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Does this change the fact that Chicago is losing while Houston is gaining?
This isn't really a "checkmate", in fact I would say its meaningless here.
Houston has never lost population in a census while Chicago has lost nearly a million just in the city.
I never said anything about it changing anything.
I never said "checkmate" or inferred anything.
I simply added context.
Houston would have lost population if it were restricted to its pre war boundaries... unless of course, you think that it somehow would avoid the fate of most every city with limited boundaries predating the war?
Houston is 599 sq miles of land.Water area doesn't count
Of course water "doesn't count" but I didn't look to break it out, because if your land area has grown and you're already hundreds of miles, what are disproving by saying it's about 30 less square miles..?
Aren't all of the towns around Chicago losing population as well? Even if it expanded to 600 square miles, Chicago would still likely be losing population unfortunately.
Aren't all of the towns around Chicago losing population as well? Even if it expanded to 600 square miles, Chicago would still likely be losing population unfortunately.
That’s likely true. Cook County lost about 45,000 people since 2010 (945 sq miles)
Houston would have lost population if it were restricted to its pre war boundaries... unless of course, you think that it somehow would avoid the fate of most every city with limited boundaries predating the war?
Would it have? Can you provide data that the center neighborhoods of Houston are losing population?
A lot of these large format, fast growing cities cannot keep growing at their recent rates unless they keep annexing a lot more land. At some point, developable land runs out and growth slows down. Also, you can't keep growing at high rates as the base population increases. This doesn't mean that these cities won't keep growing; it just won't be at crazy high rates. At some point, these cities find their sustainable populations.
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