Hamtramck (Detroit, Wayne: homes, neighborhoods, university)

[Apparel]

Why does Hamtramck remain mostly intact within the city limits of Detroit. It's clearly structurally is mostly all there as it always was. Hamtramck in it's heyday exceeded 25,000 people square mile. Detroit doesn't have neighborhoods that structurally dense anymore. How has Hamtramck been able to hold it together and not be filed with open lots? Has Detroit ever had areas that had density that exceeded 25,000 per square mile??

[Coldjensens]

Hamtramck has certainly changes a great deal. When they built the GM plant that never opened, it emptied out a lot and then it became the punk rock place for Detroit Metro. Later it became morediverse in its offerings, but it has always been a cool place to go. I think more people moved back in over time, but half the city was torn down to build that plant.

[Retroit]

I'm not saying this is the reason, but I will simply point out that Hamtramck never had a large black population.

[Nattering Heights]

It survived by being dense, a place where people could live frugally without cars.

[djmilf]

Interesting...

A Wayne State University study of Detroit's population, from August 2001.

http://www.cus.wayne.edu/media/1385/popbriefno3.pdf

The fifth page has a breakdown of Metro Detroit city population densities. Hamtramck tops the list, having had nearly 11,000 people per square mile. The other communities are in the 5,000 to 6,000 people per square mile range. What the top 200 cities have in common is that they're mostly inner ring lower middle class suburbs. That means small homes on small lots.

The study notes that the reason for Hamtramck being nearly double the others in population density is due to the preponderance of duplexes (40% of total housing stock) and a long history of being an immigrant community, starting with the Irish, continuing on through Polish, and now comprised of people from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bosnia, Yemen, etc. Immigrant families tend to be larger families.

[Northeasterner1970]

Today, the new census results show that Hamtramck saw its best growth since the 1930s with the population going from 22,400 to 28,400, a growth rate of 26% which is surprising given the census estimated that Hamtramck had lost about 1,000 residents before the official results were released.

[Arthur Digby Sellers]

Originally Posted by djmilf

Interesting...

A Wayne State University study of Detroit's population, from August 2001.

http://www.cus.wayne.edu/media/1385/popbriefno3.pdf

The fifth page has a breakdown of Metro Detroit city population densities. Hamtramck tops the list, having had nearly 11,000 people per square mile. The other communities are in the 5,000 to 6,000 people per square mile range. What the top 200 cities have in common is that they're mostly inner ring lower middle class suburbs. That means small homes on small lots.

The study notes that the reason for Hamtramck being nearly double the others in population density is due to the preponderance of duplexes (40% of total housing stock) and a long history of being an immigrant community, starting with the Irish, continuing on through Polish, and now comprised of people from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bosnia, Yemen, etc. Immigrant families tend to be larger families.

Immigrant communities tend to be tight-knit and clustered together. It's remarkable the variety of immigrants Hamtramck has attracted over the past century. They move up, move out and then the next group moves in.

[Suesbal]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Hamtramck has certainly changes a great deal. When they built the GM plant that never opened, it emptied out a lot and then it became the punk rock place for Detroit Metro. Later it became morediverse in its offerings, but it has always been a cool place to go. I think more people moved back in over time, but half the city was torn down to build that plant.

Actually, the factory was in operation at least 30 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroi...ramck_Assembly