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06-15-2012, 04:14 PM
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Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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I was looking over the Combined Statistical Area growth rates for these 3 cities and noticed that Louisville is growing at 1.2% per year while Cincinnati is only growing 0.6% per year and Pittsburgh's metro has lost 500,000 people since 1960.
IF these growth rate trends continue Louisville's greater Metro Area (or Combined Statistical Area) would overtake Cincinnati's by the year 2070. Of course that's a long ways off.
Do you think these trends will continue and Louisville will become the preeminent Ohio River city?
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06-15-2012, 04:19 PM
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We'll all be dead by 2070.
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06-15-2012, 04:34 PM
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Louisville would take decades to grow larger than cincinnati and even then it would not be nearly as important than cincinnati in influence, business, economics, demographics etc.
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06-15-2012, 05:11 PM
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In a word: No.
It's a long, long time til 2070 ... who knows what'll happen to shift things by then? Chances are most of us won't be around to find out.
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06-15-2012, 05:43 PM
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Location: Englewood, Near Eastside Indy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by censusdata
I was looking over the Combined Statistical Area growth rates for these 3 cities and noticed that Louisville is growing at 1.2% per year while Cincinnati is only growing 0.6% per year and Pittsburgh's metro has lost 500,000 people since 1960.
IF these growth rate trends continue Louisville's greater Metro Area (or Combined Statistical Area) would overtake Cincinnati's by the year 2070. Of course that's a long ways off.
Do you think these trends will continue and Louisville will become the preeminent Ohio River city?
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Cincinnati's metro will probably meld with Dayton's before 2070, and Louisville will have to wait another century to catch up. |
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06-15-2012, 05:47 PM
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Quote:
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We'll all be dead by 2070.
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Speak for yourself, LOL. I wouldn't mind living to see 90 if I'm in decent health.
To answer the question, it's not very likely. |
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06-15-2012, 06:41 PM
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Location: Cincinnati (Norwood)
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Absolutely not--the overwhelming reality of "Cin-Day" is very near, not in 2070. (Think 3.2 million MSA)
Last edited by motorman; 06-15-2012 at 06:52 PM..
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06-17-2012, 05:25 AM
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Location: Chicago(Northside)
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Sow hen are those people ever going to group cincinnati with dayton?
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06-17-2012, 04:49 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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No, the Pittsburgh MSA has stopped losing population and now does a good job at attracting migrants compared to other cities in the Northeast and the Cincinnati metro is gaining people too.
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06-17-2012, 06:24 PM
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No way. From what I have seen Pittsburgh is back on the upswing. Also, Cincinnati's metro never stopped gaining population and Cincinnati's economy has been doing very well lately(as has Ohio's: Ohio created more than a quarter of U.S. jobs in May | cleveland.com). I think the metro growth rate will increase and the city population will start posting increases again. Unless something major happens, I don't see Louisville catching up. |
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