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Milwaukee, the Twin Cities, Chicago.
Chicago would be a bit much for this rural-longing person, but it is the biggest and baddest of Midwestern cities. It's almost unfair to include it on such a list.
Kansas City isn't too shabby. Someone mentioned Johnson County. Don't be fooled. Its job "growth" largely comes from luring existing companies from just across the state line. Nothing to write home about.
Milwaukee is a sleeper. Better than people may think. Downside is, the locals can't figure out why you'd move here. Yeah, the weather tends toward the cool side, but it's not extreme like the plains. It's just cool/cold a lot.
That's true. City population can be helpful to determine whether the city is vibrant or not. I dislike it when the population are constantly leaving for the suburbs causing the inner city to decline.
Well, with some of the cities, they were just never very big land area wise. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are still gaining population (although there was a point when they both were declining), and they have many dense inner ring suburbs.
Milwaukee, the Twin Cities, Chicago.
Chicago would be a bit much for this rural-longing person, but it is the biggest and baddest of Midwestern cities. It's almost unfair to include it on such a list.
Kansas City isn't too shabby. Someone mentioned Johnson County. Don't be fooled. Its job "growth" largely comes from luring existing companies from just across the state line. Nothing to write home about.
Milwaukee is a sleeper. Better than people may think. Downside is, the locals can't figure out why you'd move here. Yeah, the weather tends toward the cool side, but it's not extreme like the plains. It's just cool/cold a lot.
The climate, natural landscape, outdoors activities are far superior in the Great Lakes states than anywhere in Kansas or Missouri. I am a lakes person and I enjoy going up north where I have enough trails to sink a ship and few people. Why go to Canada when you can go to Vilas county or the UP of Michigan? It's great up there.
Well, with some of the cities, they were just never very big land area wise. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are still gaining population (although there was a point when they both were declining), and they have many dense inner ring suburbs.
I did notice that both Minneapolis and St. Paul are gaining in population. However, the gain is very small compared to other cities in the Midwest, especially Indianapolis with the biggest gain.
I think the weather has alot to do with slow growth in the Twin Cities. Not everyone is willing to move to a city where the climate is much colder.
The climate, natural landscape, outdoors activities are far superior in the Great Lakes states than anywhere in Kansas or Missouri. I am a lakes person and I enjoy going up north where I have enough trails to sink a ship and few people. Why go to Canada when you can go to Vilas county or the UP of Michigan? It's great up there.
I'm of the opposite opinion. The main thing I would despise about living in the great lake states is the climate. I'll keep my hot, humid bootheel summers as long as I can also keep my relatively mild winters.
I did notice that both Minneapolis and St. Paul are gaining in population. However, the gain is very small compared to other cities in the Midwest, especially Indianapolis with the biggest gain.
I think the weather has alot to do with slow growth in the Twin Cities. Not everyone is willing to move to a city where the climate is much colder.
You're clearly talking about the last Census, and only for the core cities. Remember, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are roughly 50 sq. miles in land area and cannot expand. Indianapolis gobbles up land through annexation and therefore "grows" census to census, but much of Indy's 350+ sq. miles is actually quite suburban in nature as a result. However, there are 12,000+ multi-family units either approved or under construction in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul right now, so I expect both city centers to show population growth by the next Census poll.
A better indication of regional growth is by metropolitan area, and currently (2010 and 2011) the Twin Cities are growing at the same clip as Indy, KC or Columbus.
Indianapolis is a sprawling, cultureless, incredibly boring city.
The only people I ever hear say this, are people that have not spent much, if any, time in Indianapolis.
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