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What major area, 500,000+, is losing population fast, has a bad economy, and is doing nothing to recover? Will any metro become a ghostown, a city that starts losing recognition andstarts falling off the map. Any you can think of?
A few years ago I thought St. Louis was going to be that city, but when I went back I saw several strenghts and "comebacks" in it, so it's off my list.
What about Cleveland, Cincinnati, or some of the cities in Pennsylvania and New York?
I don't think any major MSA will become a "ghost town," but one place that seems to be losing its profile is Memphis. It has the crime and poverty that St. Louis and New Orleans have, but it lacks the gravity and economic importance of St. Louis, and the ambiance and unique culture of New Orleans. Basically, it has the same problems as those two cities, but without the assets.
Culturally, Memphis seems to fit in more with Mississippi than it does with the rest of Tennessee, and Nashville and Knoxville seem to define "Tennessee culture" more than Memphis does. It doesn't help that the lower Mississippi River Valley is arguably the poorest region of the country, and is considered by many to be one of the most socially backward areas of the country as well.
When I visited Memphis, it struck me as pretty sleepy for a city its size, and didn't have much tourist appeal outside of Graceland and Beale Street. (Tunica doesn't count either; it's actually quite depressing.) Overall, I can think of more compelling reasons to visit St. Louis, New Orleans and Nashville instead. St. Louis is larger; New Orleans is more interesting, and Nashville is newer and trendier.
Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA CSA seems to be the metro that's losing population the quickest. It lost 6.2% of its population in the 2000s, ending the decade at ~670,000 (down from ~715,000). I am not sure if it's doing anything to stop/slow the outflow of people. I suppose time will tell?
New Orleans lost more than 9% of its population but that's a Katrina anomaly metric.
What major area, 500,000+, is losing population fast, has a bad economy, and is doing nothing to recover? Will any metro become a ghostown, a city that starts losing recognition andstarts falling off the map. Any you can think of?
A few years ago I thought St. Louis was going to be that city, but when I went back I saw several strenghts and "comebacks" in it, so it's off my list.
What about Cleveland, Cincinnati, or some of the cities in Pennsylvania and New York?
Can you explain who the current "Ghostowns" are now before I state who I think will be the "next?"
Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA CSA seems to be the metro that's losing population the quickest. It lost 6.2% of its population in the 2000s, ending the decade at ~670,000 (down from ~715,000). I am not sure if it's doing anything to stop/slow the outflow of people. I suppose time will tell?
New Orleans lost more than 9% of its population but that's a Katrina anomaly metric.
Even still, 670,000 is not a ghost town by any stretch of the imagination. Good example with using data though.
Youngtown, like many rust belt cities are going through painstaking transformations to reinvent itself, especially reallocating strengths in regard to its "skrinking city" status for the future.
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