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well this implies the Northeast has lost population.
Which it hasn't, at least not all the states. I know Massachusetts has grown by about 300,000 people since 2000, and Boston metro by about 400,000 in the same time. The state's largest cities have each seen large population increases.
Growth isn't like that of the south and west. but even that isn't sustainable. they will experience the same phenomenoms we did over the past 20 years. It's only a matter of time.
The northeast will continue natural growth and immigration.
I'm wondering if people will start to move back to the midwest/northeast in this decade. People are seeing how booms in housing/etc create awful crashes like in florida, arizona, nevada, california. I think the more established industrial & coastal cities will start to flourish more in this coming decade when people start to realize that they are the ones with better public transit, better schools, more robust economies, and frankly, more character. What do you guys think?
No I doubt many people will move back, I'm sure after the economy gets back on it's feet the south and the west will continue to boom in population and there economies will get much better as time goes on.
No I doubt many people will move back, I'm sure after the economy gets back on it's feet the south and the west will continue to boom in population and there economies will get much better as time goes on.
Even they will have to slow down eventually and really they have, to some degree.
Personally, I want the Northeast to take a break on any type of major growth. (I don't ever want to see NJ exceed 9.25 million in pop)
The NE/MidW already had it's time of growth during WWI and II, it's the sunbelts turn now.
I don't know about the South, but I think the West will have to start slowing down soon. Well, the Southwest anyway. Cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix and their states just might not have enough water to support all the people going there, or so I'm told anyway. I don't know where the growth would move, I think the East/Northeast might be a bit crowded to keep taking more and more people. The Midwest seems like the ideal spot, and the Northwest too, it's not filled out yet. But anyway, long answer short, at some point yeah I think the growth in East/North will pick up alotta steam.
I don't know about the South, but I think the West will have to start slowing down soon. Well, the Southwest anyway. Cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix and their states just might not have enough water to support all the people going there, or so I'm told anyway. I don't know where the growth would move, I think the East/Northeast might be a bit crowded to keep taking more and more people. The Midwest seems like the ideal spot, and the Northwest too, it's not filled out yet. But anyway, long answer short, at some point yeah I think the growth in East/North will pick up alotta steam.
I think the parts of the NE like Upstate NY and PA can hold more people, as they have the infrastructure to hold more than what they have right now.
I think the parts of the NE like Upstate NY and PA can hold more people, as they have the infrastructure to hold more than what they have right now.
I would like to see more people Upstate and in Pennsylvania also Ckh. More people living in selected small towns and rural areas might improve the quality of life in those areas. Also too many people downstate --- major population inbalance.
On the other hand, if more people move Upstate or PA, are they moving to already established cities and villages, where they are NEEDED? Or they just moving to new areas of sprawl like I have seen in Dutchess and Saratoga Counties?
I think the parts of the NE like Upstate NY and PA can hold more people, as they have the infrastructure to hold more than what they have right now.
Yeah, you're right. I was just making generalizations. They could hold alot more people, I just meant the region as a whole is already pretty packed. I think it'd be really great to see Upstate NY and PA fill up. Oh, and imagine if Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire boomed and filled up like CT, and MA. That'd be interesting lol.
I would like to see more people Upstate and in Pennsylvania also Ckh. More people living in selected small towns and rural areas might improve the quality of life in those areas. Also too many people downstate --- major population inbalance.
On the other hand, if more people move Upstate or PA, are they moving to already established cities and villages, where they are NEEDED? Or they just moving to new areas of sprawl like I have seen in Dutchess and Saratoga Counties?
I think it would be places where they are needed. There are some urban neighborhoods that have their share of empty homes and there are some smaller cities that are below their peak populations by a good percentage. So, I think there are communities that could use an influx of people, including some smaller communities.
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