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Baltimore and Detroit, which It's populations as they currently are, imagine when they see a building boom, with no height limits, and plenty of room to work with.
IF Detroit significantly rebounds, I would assume they would fill out the swaths of completely abandoned areas before building tons of Highrises
When the Census estimates come out on December 1st?, I would think Detroit is close to 70% depopulated, around 690-695K, because between 2010-2011 they lost ~7,500 people.
I would think Baltimore is 618-619K because they are bottoming out right around now.
When the Census estimates come out on December 1st?, I would think Detroit is close to 70% depopulated, around 690-695K, because between 2010-2011 they lost ~7,500 people.
I would think Baltimore is 618-619K because they are bottoming out right around now.
Baltimore should be turning that corner any time now. I would love for the city to be a overnight success, but I can live with slow and steady with a few bumps along the way.
IF Detroit significantly rebounds, I would assume they would fill out the swaths of completely abandoned areas before building tons of Highrises
Maybe not high rises, but my guess is rebuilding would be uneven, some areas would get lots of redevelopment maybe some rather big buildings while others sit vacant. I think the area right by downtown/midtown in Detroit has seen some recent growth.
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Baltimore should be turning that corner any time now. I would love for the city to be a overnight success, but I can live with slow and steady with a few bumps along the way.
It will likely turn the corner somewhere between 2010 and 2010, by the 2020 census I would exect a + -.5% or in that ball park
However I don't Boston would need to expand highways if the city were to hit in the 1 mil range. Since much of the growth would have to come in the Innovation District (aka South Boston Waterfront), Dorchester, JP, and Roxbury, I think Boston could get away with improving existing main roads instead of highways. The ID already has the motor infrastructure to support a major growth in population, so the city could focus on the Jamaicaway, Blue Hill Ave, Dot Ave, Tremont & Columbus, and Hyde Park Ave. Then all we would have to do is expand the T a bit. I think the map created by ArchBoston.com's Vanshnookenraggen would do just fine:
With that map, Boston would easily be able to handle 1 mil, Cambridge could have 225k, another 150k in Somerville, and then another 500k in the combo of Watertown, Malden, Everett, Chelsea, Revere, Medford, and Melrose. I think this is a very realistic target for the 2020 census. Yes we can!
Oh, great, more nightmare construction. At least they're not trying to do the green line to Forest Hills again However, I am glad to see a couple of these changes, people have been clamoring for blue line to Lynn and green line to Union Square forever now.
What a lot of people may not realize is that DC really is going through a serious construction boom right now (wouldn't be surprised if its the largest in the US right now) but with that said Baltimore is on the verge of having thousands upon thousands of new units begin construction next year as well. The population will not sink in Baltimore in the 2020 Census and I even project that it will actually have grown in a 2014 estimation. The problem with Baltimore is that its most likely shrinking at extreme rates in some areas , while the inner-city regions (Harbor/Downtown/South Baltimore) are growing extremely fast but those shrinking regions are outpacing the areas that are growing.
I've never visited Detroit before but I love the music that came out of it, hopefully it turns around as well although it would be cool to see Baltimore/DC/Boston to have a higher population than Detroit for a little while.
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However, I am glad to see a couple of these changes, people have been clamoring for blue line to Lynn and green line to Union Square forever now.
