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I also don't know what you mean here. Has DC been left in the dust somewhere? The metro area had the 5th highest numerical population growth the last 10 years after Dallas, Houston, NYC, and ATL. The city proper has had a faster rate of growth by percentage than those four, and region added the second most housing units per sq mile after metropolitan New York. And locally in the DC region there's a feel/need to ramp UP the pace, not down. It's already more dense, by city and metro than DAL, HOU, ATL, and becoming more so on paper.
Atlanta's city proper went from 420,000 in 2010 to 500,000 in 2020 (growth of ~17%). Atlanta's city proper is growing fast as more people in the tech industry are moving in for jobs.
Atlanta's city proper went from 420,000 in 2010 to 500,000 in 2020 (growth of ~17%). Atlanta's city proper is growing fast as more people in the tech industry are moving in for jobs.
How impressive.
Atlanta is double the land area yet added less people than DC.
DC added nearly 88,000 people between 2010 to 2020.
Atlanta has 136 sq. Miles of land vs. 61 sq. Miles for DC.
And for people claiming DC gets a lot of federal dollars. Let me know how your state faired vs. DC for those federal Covid dollars. And feel free to reject those FEMA dollars from hurricane Ida or any infrastructure money once those bills get passed (if they do.) I didn’t realize the rest of the cities in the US doesn’t have federal dollars flowing into them.
That's not true. Are you talking about city proper or metro area? By city proper percentage DC has the fastest growth rate of those cities. Fort Worth had a faster growth rate than Dallas proper, and all of these cities.
Atlanta is double the land area yet added less people than DC.
DC added nearly 88,000 people between 2010 to 2020.
Atlanta has 136 sq. Miles of land vs. 61 sq. Miles for DC.
And for people claiming DC gets a lot of federal dollars. Let me know how your state faired vs. DC for those federal Covid dollars. And feel free to reject those FEMA dollars from hurricane Ida or any infrastructure money once those bills get passed (if they do.) I didn’t realize the rest of the cities in the US doesn’t have federal dollars flowing into them.
You're the only poster that I've ever seen base population growth on land area.
You're the only poster that I've ever seen base population growth on land area.
Population growth using an apples to apples approach has to focus on the same land area. How many people did DC add in 136 sq. miles? I think the point was DC added more people in half the land area. Expanding to 136 sq. miles adding Arlington VA, Alexandria VA, Bethesda MD, and Silver Spring MD, would put the raw population growth way over 100,000 people.
Taking this further for relevance to this thread, DC added more population density than Atlanta over the last decade. DC also added more multifamily units than the city of Atlanta’s 136 sq. miles in only 61 sq. miles.
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How impressive.
Atlanta is double the land area yet added less people than DC.
DC added nearly 88,000 people between 2010 to 2020.
Atlanta has 136 sq. Miles of land vs. 61 sq. Miles for DC.
And for people claiming DC gets a lot of federal dollars. Let me know how your state faired vs. DC for those federal Covid dollars. And feel free to reject those FEMA dollars from hurricane Ida or any infrastructure money once those bills get passed (if they do.) I didn’t realize the rest of the cities in the US doesn’t have federal dollars flowing into them.
The same applies to metro area growth to be honest. I'm not saying they all don't have impressive growth. Dallas and Houston have been complete beasts. Atlanta's still growing strong, but only had about 68k difference from DC in metro growth the last 10 years with almost 3,000 sq miles more land area. I don't know why some are acting like DC is some anomaly, when the growth there is limited to thousands of less square mileage, and equally if not more impressive than the Sunbelt trio.
Top 5 Numerical Gains in population from 2010 to 2020:
DAL: +1,270,845 in (9,286 sq mi)
NYC: +1,243,361 in (4,669.0 sq mi)
HOU: +1,201,824 in (10,062 sq mi)
ATL: +803,087 in (8,376 sq mi)
DC: +735,622 in (5,564.6 sq mi)
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The same applies to metro area growth to be honest. I'm not saying they all don't have impressive growth. Dallas and Houston have been complete beasts. Atlanta's still growing strong, but only had about 68k difference from DC in metro growth the last 10 years with almost 3,000 sq miles more land area. I don't know why some are acting like DC is some anomaly, when the growth there is limited to thousands of less square mileage, and equally if not more impressive than the Sunbelt trio.
Top 5 Numerical Gains in population from 2010 to 2020:
DAL: +1,270,845 in (9,286 sq mi)
NYC: +1,243,361 in (4,669.0 sq mi)
HOU: +1,201,824 in (10,062 sq mi)
ATL: +803,087 in (8,376 sq mi)
DC: +735,622 in (5,564.6 sq mi)
If we're using this criteria NYC growth was far more impressive than the DC growth.
If we're using this criteria NYC growth was far more impressive than the DC growth.
Yes. It was.
And it’s not even a “criteria”. It’s just interpreting data correctly. If you’re going to claim DC is being left in the dust, doesn’t one just automatically think when they see the numbers that Atlanta the city and the metro area is 50% & 33% larger respectively than DC and the DC metropolitan area and adjust their thoughts accordingly??
If Atlanta is 2x the land size of DC and is adding LESS people, that is leaving DC in the dust?
If Metro Atlanta is 33% larger in land size but only added 8% more people, that is leaving DC in the dust?
I know there is no way you would claim Charlotte, NC is leaving Atlanta in the dust and would be quick to point out charlottes city limit size is yuge at 307 sq. Miles. Same concept here.
You're the only poster that I've ever seen base population growth on land area.
Really? I'm on his side
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