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One city that stands out as odd is Anchorage. I thought that Alaska was a mecca for gun lovers looking to escape the lower 48 and their oh so tough stances on firearms. Guess they couldn't hang with the big dogs up there :P
And Fayetteville too is weird. Isn't NC supposed to be booming? And all those GA cities... Thought GA was a typical sunbelt state.
I don't know why those Indiana towns are on there, but Illinois is not in good shape overall and if you don't think that has anything to do with some the reason people are leaving then you are being a fool.
I think you missed the point.
And as an Illinois resident, I'm hyper aware of the current political and fiscal issues.
Well, if you are going to willingly & repeatedly cast stones at one particular state, then in fairness I'd suggest digging & finding out why those Indiana cities are on the list too.
Seeing as I live in Chicago, I am more informed on the things happening here, so being that's the case I can see why Illinois and its cities are losing population. I am not casting stones at any state, I saying exactly what is happening. My mother for one is at the brink of losing her job due to the state crisis. When I move to Florida she might move with me if she loses her job.
The Indiana cities aren't surprising, mostly Rust Belt type places. Same with the cities in MI and OH. I don't think anyone is surprised that Gary and Hammond are continuing to lose people. What's interesting about Illinois is that you have quite a few fairly nice Chicago suburbs losing population like Palatine, Skokie, Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Tinley Park. Then again there are some very nice California cities on that list too.
Exactly & very much in line with what I wrote here in a couple of posts yesterday.
I think that a key to better understanding what's going on in various cities & suburbs would be to crunch the available data further & see how the number of residents per housing unit is changing.
As for example, the "empty nest" syndrome can eventually catch up to and play havoc with suburban populations once a suburb has matured & it's housing stock aged on beyond the era of being brand new & full of families with children.
And as an Illinois resident, I'm hyper aware of the current political and fiscal issues.
Then you should know that Illinois at the moment is not the most attractive place to live. Outside of Chicago, and it's metro the state doesn't offer much, add on top of that the political and financial situation and we got a big problem here.
Then you should know that Illinois at the moment is not the most attractive place to live. Outside of Chicago, and it's metro the state doesn't offer much, add on top of that the political and financial situation and we got a big problem here.
Oh, now that you put it that way! I hadn't ever thought of that!!
Again, you are missing the point of the reply (and the history associated with this particular Indy booster, which goes very far back and under several other usernames, where the particular person virtually salivates of the idea of Chicago going bankrupt, Detroit becoming a complete wasteland, and even California being devastated by earthquakes).
I think with Illinois it is also inner city suburbs, same with all the California cities. Although Illinois as a whole is in a bad shape when talking about growth. The Reason Houston or Dallas area don't have many cities is because most of the declining suburban areas that would be on the list are inside the city limits of both of these cities.
One city that stands out as odd is Anchorage. I thought that Alaska was a mecca for gun lovers looking to escape the lower 48 and their oh so tough stances on firearms. Guess they couldn't hang with the big dogs up there :P
And Fayetteville too is weird. Isn't NC supposed to be booming? And all those GA cities... Thought GA was a typical sunbelt state.
Both Fayetteville and Jacksonville are military towns that are heavily transient and ebb and flow based on military activity. Additionally, NC's growth is primarily fueled by Charlotte and Raleigh where in-state migration to them tells a story of imbalanced growth than just looking at the state metrics alone.
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