more development which pains my heart.

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cc said:

So as the CU userbase ages we may be reading 'Delaware Underground' in a few years....

teeny lol...

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Walker
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cc said:
If you believe Wikipedia ;), Delaware County appears to be where well off young couples move to have a family.

So as the CU userbase ages we may be reading 'Delaware Underground' in a few years....
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The county is expected to see explosive growth in the years to come, as young people that want to escape from the city move to the suburbs of southern Delaware County.[citation needed]

According to Forbes Magazine, Delaware County is the fifth best place in the United States to raise a family and the best place in the state of Ohio to reside. It was home to former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The median income for a household in the county was $67,258, and the median income for a family was $76,453. The median age was 35 years.

Current explosive growth doesn't always equate to everlasting explosive growth. Case in point:

Chicago Exurbs See a Bust After a Long Boom
by DIRK JOHNSON | Aug 22, 2011

Far west suburban Yorkville scarcely looks as if it was once one of America’s hottest boomtowns. In some subdivisions, lots for big homes are patches of scrub grass and rocky soil. Weeds crawl up around some curbs. A mere handful of houses dot the barren landscape.

Between 2000 and 2010, Kendall was the fastest-growing county in the United States, with a growth rate of some 110 percent, according to the Census Bureau. In the Chicago area, Kendall was not the only faraway land of big dreams. Population soared, too, in distant suburban Kane, Will and McHenry Counties. Even in DeKalb County, tall-corn country nearly halfway to Iowa, newcomers were drawn by visions of castles on a cul-de-sac.

http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/briefly-the-new-frontier-exurbs-see-a-bust-after-boom/

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johnwirtz
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manticore33 said:
I really, really enjoy living in the City of Delaware. However, I think the growth on the South-side of the county is a bit much. Everyday as I make my trek down 23 to Lewis Center I see more and more development which pains my heart.

Wait until you see what happens on the north side of the county in the next 20 years.

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Walker
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dubdave00 said:
It is nice up there but I wouldn't want to fight the traffic and have a longer commute. I like Old / Downtown Delaware. It has a cool vibe to it with Ohio Wesleyan giving it some youth.

Was just in that area two weekends ago and totally agree. Downtown Delaware is a really nice place. Some great shops and restaurants, and their Saturday farmers market seemed pretty well attended the day we were there. ;)

dubdave00 said:
I can't say that coming from Cinci but it could happen over the next 10-15 years depending on the economy. Stringtown is like a mall-less Polaris and it wouldn't shock me if a developer saw "opportunity" there with all of the new housing growth. 665, before it, is getting revamped and bringing a lot of development too.

Yeah, Anne & I refer to Stringtown as "Polaris South". We make that drive from Downtown semi-regularly since it's much closer than heading up north. All of the trappings of Polaris without the massive congested scale... though I do agree it is on it's way. I used to work in that area just a few years ago and there was practically nothing west of 71. Crazy how much of that has filled in so quickly. I think Grove City's rapid growth gets overshadowed since it's kind of on it's own down there while you've got Dublin, Powell, Westerville, New Albany, Delaware, etc all growing together, but to put it in perspective...

Grove City grew by 31.4% from 2000-2010 to a population of 35,575.
Dublin grew by 33.0% from 2000-2010 to a population of 41,751.
Delaware grew by 37.7% from 2000-2010 to a population of 34,753.

Practically all in the same boat. And unfortunately, the majority of that growth is in the form of sprawling cul-de-sacs, massive strip malls and large office parks. Just like the ones that have been abandoned a few miles inward from each suburb.

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