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- Toronto's Golden Horseshoe is projected to reach 12 million by 2035.
- Chicagoland's current state lends it a population of 11 million by 2035.
- DMV's current state lends it a population of 12 million by 2035.
- Bay Area's current state lends it a population of 10.5 million by 2035.
Honestly though, projecting beyond 10 years span is erroneous. Too many things can and will change in a long term scenario. We don't even know the current state of Chicagoland and DMV in 2013, Chicagoland's posted improvement in it's economy while the DMV's seen a cool off. Don't know yet on how that will affect their annual growth and by how much exactly. Also don't know what state Toronto's housing market is going in right now, there's a lot of confusion regarding the demand market presently and we wont know for up to another year. As well as the fact that the Bay Area rides the highs and lows of the technology boom, we don't even know how long that will go on yet.
It's year to year basis for progress for all four of these cities honestly.
Wont know until 2014 either way. However, the four places with these current boundaries and definitions, I agree with one of the above posters, under these definitions it will be far too easy becoming a megacity (10 million - 19,999,999). Which will give North America four megacities and three hypercities, total of seven above 10 million. Again with this current definition, I suppose.
My guess is that by no later than 2020, the massive federal bureaucracy will be forced into shrinking and DC will see a much-deserved recession.
Toronto, not sure. Most of the growth there has been international migration, too hard to predict if that will continue.
Anti-growth initiatives in the Bay Area will increase the already astronomical cost of living and really don't see it growing.
By 2030, Chicago and Milwaukee will merge and be considered a mega-region of 13 million plus.
Seriously?
What kind of person wishes a recession? On anybody?
I understand it has become a conservative mantra to villify DC as a leach on the rest of the country. But its a uniquely American thought process. I don't think another culture views its capital the way we do. I know some think we are more enlightened, but truthfully, we need to realize that we are the ones backwards in our thinking.
What kind of person wishes a recession? On anybody?
I understand it has become a conservative mantra to villify DC as a leach on the rest of the country. But its a uniquely American thought process. I don't think another culture views its capital the way we do. I know some think we are more enlightened, but truthfully, we need to realize that we are the ones backwards in our thinking.
Agree totally, I by no means wish a recession on anyplace. Can the stimulas to the area maintian, a fair question but to wish a recession, well that is silly. Personally I hope for a right sizing in Gov't size but also hope there is no impact to a place or it's people.
Now the flip side on the growth in DC is to personalize the positives when the growth is subsidized but even said I wish no personal harm on anyone there nor the future of the DC economy
On this topic I would probably say Chicago or Toronto as they are more purely single entities. DC with Baltimore or extending out of the inner Bay to me are less cohesive as a single entity
What kind of person wishes a recession? On anybody?
I understand it has become a conservative mantra to villify DC as a leach on the rest of the country. But its a uniquely American thought process. I don't think another culture views its capital the way we do. I know some think we are more enlightened, but truthfully, we need to realize that we are the ones backwards in our thinking.
Very much agreed on your recession point. I'm afraid you need to get out more regarding the rest of your post, though. People in nearly every country hate their capital city to varying degrees, many of which are much more extreme than ours.
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