Moving to Duluth - questions

[Beenaroundabit]

SO why dont they do something to sustain a population? Or do something to increase the population by bringing in families and making it a desirable place to live? People dont want to live here. Why do you think Hermantown, Proctor, and Cloquet have had increasing populations? People want clean streets, nice new buildings, and new roads. It's the same cry baby arguments as Detroit "WE LOST JOBS, AND EVERYBODY IS LEAVING"

You can't just "increase jobs." You need an industry with empty jobs that need to be filled. That industry doesn't exist right now.

Things work in cycles, IMO, and right now, it seems to me that Duluth is still cycling down from the iron/lumber town it once was and trying to find a new niche. I think they'll find that, eventually - if nothing else, simply by their location, proximity to the lake, and attraction as a tourist destinatio. Iit's happened to other places with a lot less going on for them than Duluth.

I looked heavily at the towns outlying Duluth while looking for a house - especially Hermantown. All I saw was a minor population boom in close proximity to a mall. I'll take an historic city - even if it's presently a bit run down - over suburban sprawl any day.

[HometownMND]

What problems that is going on in Duluth is just like any other city cuts in government aid and the economy. True, right now local government sucks and we have to fix it and get better people to run the city. Ness is trying I do give him credit. IMO maybe we should have elected Charlie Bell being a business leader and getting jobs in the city. We have to boot out some of the city councilors and schoolboard members. The answer is not to run away from Duluth but to help improve it and take back out city so people don't move to say Proctor! I think that is happening look at the red plan/let Duluth vote. The group raised a lot of money to sue the city which is great so we have to wait and see what happens. It is a shame we couldn't vote on the schoolboard plan boo.

[Beenaroundabit]

The answer is not to run away from Duluth but to help improve it and take back out city so people don't move to say Proctor!

Excellent point. It's easier to take off and go somewhere else than it is to stay and fix a problem.

[fromupthere]

Not everyone that leaves goes because of the problems with how the city is run. Some people leave for better job opportunities elsewhere. It's not a choice to run away instead of sticking around to fix the problems of the city - it's about making a better life for your family.

[HometownMND]

Originally Posted by fromupthere

Not everyone that leaves goes because of the problems with how the city is run. Some people leave for better job opportunities elsewhere. It's not a choice to run away instead of sticking around to fix the problems of the city - it's about making a better life for your family.

So true. We can only hope economically for the best for our city.

[demtion35]

Originally Posted by knke0204

So you're comparing crime from a city of 500,000 people to a town of 80,000? Even if it is relative stats, they still dont speak much. Nobody wants to commit crimes when its too cold to be outside from October to May.

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