We're living in one of the fastest growing town in South Carolina. According to figures I read yesterday in The Greenville News, Greer is the fourth fastest growing city in the state. Right now our population is just over 21,000, but that is an over 20% increase in five years. When you look around you can see the growth. There are new housing developments everywhere as well as many new businesses. Someone told me yesterday that there are 50% more businesses along the main highway in Greer just in the last two years. Riverside High School is opening a new facility in the fall because of all the growth and Greer High School's building is very new.
This has affected the area churches too. Many of them are growing at record rates. We have not attended a church yet that hasn't benefitted from the growth spurt here. I'm sure that is going to continue for some time.
It is interesting that at last some explanation for the growth is that many folks from up north, who used to retire in Florida, are now retiring in this area of South Carolina. The "tweeners" are now those who retire between Michigan and Florida. The reason seems to be that the population changes in South Florida and the many hurricanes in recent years have caused some to settle in other places. We are also having people who live in Florida relocate here for the same reasons. Interesting.
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