Detroit Population Trends Map

[Gsgeorge]

Here's one of the cool maps being produced by the census results. Blue dots indicate a doubling of population, while a red dot indicates population loss.

http://www.datapointed.net/2011/04/m...0-2010-census/

Check out Detroit. We see a lot of the same trends -- tons of homes being built in the furthest possible suburbs, which now practically border Flint.

But look closely -- downtown, you can see lots of little blue specks, showing that the population is, indeed, starting to come back downtown.

http://www.datapointed.net/visualiza...roit-michigan/

[kathy2trips]

I'd like to see near-downtown neighborhoods revitalized. All this business Snyder and Bing anticipate bringing in have to put their relocating employees someplace.

[BrushStart]

I'd be willing to bet that the growth that occurred in and around downtown didn't even really start to pick up speed until around 2005. I think the numbers for greater downtown will continue to steadily improve into this decade.

[Novine]

The problem with these kinds of maps is they don't give you any sense of the actual numbers involved. An area that had 1 person and now has 2 has doubled in population and gets a blue dot. That's much different than when an area goes from 1,000 to 2,000 people.