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I think NJ will hit 9 million , Newark will rise to 290,000 ppl , I think Jersey City overtake Newark , with 300,000 ppl, NYC might lose a few thousand , PA will see a slightly grow. Basically the whole Megapolis BOS-Wash Corridor will grow by at least 5 million.
~Corey
Even 5 years from now I don't think JC will hit 300k. I think Newark will be the largest for quite a time.
1. New York City, NY 8,510,000
2. Los Angeles, CA 4,120,000
3. Chicago, IL 2,930,000
4. Houston, TX 2,340,000
5. Phoenix, AZ 1,630,000
6. Philadelphia, PA 1,570,000
7. San Antonio, TX 1,420,000
8. San Diego, CA 1,390,000
9. Dallas, TX 1,330,000
10. San Jose, TX 1,050,000
The South & Parts of the west will grow the most. (N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Utah)
I wouldn't bet on a few of those states. SC, FL, AZ, WA and OR all have above-average amounts of unemployment, and isn't SC one of the highest in the nation?
1. New York City, NY 8,510,000
2. Los Angeles, CA 4,120,000
3. Chicago, IL 2,930,000
4. Houston, TX 2,340,000
5. Phoenix, AZ 1,630,000
6. Philadelphia, PA 1,570,000
7. San Antonio, TX 1,420,000
8. San Diego, CA 1,390,000
9. Dallas, TX 1,330,000
10. San Jose, TX 1,050,000
CA 36 mill
TX 26 mill
NY 18 mill
FL 17.8 mill
IL 12.3
PA 11.4
OH 11.1
MI 9.9 (slight gain since 2000, but now declining and will lose at least one electoral vote)
GA 9.5
NC 9.5
NJ 8.2
VA 7.8
WA 6.9
AZ 6.6
IN 6.5
MA 6.5
TN 6.4
Missouri 6.2
Maryland 6
WI 6
MN 5.3
CO 4.8
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I'm not sure if anyone has corrected this yet, seeing as I just found this thread and this post was in February, but here in CO we're already over 5 million.
thursday and friday of this week is the second of three predictions for the impending fall of the foot. my belief, based on present conditions, is the mass exodus of families from ca, fla, nc, new york, mi, and the beginning downward fall of nevada. ohio, indiana, mass, and pa will all begin to lose population. mainly, because of singles, single parent families w/ one income, who are middle to low income, and have now lost homes and have no nest eggs on which to fall for a carry over. many have been holding on since the last part of bush, and now put their trust for over a year and a half on an idiot that is so out of touch w/ reality that he should be on hee haw or in bellvue. upstate new york is losing people by the thousands. they can't really afford to go into the large metro areas; therefore, they will leave the state. ca is the closest state in the union to bankruptcy, the rich keep getting richer, but the middle class and upper middle class have lived on savings and credit cards, endured taxes and all other weird things that could be thought up by their leadership, keeps giving out advice and dictates for every other state to follow, but can't care for itself. the middle class can't hold on and most won't continue to do w/out the frills. they will move on to start a new upotia in iowa, utah, or texas, when they tell them how everything should be and how wonderful everything was in their former life. the trouble; however, many of these states just don't have the jobs for the influx, which will be realized too late for the migrating. this is happening now in tn (middle and east), as people have come to the state to retire, but work a little side job and others have come believing their are unlimited jobs in the market, land is inexpensive, lost of living is virtually non-existent, and houses are practically given away. most of the state, w/ the exception of metro memphis (8.7 %), has an unemployment average of about 11.2 %. tn, however, is generally near the end in loss and growth economic cycles. consequently, it is only going to get worse in most of the area.
nc won't be as bad as some of the states; however, much of the charlotte area won't recover w/ the banking positions. their party may very well be over. nevada and reid will suffer for some time (hopefully reid much longer.) entertainment is the first to go, even w/ many of the rich---native or foreign. construction, goods and services, etc., are a mess in the state. ohio is a very sad story, especially in the rural areas and west ohio in particularly. ohio is lucky in one regard, nevertheless, due to the large number of huge metros. still, many are out of work. indiana, mass, and pa will have more and more trouble. the lower and middle class in all the states will continue in a downward spiral. most won't be able to understand franks and most of the pa and indiana folk have existed on promises of an administration that is concerned for nothing but re-election, immigrants, and covering for bo's incompetence. credit cards are full and moving may be their only option. i think many will try to seek employment in philly, but cost of living will be a real issue in their metro. two income families will try to hold on to the house by sending one to find work and the other remaining to care for the children, house, and the like.
i think texas will actually offer the best for work opportunities because of large economically healthy economies in large metros. it is a huge state, determined, diversified in economy, they have so much in so many areas.
fla will continue to draw the wealthy, the rich elderly jews from the northeast and the north. even though they have lost some growth momentum, and the cost of living is high, they will probably gain, but at a much slower pace. btw, from several reports i have seen, and the reports of two or three friends in atlanta, it seems that atlanta may have hit a peak in its growth, at this particular time. i don't know if this is just indicative of the economy in general or if this is a peter principle thing.
apparently, many opportunities in the area, but the market has to become saturated at some point. two states out of 50 can only do so much.
1. New York City 8.5m
2. Los Angeles 4.1m
3. Chicago 2.9m
4. Houston 2.3m
5. Phoenix 1.55m
6. Philadelphia 1.5m
7. San Antonio 1.4m
8. San Diego 1.4m
9. Dallas 1.3m
10. San Jose 1.0m
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and this post was in February, but here in CO we're already over 5 million. 
