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My guess for the 2020 Census Population is 575,000 [[-19%).

This drops Detroit to

New York
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Chicago
Houston
Phoenix
Philadelphia

I came across this quiz on Sporcle that shows pretty clearly the shift from innermost suburbs like Hamtramck to inner ring suburbs like Roseville and Warren to outermost sprawlers like Troy and...

That would be because those are murder numbers for this year through mid-June.

Dangerous if you're in the roughly one-third of the city that has the vast majority of the murders. Take away a portion of Chicago similar in population to Detroit [[the core of the West and South...

What's wrong with Chicago? I think it's a far better city to live in than overpriced New York could ever hope to be.

Detroit has some of the most beautiful architecture in the nation. The Guardian Building and Book Tower in particular are among my favorite buildings, and I would love to see them in person.

Just spouting a number does not give a very accurate picture. Illinois has a slightly higher unemployment rate than other Midwestern states [[.4 percentage points higher than Michigan) due to Chicago...

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If you want to stay in the Midwest, Minneapolis/St. Paul. For smaller cities, Indianapolis or Columbus. I'm no fan of the Coasts and Denver is nice but too isolated. But then again, I can't wait to...

That is a very good point, and one I didn't consider. Light rail works well in a city with concentrated pockets of jobs, like Minneapolis [[downtown, Bloomington, the line to St. Paul) or such a...

Still, I'd hardly call losing one in every eighteen people emptying out on what could very well turn out to be a one-decade fluke. It does have some strong Midwestern characteristics, but it has...

Well, well, well, this does not paint them in a good light, since all of the fat and much of the meat is about to be carved right out of the city budget yet they balk at a one-third budget cut.

Oh boy, another "central Chicago is dying" post.

But what light rail can do is provide rapid transit in its own right of way on a major axis, thus providing an efficient backbone for a network of buses. Look at the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis.
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This hurts, but honestly, I thought the EFM takeover jeopardized the light rail line. Still, I'm much more of a light rail fan than more rapid bus lines.

Is the SEMCOG line from Ann Arbor still...

Awesome; I'm glad to see concrete development plans for another grand pre-war skyscraper. Now for the Book...

What a gorgeous building, and few places are as important to a neighborhood, even one down on its luck, than a library. Here's to the Library Commission doing the right thing and saving it,...

Yes, we'll just have to let time tell. But if Chicago stagnates and crumbles, it'll be a devastating blow to the Midwestern economy, and drag most of the Great Lakes region farther down with it.

Whatever. There are valid criticisms of Chicago, but you're not hitting them. Keep being laughable.

I disagree that Chicago is overrated, and would in fact argue that on a national and international level, it is one of the most underrated cities. Sure, it's nowhere near as urban as New York, and is...

Ah, I think you're right. My sarcasm detector on the Internet is not very well calibrated, so if that's the case, I apologize for going mother grizzly above.

To get on topic, are there any further...

What the hell, dude? You motivated me to register just to try and set you straight.

Convenience of the People Mover? Chicago is the only other U.S. city with an elevated train system around its...