From the Economist: How to shrink a city

[emu steve]

BTW, if anyone doesn't appreciate what the effect of small families have had on population, look at Dearborn, what was [[is?) a rock solid suburb:

Significant population losses in the 60s, 70, and 80s and now at 1970s population levels...

If my math is correct, from 4/1/1960 to 4/1/1990, Dearborn lost about 20% [[89K/ 112K).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan

[Bham1982]

BTW, if anyone doesn't appreciate what the effect of small families have had on population, look at Dearborn, what was [[is?) a rock solid suburb:

Significant population losses in the 60s, 70, and 80s and now at 1970s population levels...

If my math is correct, from 4/1/1960 to 4/1/1990, Dearborn lost about 20% [[89K/ 112K).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan

Smaller household sizes aren't really relevant to a discussion of inner-city population loss. Cities have always had smaller household sizes throughout the world, and the issues specifically facing Detroit are related to fundamental lack of demand, not changes to household structure.

[emu steve]

Smaller household sizes aren't really relevant to a discussion of inner-city population loss. Cities have always had smaller household sizes throughout the world, and the issues specifically facing Detroit are related to fundamental lack of demand, not changes to household structure.

I understand the point you are making, but any MCD, e.g., Detroit or an older suburb will experience [[or will have experienced) population loss even if number of housing units remain constant.

So Dearborn might have lost 20% [[since 1960). Detroit lost say over 50% [[since 1960).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit

[iheartthed]

I understand the point you are making, but any MCD, e.g., Detroit or an older suburb will experience [[or will have experienced) population loss even if number of housing units remain constant.

So Dearborn might have lost 20% [[since 1960). Detroit lost say over 50% [[since 1960).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit

Smaller household sizes aren't relevant to the Detroit discussion because Detroit's actual household count has declined dramatically [[hence all of the abandoned houses).