"Dan Gilbert is an irritation as far as our economic development" -L Brooks Patterson

[emu steve]

DC and NYC aren't "stable"; they're growing [[actually fairly fast growing if you're talking city proper only).

The methodology being used for Census population calculations is the exact same for all cities, so it's either right or wrong. You cannot logically say "it's right for City A and wrong for City B".


Not true. DC's population growth has accelerated in recent years, and it has more inmigration than outmigration. The city has massively benefited from the growth in federal employment.

I'll try to find the article, I probably even have the 'hard copy' [[WashPost article) but D.C.'s increase in population is NOW really slowing.

I believe births - deaths were negative [[i.e., more deaths then births).

Amazing statistic, but consistent with the 'millennial effect': Millennials moving to the city are childless... They occupy more and more housing units but the number of persons / housing unit is declining.

It used to be mom and dad and six kids and then mom and dad and two kids and now it is son and his girl friend [[or boy friend, whatever the case may be).

EDIT: Here is a WaPo article 3 weeks ago showing the dramatic decline in + [[in) migration for D.C. and the surrounding areas of D.C.

Amazing but Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax [[County) had net OUT migration.

D.C.'s net migration was cut in half in 2014 compared to 2013.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...b_graphic.html

Population growth in parts of the D.C. area are in areas where, largely foreign born [[?) families are having more children [[I live in a D.C. suburban area which has turned from empty nesters to younger families having a lot of children.)

A companion article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...f9d_story.html

For someone interested in demographic tends, it would be interesting to plot over [[1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) the population for a central city, county, or whatever AND housing units for those same censuses.

In D.C. the number of housing units increases significantly faster than does population growth.

Net result: residents / housing unit declines over time.

In Detroit there has been significant depopulation as well as decline in the number of housing units.