According to the latest census estimates, Seattle’s population grew by 2.8 percent last year, the fasest rate among the nation’s 50 biggest cities. And that’s not all:
Seattle didn’t just surpass other big U.S. cities in 2013. For the second consecutive year, it outpaced its suburbs — and the new census data show this trend is accelerating.
Seattle grew at double the rate of surrounding King County between 2012 and 2013. That is significantly faster than in the previous year’s census estimates, which clocked Seattle’s growth at 25 percent faster than its King County suburbs.
Among all places in Washington with at least 50,000 residents, Seattle had the fastest rate of growth, and was followed by: Sammamish (2.2 percent), Auburn (2 percent), Richland (1.7 percent), and Redmond (1.7 percent).
Clearly, Seattle’s tax-and-spend liberalism is destroying our city and driving people away! Or something. Will the last person leaving Seattle please turn off the WiFi router?
Only I am able to praise Myself,
Cf: Kansas. Wichita, the largest city in Kansas grew less than .5% for the same time period. This is the republican free for all, where they got everything they wanted.
Maybe this explains why the Zillow value of my burrow is up 12% since January and I got a letter this week from a real estate agent I don’t know offering to buy my burrow for cash. (Sorry, it’s not for sale.)
The most liberal city in the the most liberal state in the US has the fastest growth rate. Gee, I want the trolls to tell me to move to Texas again…..
Where’s the Seattle Derangement Syndrome trolls when you need to laugh at them?
And this is a good thing? What do they call ’em… apodments? Good thing?