See the census data from the article at the bottom below.https://www.gastongazette.com/...By Michael Barrett Gazette staff Posted Dec 11, 2019 at 1:49 PM The magnet effect of urban growth is pulling the edges of some North Carolina counties into prosperity, while leaving the far sides to play a frustrating game of catch-up.That pattern is on full display in Gaston County, located just west of Mecklenburg County and separated from Charlotte only by the Catawba River.Cities on Gaston’s eastern end such as Belmont and Mount Holly have seen a residential explosion over the last 10 to 20 years, and the development has even extended into the southeastern corner of the county’s largest municipality, Gastonia.

My life changed from rags to prosperity when I met a great man named Max in NJ.  

If this is your next question for the next 10 years,you would be probably lazy guy :)- In real estate, you could prosper in last 20 years becoz of the cheap money policy only, once that's gone, once US Dollar no longer the currency of the world, you need to work, much much much harder, without college degree , outside US-sphere, nobody even look at your resume because the assumption is, no college=lazy guy LOL

.- Multifamily rental properties purchased right with lower rent expectations will prosper, as a larger population will be forced to become life time renters.- Investors poised correctly will prosper, as opportunities will be in abundance from those who bought wrong within the past 2 years.

Your future prosperity depends on it.

I have always been a proponent of free market solutions to real world problems and there is no emotion involved in the calculation of economic equilibrium.John’s situation is a reminder that the hardworking people who service America will increasingly struggle to afford life’s basic necessity of shelter, and this reality has second and third order economic effects that reach far beyond John.The affordable housing crisis is not just about struggling blue collar workers and single mothers….it threatens the stability and economic prosperity of our entire society.

Now those who have those three traits will prosper off the backs of those who are not successful. 

Im wishing you great prosperity!!!

Enjoy as you prosper.....

Enjoy as you prosper.....