Greensboro's population to grow by 15,000 people after annexation

[cityboi]

One reason why NC has such laws is to help prevent what has happened in the northeast where communities box in cities, strangle growth which ultimately leads to higher taxes.

[cityboi]

As of tommorow, Greensboro's population will grow by 10,000 people after the city annexes territory July 1st. Greensboro's population will roughly be 255,000.

[winston's finest]

i feel that Greensboro is only annexing because W-S did. They didn't want us to catch up to them. They were afraid. Greensboro always does stuff like this....always tryin to get in on what W-S has going on

[twincity]

...uh oh. here come the mods...lol

[cityboi]

The truth is many of those areas like the Cardinal should have been annexed a long time ago. I do recall a city councilman saying a while back we needed to annex in time for th 2010 census but I dont think its the real reason. Cities are struggling now and lets face it. Government needs the tax dollars.

[intcvlcphlga]

If the NC legislature ultimately upholds the current annexation law, I think Winston-Salem should disregard all annexation agreements and annex aggressively and make Greensboro its little b*tc*.

[triadguy37]

If the NC legislature ultimately upholds the current annexation law, I think Winston-Salem should disregard all annexation agreements and annex aggressively and make Greensboro its little b*tc*.

[cityboi]

actually you can add about 2,000 more people to that count. Before the annexation Greensboro's population was actually 247,183 and not 245,000. That means Greensboro's population is 257,183. wont be long before Greensboro hits 260,000. Greensboro has added almost 60,000 people in 10 years. A few years before the year 2000 Greensboro had just past the 200,000 mark. This is the fast growth spurt Greensboro has seen in decades. If Greensboro continues to grow at this rate, provided there are no radical changes in annexation laws, Greensboro would have about 320,000 people in about 10 years.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/07...purt_is_welcome

[twincity]

so the US underestimates W-S's pop. but overestimates GSO's and HP's. W-S is disputing their's and GSO is accepting theirs (of course).

screwed again!!

[cityboi]

Greensboro has also passed St Petersburg, Fl in population. Now the difference is the whole Tampa-St Pete metro is 4 million compared to the Triad's 1 .6 million.

[crowe1856]

Greensboro has also passed St Petersburg, Fl in population. Now the difference is the whole Tampa-St Pete metro is 4 million compared to the Triad's 1 .6 million.

[krazeeboi]

Density, not sprawl, is the responsible way to grow a city.

[cityboi]

In this particular case, it's really annexation more so than sprawl that Greensboro is directly responsible for. And at least theoretically (and sometimes practically), it's better for the surrounding suburban areas to be in the city than not.

[crowe1856]

I agree. Greensboro is not the best example of sprawl. If you want to talk about sprawl, refer to Atlanta or the Hampton Roads area in Virginia

[cityboi]

Yes, and there's a number of cities by which Greensboro does sprawl in comparison; my point was more that saying Greensboro has overtaken a city such as St Petersburg based solely on population is akin to saying Greensboro is now nearly half Atlanta's size.

[krazeeboi]

^That's because city limits are arbitrary and the way cities are able to expand their boundaries differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. While municipal populations serve their purpose (expanding the tax base, etc.), urbanized area and metro population are more accurate ways to measure a city's true size and influence. But it doesn't hurt to have the exposure that a higher city population brings.