What will happen to Cleveland in 100 years (Columbus, Cincinnati: apartment, transfer)

[MorganWall]

Cleveland was going to have two more really tall towers but it was cancelled
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[RememberMee]

Your question is a real money maker for for psychics and palm readers. But for this forum I would add a few constraints to your question. Like: What will happen to Cleveland in 100 years provided oil will remain relatively cheap, availability & prices of mineral resources & food supplies would freeze at the current levels, China & World would keep on feeding the US in an exchange for government securities, US population will hover around 350 millions, global warming will turn to be a scam, etc., etc., etc. If you don't introduce constraints like those your question is thoroughly pointless in 100 years range. If you to shrink time frame to 5 years we could get some meaningful discussion.

[andrew61]

My prediction: In 100 years, the population of Cleveland will be 75,000.

[AGuyFromCleveland18]

My prediction: Phoenix and Las Vegas will run out of water, Atlanta and Miami will be underwater, San Francisco will have suffered another huge earthquake/tsunami and people will be flocking to Cleveland to take advantage of our safe location and natural resources.

[The Cactus Leaguer]

Originally Posted by AGuyFromCleveland18

My prediction: Phoenix and Las Vegas will run out of water, Atlanta and Miami will be underwater, San Francisco will have suffered another huge earthquake/tsunami and people will be flocking to Cleveland to take advantage of our safe location and natural resources.

You forgot to mention global warming's effect on the climate in Cleveland

[buzzards27]

actually, minneapolis has three building near to Key bank building, their tallest is within 50 feet or so. I'd guess their top three buildings, all 50 stories plus, are taller than Cleveland's top three.

Originally Posted by AGuyFromCleveland18

The other buildings in the city only look small by comparison because the key tower is so big. You don't hear anybody ragging on Minneapolis's skyline, and that's because none of their towers are as tall as Key Tower, so all the smaller ones look taller when they are compared with each other.

[buzzards27]

100 years from now, cleveland will be back, maybe within the top 10 to 15. Our fresh water supply will become our greatest asset. We are the most southern large port on the great lakes. The relatively narrow watershed and the Great Lakes Compact, which restricts moving water out of the watershed, will mean the population density will increase as the need for clean water increases. they say that fresh water will be the crude oil of the 21st century. We are well situated for the future.

The quest for new sources of coal, oil and natural gas will likely damage ground water in vast rural areas forcing people that relied on the ground water to leave. This high pressure "fracking" of shale for natural gas has me worried. Seems a lot of people think a short term energy source is more important that the long term health of our ground water. I may be too late before we discover the folly of fracking.

As the cheap energy sources get used up we will transition away from cars and toward walking and mass transport. working close to where we live will become important again. Population centers like Cleveland will become condensed and crowded. Intercity urban property near work centers, downtown, office parks and industrial zones, will grow in value.

People frustrated with the overcrowding of the mega cities to the east will flood into cities like Cleveland. If the oceans do rise as much as Gore claims they will, , there are going to be a lot of people looking for a coastline that isn't disappearing, at 700 plus feet about sea level, we should be good for a while.

[tom11011]

I see Cleveland likely loosing it's status as a "big city" so to speak. I think the closest comparison would be to smaller cities that are still well known by their name such as Gary, Indiana or Fort Wayne, Youngstown, etc..

As the population continues to decline, employers will have no choice but to move headquarters out to more larger cities with a higher education base. Continental is already preparing to pull up stakes here and Cleveland will lose it's hub status.

The effect will begin to pick up momentum at an exponential rate, we'll probably again loose a professional sports franchise, then again and again till they are all gone.

Cleveland is at a critical crossroads. I would like to say that the time to act is now but I think that time may have come and gone already. Since Cleveland is not a large tourist attraction and is plagued with weather that is not conducive to outside activities 6 months out of the year, Cleveland must re-invent itself in such a way as to make this a desirable place for businesses to want to be. Businesses bring population and jobs.

My idea would be to make Cleveland the most tax and business friendly location on the planet. But we are historically locked into democrat politicians, although I must confess, if the whole place was run by republicans, I'm sure they could get it done either.

[Cleveland_Collector]

You say this as if the population decline of the city proper has even 1% to do with why Continental (now technically United) would remove its hub from Hopkins, if they even do.

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by tom11011

I see Cleveland likely loosing it's status as a "big city" so to speak.

One could argue that it's already happened. I'm already finding myself referring to Cleveland as a "former" big city.