1A Remaking America: Guiding Growth In Up-And-Coming Cities

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. population has grown by more than 20 million people since 2010. But where those new Americans end up is not even across the board.

The populations of half of all counties in the U.S. shrank from 2010 to 2020, while those of most metropolitan areas continued to grow.

People flock to booming cities for good reasons: jobs, educational opportunities, cultural and recreational activities. But traffic can be a nightmare and housing costs are off the charts.

We discuss why and how cities grow, and what impacts growth has on residents and take a look at Utah, the fastest-growing state in the U.S.

This show is part of 1A's "Remaking America" project looking at how our government is – and is not – working for everyone. It's a partnership with six public radio stations, including KUT in Austin, Texas.

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0:00.0	Change is a constant in life and a constant for cities.
0:12.2	One city that knows that well is Austin, Texas, especially when it comes to the cost
0:16.6	of living there.
0:17.8	The surreal thing is that the creative classes were made Austin appealing and now the creative
0:23.1	classes being priced out.
0:24.8	There used to be a music lab rehearsal space that all every band was kind of right of
0:29.2	a passage to rehearse in this gross place that was just beer soaked and just was nasty
0:34.7	in there.
0:37.6	I can't make this stuff up.
0:39.6	This band space is now...
0:41.2	Thank you for calling Tesla.
0:42.8	Please hold for the next available agent.
0:45.3	That's right.
0:46.3	It's a Tesla showroom.
0:50.6	That's from KUT's podcast Growth Machine, how Austin engineered its housing market.
0:56.0	We first heard Adrian Casada, he's an Austin musician who's played with Los Lobos and
1:00.4	Prince.
1:01.4	He spoke to KUT's Audrey MacLinchee who hosts that podcast.
1:05.4	Today we take a look at Austin and other growing U.S. cities.
1:09.3	Why do some cities grow so fast and how much growth is too much?
1:13.9	I'm Jen White.
1:14.9	You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.
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