PA growing? (Philadelphia, Penn, Mexico: sales, transportation, business)

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Originally Posted by PacoMartin

My mother grew up in poverty in Appalachia. My uncle died partly because of the lack of medical treatment. But homeless shelters in the city are dangerous places to live. Plus they only keep you overnight, then you must fend for yourself during the day.

Sorry to hear about your uncle and I agree about the dangers/limitations of homeless shelters. Some of the issues related to rural poverty and specifically Appalachian poverty seem rather unique. One that you mentioned was the lack of available medical treatment. Another is access to clean drinking water. Many wells in Appalachia are not drilled far enough and some of the water gets contaminated leading to further health issues.

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Originally Posted by track2514

Sorry to hear about your uncle and I agree about the dangers/limitations of homeless shelters. Some of the issues related to rural poverty and specifically Appalachian poverty seem rather unique. One that you mentioned was the lack of available medical treatment.

My uncle had been out of poverty for about 7 years before he died, but he got sick very young. I don't know exactly how much of the issue was poverty, or simply the state of medical care just before and during the US involvement in WWII.

With the population of Appalachia stagnant and the population of urban America zooming, I don't know how much will change. The Appalachian Regional Commission was formed 50 years ago.

Like the third world, tourism is a big driver. In addition to better known places like Dollywood there are also some spectacular resorts developing like Nemacolin.

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i dont get the third world reference. unless you consider europe third world its normal for mountain and rural locations in general to rely on tourism in the age of importation.

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, families moving to Houston took the No. 1 spot again, for the fourth year in a row. For the third year in a row, Orlando, Fla. took the No. 2 spot; and Chicago and Las Vegas ranked No. 3 and 4 respectively, while San Antonio came in at No. 5, for the second year in a row. Austin, Texas; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Philadephia, Pa.; Kansas City, Mo. and Sacramento, Calif. rounded out the top 10... The U-Haul 2012 Top U.S. Growth Cities Report indicates that for cities with more than 5,000 families moving, Pittsburgh takes the No. 1 spot with the highest percentage of growth, at 9.04 percent.

U-Haul: About: U-Haul Ranks Pittsburgh as 2012 Top U.S. Growth City
U-Haul: About: U-Haul Names Houston as Top 2012 U.S. Destination City

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Cumberland, Lebanon and Lancaster among fastest-growing counties in state | PennLive.com

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Chester County growth among best in Pa. Census data show townships outpacing boroughs - The Phoenix

some interesting facts in there. state population increased verly slowly

Pennsylvania now has more than 12,763,000 residents, adding 61,157 over the period.

of that, the state's makeup continued to change

the county’s population rose by 7,697 over the two-year span from 2010 to 2012, from 498,886 to 506,575, an increase of 1.5 percent. (The county’s population topped the 500,000 mark in July 2011, with an estimated 503,662 residents.)Only Montgomery County, with an increase of 8,579 residents, had a larger growth than Chester County, although its rate of 1.1 percent was behind Chester’s. Philadelphia gained the largest number of new residents in the time period of any municipality, with 21,601.

Philadelphia, chester, and montco accounted for nearly 62% of the state's population growth...with delco and bucks thrown in, the philadelphia region accounted for 68% of growth. Lancaster, adjacent to chester, accounted for 12% of that growth, and lehigh accounted for 9% of the growth. Philadelphia,chester, montco, bucks, delco, lancaster, and lehigh accounted for nearly 80% of the state's growth. Allegheny accounted for just under 10% of the state's growth. of course, not all places grew, erie and scranton both lost. also interestingly,

ccording to the data, nearly three quarters (74.0 percent) of the growth in the state’s population since 2010 can be attributed to townships. From 2010 to 2012, the population of its 1,547 townships grew from 7,098,888 to 7,143,594.
Cities also experienced growth over the time period, gaining 17,313 people, or 28.3 percent.
Meanwhile, the state’s boroughs showed a decline of 2.3 percent.

In Chester County, however, boroughs increased in population overall, rising by 970 residents, or an increase of 12.6 percent.
Leading the way was West Chester, the county seat, which added 396 residents, making it the third-fastest growing borough in the state, behind Mount Joy in Lancaster.
Avondale added 125 residents, followed by Phoenixville with 78, Elverson with 54, and Kennett Square with 41.

in my mind, the one thing that sets chester county boroughs apart is they have pretty decent schools

Four of the top 10 cities in the state by population saw their numbers of people decline in the period, the release stated. Harrisburg was among them and lost 249 people in its population count.

Lancaster also is in the top 10 and went up by 38 people.

http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/a...;s-top-growers-

Erie's population on July 1, 2012, was 101,047, according to new data released Thursday by the bureau.


When the 2010 census was counted, the city's population stood at 101,786. The new mark is a drop of 739 people in a two-year span.


If Erie's population continues to fall at that pace for the rest of this decade, it would be a decrease of nearly 3,700 by 2020 -- almost doubling the decrease of 1,931 people that was recorded between 2000 and 2010.

http://www.goerie.com/article/201305...ues-to-decline

Erie showed the largest decline of any city, with a loss of 739, and Scranton declined by 280.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...ulation-Growth
the only cities to lose were erie, scranton, altoona, and harrisburg

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btw, does that mean johnstown grew?

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Is it time to annex the tax evaders?

The bureau did release new population estimates for Erie County, with a mark of 280,646 recorded on July 1, 2012. In 2010, the county's population was 280,566. Erie County's population in 2000 was 280,843, and 275,572 in 1990.
http://www.goerie.com/article/201305...ues-to-decline

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This prediction is interesting and three years in appears to be right:

Overall, the total population of Erie is expected to decline by (1.12%) between 2010-2015. The Hispanic population will experience the largest growth, growing by 11.75%. From 2000 to 2010 Erie saw the Hispanic and Asian population increase by 32.93% and 9.90%, respectively, while the African-American population increased by 6.48%. The traditional White non-Hispanic population decreased by (2.19%).

A Case Study of the Erie, PA Multicultural Market

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Pennsylvania’s rate is now below the U.S. rate, which increased one-tenth of a percentage point in May to 7.6 percent.”..
Over the year, the unemployment rate was down four-tenths of a percentage point and the labor force was up 45,000, the department said.
The number of people unemployed decreased to 488,000. This was the fourth consecutive month that the unemployment count has decreased.
However, private sector jobs were down 6,200 in May compared to April. But the number of jobs was up 20,600 over May 2012. The number of private sector jobs added since January 2011 was 116,400.

A new, multi-year low for PA's unemployment rate | PennLive.com