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01-08-2011, 03:17 PM
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However the metro is better than national average. The thread is about metro in-migration. At least JaxCo is growing. I believe STL county is slightly shrinking still.
It does suck that JaxCo is losing jobs to JoCo, but that's not what the thread is about.
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01-08-2011, 03:25 PM
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01-08-2011, 06:53 PM
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I think one of the major reasons Jackson County is growing is because of Lee's Summit.
Even if you combine the employment trends (2000-2007) for both Jackson County and Johnson County, KS, you only have a net 1.5% employment gain. This was before the big recession hit.
By contrast, the other Plains metros, in general, fared much better. The Great Lakes metros, in general, fared worse.
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01-10-2011, 08:29 AM
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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Look at the quickfacts census numbers for Jackson County (KCMO). -9.0% loss of all employment since 2000. That figure is pretty bad.
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Plus, business vacancy rates across the metro are in the toilet (which is particularly acute downtown). While this is a trend across the nation, I think playing everything off like its honky dory is a bit silly. Not trying to be debbie downers but us realists recognize there is a lot that can and needs to be improved in a city we care about. Migration stats don't mean much if we don't effectively use the new tax revenue that brings. |
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01-10-2011, 09:30 AM
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Location: Volker, Kansas City, MO
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Xeno, my only question is this: What difference does it make if people are moving to the area, if there are fewer jobs for them to take? That doesn't really show economic health, does it?
You would have found fewer nay sayers about your topic had you not made it a KC vs. STL thread. We've been through dozens of them, and they rarely turn out well.
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01-12-2011, 09:17 AM
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It's information, worth sharing I thought. Didn't specifically mean to get into KC vs STL but was discussing both stats.
The curious thing is that KC is growing even though the unemployment, while not great, is still below national average.
I'm surprised to see that sharing information that KC has more in-migration than other most other Midwest cities is being chastised. There sure are a lot of debbie downers on this site, looking for ways to spin information to diss KC. This site has mostly bad KC apples compared to skyscraperpage and kcrag forum, who view KC more positively.
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01-12-2011, 06:34 PM
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It's information, worth sharing I thought. Didn't specifically mean to get into KC vs STL but was discussing both stats.
The curious thing is that KC is growing even though the unemployment, while not great, is still below national average.
I'm surprised to see that sharing information that KC has more in-migration than other most other Midwest cities is being chastised. There sure are a lot of debbie downers on this site, looking for ways to spin information to diss KC. This site has mostly bad KC apples compared to skyscraperpage and kcrag forum, who view KC more positively.
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Look at the statistical data regarding employment for KC vs STL on the Census Bureau page. The numbers don't lie. |
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