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Old 03-07-2019, 09:54 PM
 
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Even the small towns surrounding Madison are growing/suburbanizing, like Oregon and Deforest.
I am talking about the small rural towns. Go to any company and you will find someone that grew up in a small rural town that moved to get work.
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Old 03-08-2019, 11:19 AM
 
Location: WI/MN resident
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I am talking about the small rural towns. Go to any company and you will find someone that grew up in a small rural town that moved to get work.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification!
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Old 04-17-2019, 11:25 PM
 
Location: WI/MN resident
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Here are the 2018 Census estimates. As usual, Dane led the state in population growth, while Milwaukee County lost population again, which I'm sure is mostly from the City of Milwaukee: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/c...7064dcf60.html

I'm actually shocked Milwaukee is losing population given the way the downtown area has revitalized. Milwaukee County even lost more population than Wayne County (home of Detroit) last year, which is definitely not good. Milwaukee was adding residents up until 2014 and has seen a population decline since then. Waukesha County added 2k residents last year.

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Old 04-18-2019, 05:52 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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I'm actually shocked Milwaukee is losing population given the way the downtown area has revitalized. Milwaukee County even lost more population than Wayne County (home of Detroit) last year, which is definitely not good. Milwaukee was adding residents up until 2014 and has seen a population decline since then. Waukesha County added 2k residents last year.


That too is surprising to me considering how many people from the East coast I've been hearing about moving there.
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Old 04-18-2019, 05:53 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I'm actually shocked Milwaukee is losing population given the way the downtown area has revitalized.
Millennials are moving to the suburbs & exurbs. Look at the growth change in the WOW counties.


"2012 was the peak of the "back to the city" movement. Urban core population growth is trailing off, and exurban population growth is surging. "
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...ic-development
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Old 04-18-2019, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Mequon, WI
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I do find it surprising that Milwaukee County lost people last year as well. 947,000 in 2010 and currently 952,000 so Milwaukee County may still end up in the positive come 2020. If you drive around MKE you will see a ton of growth and new buildings in the downtown area and 1-2 neighborhoods surrounding it. I think where the loss is, is in the hood or "the core" (which people really don't call it that anymore). Milwaukee's suburbs are getting more diverse as people move out of the hood to cities like The Falls, Stallis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, West Milwaukee and Glendale.
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Old 04-18-2019, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Mequon, WI
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It would be nice to have it be 8 lanes the whole way from Milwaukee to Madison, driving between the two cities during the evening commute stinks.
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Old 04-18-2019, 11:54 PM
 
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I do find it surprising that Milwaukee County lost people last year as well. 947,000 in 2010 and currently 952,000 so Milwaukee County may still end up in the positive come 2020. If you drive around MKE you will see a ton of growth and new buildings in the downtown area and 1-2 neighborhoods surrounding it. I think where the loss is, is in the hood or "the core" (which people really don't call it that anymore). Milwaukee's suburbs are getting more diverse as people move out of the hood to cities like The Falls, Stallis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, West Milwaukee and Glendale.
True.
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Old 04-19-2019, 12:49 PM
 
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A good number of the residents Dane County has added this past decade have been domestic and international migrants. Perhaps tech firms like Epic and Exact Sciences are attracting out-of-state talent to the area.

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In 2018, Dane County made up about a quarter of Wisconsin’s growth. Dane County gained about 54,000 people since 2010. About a third of the growth came from people moving to Wisconsin from out of the country, about 20 percent came from people moving from other states in the U.S., and the remaining half was from more babies being born.
https://wkow.com/news/wakeup/2019/04...EAjNF-FvYfGGaM
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Old 05-28-2019, 03:27 PM
 
Location: Jonesboro
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Millennials are moving to the suburbs & exurbs. Look at the growth change in the WOW counties.


"2012 was the peak of the "back to the city" movement. Urban core population growth is trailing off, and exurban population growth is surging. "
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...ic-development
The most recent population estimates for the "WOW" counties you cited are nothing to write home about in terms of reflecting "...exurban population growth is surging," as you put it.
None of the 3 WOW's have performed better than a 3% growth to this point so far this decade. That is abysmal growth, my friend. When combined with the anemic change in Milwaukee County, the population stagnation of the Milwaukee metro is undeniable.
Take a look below for instance at how Waukesha County, by far the largest of the WOW counties has seen a stunning drop off occur in it's decades long rapid record of growth.
Concurrent with that Waukesha slow down, both Ozaukee &Washington have seen their own days of rapid population growth fade into the past.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukes...nty,_Wisconsin
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