Chain Growth

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This is the first day of the blog, so I will go easy. I want to add that if you see any material you would like to discuss with me, I am usually on okctalk.com.

I am going to begin my blog, stating the purpose of my blog. Theorem, to discuss different aspects and theories that I anyone else (who emails me) has. This is aside from downtownguy's blog, where he hints what may happen soon in OKC.

I want to begin with my 2 cents on future growth in Oklahoma City. Every ten years it seems that we add another chunk to our metro, about the size of Lawton, Oklahoma. We currently have 1.2 million proud residents, and excellent city leadership, that are not restricted to Oklahoma City.

I see growth lasting well through a while, simply because in matters of size, it is America's 3rd largest city. Enough land, that urbanities tend to dislike, that we are unrestricted by any boundaries. While other cities may not grow much more, this also dampers urban growth in Oklahoma City, and means the city must pay for unnecessary utility costs. But, think of it like this... if the main city in a metro grows, the rest of a metro benefits. The urban center benefits. The suburban centers grow. As long as we tend to provide our citizenry with an unmatched transportation infrastructure, we should have smooth sailing. If suburbs like Moore, inner suburbs, will grow, we can link outer suburbs like Norman, extreme suburbs like Newcastle to the urban center and see even more growth. Metropolitan growth starts from the center, and is sustained in the suburbs.

My pick for the most amazing growth is for Downtown to reach new heights, I expect Moore to expand to the east. I expect West Moore to expand to the south, and for Mustang/Yukon to solidify. I expect Deer Creek to materialize like Edmond, and become the new Edmond, and for Edmond itself to push into Guthrie, and up north. I expect the popularity of neighborhoods like Rose Creek and Oak Tree (home of this years PGA) to gain in already-enormous popularity, and draw future residents. New office parks in Edmond and off Memorial should contribute to this syndrome here in OKC, that I call Northward Ho! .