Mobile Development Thread

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St. George, UT and Sugar Land, TX. Really shooting for the stars, huh?

And on Phoenix, my point is that just because a city triples in size in ten years does not make it better. I feel like a broken record, but this IS and urban living forum. If I liked sprawling cities, I would have joined stripmall.com, or parkinglot.com, or 25laneinterstate.com. People are certainly entitled to like what ever kind of city they want - it takes all kinds. But, as someone who actually lives in the city, I have my opinions on the direction I would like to see it take. And on Baldwin County, I've got a place there at the beach too. There are good things about it. The beaches are nice, and there is still some nice rural land there. However, if its sprawl (like the majority of the ES and even moving as far East as Loxley), I'm not going to like it no matter where it is. You kids just don't get it. I really don't understand why you are on this forum if all you are concerned with is having 10MM residents even if it means turning into just another sprawling sunbelt city. In addition, I would love to see us have 10 pro sports teams and 5 aquariums and a dozen zoos and 20 more shopping malls with a Gap. But guess what - lets spend some that capital on better schools (especially the community college system), public safety, transportation, real economic development, etc... These things are great, but other than the construction jobs, you are talking about a bunch of minimum wage jobs that are not going to increase the living standards here. There is certainly nothing wrong with working at a concession stand at a stadium or being a cashier at a store, but wouldn't you rather have some jobs paying $50,000 a year with full benefits than jobs paying $12,000 with nothing else? Good jobs are what make places grow. I think we can work to provide these while growing our city (and region) in a smart, sustainable manner.