What cities do you think will lose their rank by 2060? (income, manufacturing)

[madmann101]

What cities do you think will lose their rank by 2060? Meaning basically decreasing on the list not increasing.

[940]

Would this be for city limit population or for metro population figures? Thanks!

[madmann101]

mmmm good question lol, I didn't even think about that when I made this post....I guess we'll do city limit population because metro numbers are pretty spread out for these cities lol.

[mpope409]

Population rank, or power rank? I assumed it was power rank.

[compelled to reply]

I say Miami, Detroit, and Cleveland.

[Valley Native]

Cleveland has already lost its high ranking that it had during the industrial boom times. Detroit used to be one of America's largest cities, and had the highest per capita income at one time. Those days appear to be history with Detroit's shrinking population & loss of manufacturing jobs.

But cities like Miami still have plenty of activity & building going on. Houston and Phoenix are big sprawling cities with no end in sight to their growth. However, as a Phoenician, the one big concern to me is the water issue. We're in the middle of a long term drought right now ... and I really don't know how long Phoenix can keep growing with the limited water supplies that we have. If the drought continues, there will one day be water restrictions in place ... and it may come to the point where our growth will be hindered by that alone.

[twixcookie]

I say Phoenix...why? Because of water. As the southwest and California put higher and higher demands on fresh water, people will relocate back to the midwest and where the water is. They aren't called the Great Lakes for nothing.
No water, no industry, no jobs.

[Minnehahapolitan]

But Cleveland isn't in active decline. The growth of other cities makes e Cleveland look bad, but their economy took a hit 30 years ago, not as much today. In 53 years, I don't suspect that Phoenix will look that different from Tijuana: Mostly Hispanic, a decaying infrastructure and a lack of water. When it comes down to giving the Colorado to Phoenix or the Imperial Valley, well, people in Chicago will still get Strawberries in January.

[Katarina Witt]

Pittsburgh. It's the incredible shrinking city. Shrinking suburban population, too. It is not the only one, however.

[milquetoast]

I created a thread called, " The incredible shrinking cities." Water will be piped in or desalinated in some way. Please be more specific.