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[NcSc74]

Some things that surprised me about this data was holy crap Craven and Brunswick have 100K, where was I when that happened.  Has New Bern grown that much or is it a net county effect.

Also its just freakin odd at how sparsely the coast is populated compared to the other east coast states.  It blows my mind to think that a state as old as NC is just could not get any folks to settle on the coast at all till the 20th century.  No offence to Raleigh we all love the city of oaks but did our founding fathers make a mistake(to strong a word) did they miss the boat by moving the capitol sooooooooo far away from the coast considering where the first settlers were located.  I mean look I get the safety of an inland capitol but t Richmond was laid out an a river that has marine traffic on it so thats an even argument to me.  Columbia kinda same but is closer to the ocean.  ATL well it has the advantage foothills.  My argument is I think the right idea was made but poorly executed and hindsight being 20/20 that decision has doomed eastern NC ever since.  Just my 2 cents anyway...again we love Raleigh it has turned out to be one of the best places to live in the country but just sayin

[urbanvb]

NE NC has been losing population for years now. This area is very depressed with few jobs and little to offer most folks. Most folks I know regularly go to Hampton Roads for entertainment, shopping and dining. Besides fast food there isn't even a nice sit down type family restaurant in the Ahoskie area, Hertford county's largest city err town.

[DCMetroRaleigh]

How are the NC Hampton Roads exurban counties being transformed by the growth, such as Currituck County?

[krazeeboi]

NcSc74, on 10 April 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

Some things that surprised me about this data was holy crap Craven and Brunswick have 100K, where was I when that happened.  Has New Bern grown that much or is it a net county effect.

Also its just freakin odd at how sparsely the coast is populated compared to the other east coast states.  It blows my mind to think that a state as old as NC is just could not get any folks to settle on the coast at all till the 20th century.  No offence to Raleigh we all love the city of oaks but did our founding fathers make a mistake(to strong a word) did they miss the boat by moving the capitol sooooooooo far away from the coast considering where the first settlers were located.  I mean look I get the safety of an inland capitol but t Richmond was laid out an a river that has marine traffic on it so thats an even argument to me.  Columbia kinda same but is closer to the ocean.  ATL well it has the advantage foothills.  My argument is I think the right idea was made but poorly executed and hindsight being 20/20 that decision has doomed eastern NC ever since.  Just my 2 cents anyway...again we love Raleigh it has turned out to be one of the best places to live in the country but just sayin

Raleigh was central to the state's population at the time it was founded which is why it is where it is. Eastern/coastal NC isn't as developed as its counterparts in neighboring states because of the geography of the NC coastline.  It is also the reason why NC doesn't have a major port a la Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, or Jacksonville, FL.

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Eastern North Carolinaaround U.S. 70 and U.S. 17 is projected to grow by a million people before 2050, and area business and government leaders hope to help it grow sensibly.

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