Dallas Has Three of the Fastest Growing Cities in the USA
Laila Assanie, a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said there are no signs the growth will end anytime soon. "So far we don't see anything on the horizon that would tell us that the boom is coming to an end, though we do expect growth to slow down a bit," Assanie said. "We can't keep on growing at the pace we have been."
Tony Felker, president and chief executive officer of Frisco Chamber of Commerce, remembers a time when he had to leave Frisco to buy a pair of socks. Now the city of 188,000 has 10 high schools and nearly 80,000 jobs. "I like to jokingly say, 'If you don't know where Frisco is, Dallas is our suburb just 30 miles south,'" Felker said. "The visionary people in Frisco have always said we don't want to be a suburb of Dallas — we want to be self-contained." From 2017 to 2018, Frisco was the fourth-fastest-growing city in the nation, adding 10,000 residents through birth or migration. Since 2010, Frisco has added more than 70,000 residents — a 60% increase.
But as the city grows, some longtime residents and people who moved to Frisco for cheap large lots are pushing back. The Stonebriar Legacy Association of Neighborhoods represents a group of about 5,000 residents who want to pump the brakes on Frisco's breakneck growth. The group vocally opposed a plan to add more than 2,000 residential units to Hall Office Park, where thousands of people work.
Dallas Morning News, May 23, 2019
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