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Old 08-13-2011, 12:19 PM
 
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It has crossed my mind but if we don't count Metro it seems like Indy is closing in on the 1 million mark. What kind of changes could we see at 1 million? It seems like we are the San Jose of the Midwest.

In the 2010 census, Indy passed Detroit in city population. Wow! I didn't realize how far Detroit's city population fell. Indy the San Antonio of the Midwest?? While Minneapolis-St Paul is the Dallas-Fort Worth of the Midwest ranking fastest growing followed by Indy. 1 million?? it's just a matter of time.

1. Chicago - 2,695,598
2. Indianapolis - 829,718
3. Columbus - 787,033
4. Detroit - 713,777
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Old 08-13-2011, 12:27 PM
 
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Indianapolis will never hit 1 million, unless the density is increased, or the city limits are expanded again.
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Old 08-13-2011, 12:52 PM
 
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The CSA has Indy already passed the 2 million mark. In 1980, Indy's city population was 700,807. Since then the city gained 128,911. It only has 170,282 left to go before hitting the 1 million mark. So based on the non stop growth in the last 30 years it can happen if this continues. I do not see the city going into decline like Chicago, Cleveland or Detroit anytime soon. Density has increased as the city's population continues to grow.
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Old 08-13-2011, 12:56 PM
 
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Indianapolis will never hit 1 million, unless the density is increased, or the city limits are expanded again.
Not quite true. at 365 sq mi of land with a lot of it unused, the city could literally double and still have room left over. The city can't expand as no county in the area would allow Indianapolis to annex land in that county. More and more people are moving into Marion, maybe not at the rate of Hamilton right now but as of now the newer hotspots will be both Franklin and Decatur townships.
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Old 08-13-2011, 03:31 PM
 
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Indianapolis will never hit 1 million, unless the density is increased, or the city limits are expanded again.
That's simply untrue. Not only is there a lot of undeveloped land in some of the Southern and Eastern parts of Marion County, but density is also increasing in and around downtown.
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Old 08-13-2011, 04:03 PM
 
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Indianapolis will never hit 1 million, unless the density is increased, or the city limits are expanded again.

na i disagree Indy has Decatur township and Franklin township that arent even above 40k in population well the other 7 townships are near 100k and Center Township is 160k.

Edit: still plenty of farmland to go.
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Old 08-13-2011, 04:40 PM
 
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Indianapolis will never hit 1 million, unless the density is increased, or the city limits are expanded again.
Are you kidding? There is so much undeveloped land in Marion co. Especially Decatur and Franklin townships.

It will happen, it's just a matter of time.
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Old 08-13-2011, 06:03 PM
 
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Are you kidding? There is so much undeveloped land in Marion co. Especially Decatur and Franklin townships.

It will happen, it's just a matter of time.

Another thing people probably don't pay attention too in addition to the city of detroit losing population the Metro and combined stat area also lost population (Michigan lost 54k people from 2000-2010 lol) if detroits metro keeps shrinking slowly and Indy's grows. Also does anyone agree with me the pace of growth in Indy will really pick up after the Super Bowl when all the nations eyes are on the city?
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Old 08-13-2011, 08:30 PM
 
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Another thing people probably don't pay attention too in addition to the city of detroit losing population the Metro and combined stat area also lost population (Michigan lost 54k people from 2000-2010 lol) if detroits metro keeps shrinking slowly and Indy's grows. Also does anyone agree with me the pace of growth in Indy will really pick up after the Super Bowl when all the nations eyes are on the city?
Nope not really, unless somehow it magically attracts a ton of companies that want to move their HQ's here.
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Old 08-13-2011, 08:53 PM
 
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Nope not really, unless somehow it magically attracts a ton of companies that want to move their HQ's here.
Well see heck our state already has the 6th best business climate in the country and a few companies have relocated headquarters here so far. Also dont forget when the economy picks up so will the population Explosion of Indy and i wouldnt be surprised in the next 10-15 years if the Chase tower in Downtown Indy isnt the tallest skyscraper.
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