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What is the Downtown population of Chicago and in how big of an area? If you don't know that's cool just throwing it out there lol..
According to the census bureau it's the area within a 2 mile radius of city hall. If you really wanted to know you could have done a simple search yourself. There are 181,000 living in that area.
Last edited by Chicago South Sider; 04-20-2015 at 06:54 PM..
According to the census bureau it's the area within a 2 miles radius of city hall. If you really wanted to know you could have done a simple search yourself. There are 181,000 living in that area.
Yeah Girard to Tasker is what they used in the report and it is exactly 2 miles north of City Hall and a little less than 2 Miles south, and the east/west borders bound by the two rivers.
According to the census bureau it's the area within a 2 mile radius of city hall. If you really wanted to know you could have done a simple search yourself. There are 181,000 living in that area.
sheesh - I thought i'd ask someone from Chicago that is all... Get an inside scoop because boundaries of a DT can be rather arbitrary and either too generous or not generous enough.. Was asking an honest question not asking for tude or a recommendation to just go find the answer myself. Friendly folks in Chicago for sure lol..
I love Philly, I really do. But calling Center City a "downtown" paints sort of a misleading picture. Virtually every other U.S. downtown was depopulated during the mid-20th century. Philadelphia not only escaped urban renewal relatively unscathed, but up until a few decades ago the suburbs were the preferred location for office jobs due to the rather hefty commuter tax. Neighborhoods like Old City, Society Hill, and Rittenhouse Square, and Fitler Square are predominantly rowhouse in nature, for example. As such, it had a huge head start on other cities when it came to boosting "downtown" population even higher.
I love Philly, I really do. But calling Center City a "downtown" paints sort of a misleading picture. Virtually every other U.S. downtown was depopulated during the mid-20th century. Philadelphia not only escaped urban renewal relatively unscathed, but up until a few decades ago the suburbs were the preferred location for office jobs due to the rather hefty commuter tax. Neighborhoods like Old City, Society Hill, and Rittenhouse Square, and Fitler Square are predominantly rowhouse in nature, for example. As such, it had a huge head start on other cities when it came to boosting "downtown" population even higher.
Okay, but it's still part of the downtown area. Can't really go off feelings.
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