2020 Census: Milwaukee's population fell to its smallest population in nearly a century

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Originally Posted by UniKidNow

I wonder if all of the crime is the reason? Not being from there, all I hear about the city is the crime rate, but I expect that similar to Chicago, the crime is mostly isolated to certain neighborhoods. Can anyone confirm my suspicion?

The crime is the symptom of the lack of unskilled work options. Unskilled work has slowly been going out of the country. Yes, many inner city neighborhoods are losing people who can't find work.

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Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

I remember growing up on the near south side and someone once told me and I will never forget this. Graduate high school, don't have a kid and move out of the south side and leave your south side friends behind and buy a house any size as quickly as you can. At the time it angered me and rightly so but now that I am older I see his point and how obvious the sage advice was.

While the near south side is holding up well thanks to the Latino community, the far south has grown substantially. The Latino areas are constantly trying out different commerce ideas. Even street venders in good weather. And lots of family use of the parks. Ball games and family BBQ events with rented tents even.