survey shows Des Moines is losing people?

[Plains10]

Originally Posted by soothsayer1234

Maybe Hollywood can buy some of these ghost towns as movie sets. I say that only half in jest.

That is a big reason why property values are so low in many rural counties. A lot of the properties are abandoned and not being lived in. This leads to a general decrease in overall values along with the fact that very few new properties are ever built.

[Steve_W]

Originally Posted by mfrerkes

Des Moines...losing people? Impossible! It's all propaganda put forth by the pro-Omaha and pro-Cedar Rapids people on this forum. Des Moines is set to surpass Tokyo as the world's largest city by 2030. Why hasn't Des Moines hosted the Olympics, yet?

LOL, define sarcasm.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by soothsayer1234

And they were almost 100% hispanic. At the same time, they lost as many blacks and anglos. The hispanics are the ONLY reason Chicago did not lose people that decade

?? Aren't hispanics humans too though? Who cares who they are. First it was the Germans, then Irish, then Italians, then Blacks, now Hispanics.

[Chicago60614]

Also Des Moines grew by 11% from 2000 to 2006 (the metro).

At that rate it's looking for an 18-20% growth rate this decade. Or up to 90,000 people.

How is this "slow"?

[zz4guy]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Also Des Moines grew by 11% from 2000 to 2006 (the metro).

At that rate it's looking for an 18-20% growth rate this decade. Or up to 90,000 people.

How is this "slow"?

Meaning Des Moines will be a city of 300,000 people in 2 years?

Yeah right.

And who said growing this fast was a good thing? I would hate to live in cities like Dallas, Atlanta, or LA that have the population density of some North East cities but no way to get people to work besides clogged freeways. Uuuugh!

[zz4guy]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

?? Aren't hispanics humans too though? Who cares who they are. First it was the Germans, then Irish, then Italians, then Blacks, now Hispanics.

You got that wrong... First it was the Germans, then Irish, then Italians, then Blacks, now the Illegals.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by zz4guy

Meaning Des Moines will be a city of 300,000 people in 2 years?

Yeah right.

And who said growing this fast was a good thing? I would hate to live in cities like Dallas, Atlanta, or LA that have the population density of some North East cities but no way to get people to work besides clogged freeways. Uuuugh!

No, the metro. Going from 481,000 to 535,000 (2000-2006), and expected to be around 570,000 in 2010.