[babybackribs2314]

Who wants to wager that DC will break 650k with the 2020 Census, perhaps handily? The pace of construction has increased so dramatically since the depth of the recession (which really wasn't bad in DC to begin with), with downtown now completely filled out (or 99.5%) and Southwest etc taking up the slack. The demand for new housing is very apparent as is the fact that DC is enjoying very robust population growth at the moment.

The NYT article mentions 7k new units under construction/being delivered soon, and that's just as the regional economy is revving up again. By the end of this decade I think we'll see most of Southwest resemble downtown DC with very significant infill in near-Southeast as well (besides Shaw etc). DC proper is thriving at the moment and is really unlike anything else in the US besides NYC right now in terms of growth.