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Old 03-09-2011, 11:24 PM
 
Location: Blue Ash, Ohio (Cincinnati)
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I am actually looking at possibly heading back, so add me and my wife as well. Just recently moved to the declining city of Cincinnati, and things might work out better for me back home in Philly.

Glad to see the city finally growing as it never has in my lifetime.
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Old 03-10-2011, 01:42 PM
 
Location: New Canaan, CT
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They just released the figures for Arizona.

The 2010 population of Phoenix is 1,445,632
The 2010 population of Philadelphia is 1,526,006

So Philadelphia remains the fifth-largest city in the United States, despite what the misleading intercensal estimates were saying.

Go Philly!
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Old 03-10-2011, 03:51 PM
 
Location: West Cedar Park, Philadelphia
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Alright!

We're number 5!
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Old 09-10-2012, 01:05 PM
 
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YAY, We claimed our spot back. Now we have to take down Houston.
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Old 09-10-2012, 01:06 PM
 
Location: The City
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YAY, We claimed our spot back. Now we have to take down Houston.

Not going to happen, Houston will continue to grow and has so much more land
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Old 09-10-2012, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Not going to happen, Houston will continue to grow and has so much more land
Yeah, we will never retake Houston because of their insane amount of square mileage of the city limits... Almost 600 sq miles

Philly only has 132 sq miles
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Old 09-10-2012, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Woohoo! Go Philly! Now I need a soft pretzel to celebrate.
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Old 09-10-2012, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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YAY, We claimed our spot back. Now we have to take down Houston.
Actually, I don't think Philly ever lost the 5th spot; the estimates were just wrong.

We remain one of only two cities to be top 5 most populous throughout the history of The United States.
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Old 09-11-2012, 05:37 AM
 
Location: The Left Toast
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Well, reaching the 2,000,000 mark is not impossible if the city continues to reinvent, refurbish, & rebuild itself.
Schools and jobs, and of course a lower crime rate will surely play major roles in retaining families as well as newcomers within its borders.

Philly can add another 1,000 000 residents in the city, developers would have to continue to build up in some areas ( condos, apartments) and 3 story homes in others. Also there are plenty of three story homes and 4 & 5 Victorian style home/apartment conversions in the city now. Some have been converted for modern day living and there are plenty more that can be transformed..
Does anyone remember the " Franklyn Town & Brewery Town" sections of North Philly back in the early 80's to mid 90's??
Remember the cop shootings over there and the blatant open air drug markets around the 18th & Wallace area?

Today it's a much different place as well as the 40th street area from
Market to Baltimore and west to 50th and many blocks inbetween.. I went to high school over there and knew lots of people, trust me it's changed.... A lot.
I firmly believe that most of the city can change like this especially near the universities. I believe that La Salle should follow suit as did Drexel and Temple who've followed the likes of Penn, which has long been a major player in the redevelopment of its surrounding area. Also St. Joes should look into making its surrounding area just a bit more commercially appealing to dine, shop, or be entertained by use of a movie theater and a few theaters and art galleries.
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Collingswood
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I 100% agree that the progress around university areas especially has been drastic (in a good way) so far.

Gentrification comes with jobs. Philadelphia needs more professional jobs. People my age (29) want to live and work in the city, but the opportunities can be very limited. Of my city friends, one works in West Chester, one in Jenkintown, one in Abington, one in Valley Forge, one in Norristown, one in Voorhees (NJ) - only two in Philadelphia. That's 25% in my sample of 8, and I think it's fairly representative if you were to extrapolate it to a statistically valid sample size. In the city core, you have Comcast, a few insurance companies, health care companies, law firms, and government jobs. Just do a job search to see how few opportunities really exist within city limits.

The city has long had a bizarre attitude towards business (the wage tax goes back to the 30's?). The wage tax reductions, business tax reform, etc. are steps in the right direction, but meanwhile, a lot of statistic growth is coming from affluent residents (many of them retirees) moving into Center City and population growth in immigrant populations in areas like the lower Northeast. The latter population is chasing service sector jobs. The former is there for the hospitals and the city life. Regardless of the growth on paper, the number one focus needs to be jobs, jobs, jobs. Bring good jobs and good people, a good tax base, and good schools will follow.
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