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CLEVELAND has shed a sizable level of population in the last decade, something that is common amongst many midwestern cities that include Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis.
Now, the city and metro populations have shown signs of stabilization ... indeed, a large portion of CLEVELAND'S population exodus was dispersed in it's vast and far flung surrounding suburbs, something that many people tend to overlook.
This city isn't "running out of people", but certainly it is a city with a significantly smaller population ... not entirely a bad thing, depending on how one "chooses to look at it".
Correction: St Louis lost population from 1950 to 2000, after which it stabilized. During the last decade, the population actually increased.
It's been a very long time coming, but CLEVELAND has already begun a major shift / transition away from heavy manufacturing and is now
a WORLD WIDE DESTINATION for our advanced and RENOWNED healthcare ... offering both the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals of Cleveland / Case Medical Centre.
Now, the brand new Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Centre is breaking ground this month, further strengthening and advancing Cleveland's position as a burgeoning mecca for healthcare and related arts.
More tourism dollars are coming, too ... with a brand new CASINO that will be constructed downtown, in addition to a brand new AQUARIUM in the revered 'flats district' of downtown.
There are BILLIONS being spent that are all part of a much larger picture of Cleveland's BRIGHT future ...
People are 'rediscoveringCleveland'
John, you are absolutely correct. But does/will healthcare and tourism match the huge economic output that manufacturing was for Cleveland during its heyday?
Good question. I don't know how/why they missed it. Is it still shrinking?
If the latest 2010 census estimates I'm hearing are true, it would lose its stance as the 2nd largest midwest city to Indianapolis with a population drop to 700,000 - 750,000.
That said, the metro area is still beating Indianapolis 2 to 1, but statistically (and when it comes to federal dollars) it doesn't matter.
I don't know about the major cities but I have been to small towns that have lost at least 90% of their population like Brownsville, PA, Lynch, KY, Pocahontas, VA, and Welch, WV. People on CDF forget that their are places outside of the top 100 cities.
If the latest 2010 census estimates I'm hearing are true, it would lose its stance as the 2nd largest midwest city to Indianapolis with a population drop to 700,000 - 750,000.
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Correction: St Louis lost population from 1950 to 2000, after which it stabilized. During the last decade, the population actually increased.
What do you mean by saying "correction"? My statement concerning Cleveland is absolutely accurate ... and not having any relation to St. Louis, so what is this about a "correction"??
Cleveland has shed a sizable amount of it's city population, but it's vast suburban areas are still burgeoning and growing at a good rate.
Indeed, the population of metro Cleveland has shown signs of stabilization.
John, you are absolutely correct. But does/will healthcare and tourism match the huge economic output that manufacturing was for Cleveland during its heyday?
Well, it's certainly going to become a much more different city from the 'bottom on up', as Cleveland continues it's latest transformation and renaissance.
Heavy manufacturing, factories and the auto industry helped to create and shape Cleveland into an industrial 'GOLIATH" during it's early developmental and 'booming' years ... Now, healthcare, tourism and biosciences are beginning to fill in the massive cracks that were left in this important cities bedrock ... the very foundation on which Cleveland exists!
I see a much brighter future ahead in Cleveland ... there are not too many cities left out there with the vast amenities, infrastructure, cultural endowments and an enviable cost of living that are comparable to that of Cleveland.
Cleveland isn't going to 'turn the corner' ... IT ALREADY HAS!
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