Quote Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto View Post
Southeast Michigan is 4-1/2 million people, making it one of the largest regions in the nation. Larger than Austin. Larger than Raleigh and Charlotte. I know it doesn't fit the popular narrative of "dirty old Rust Belt" and "clean and brand spanking new Sun Belt", but please spare us the crap that Southeast Michigan is somehow inferior to prairie boom towns.
I never claimed any of these things. You are the one applying value judgements to the facts. I don't even like these states.

All I'm saying [[and we've had ten billion of the same thread) is that there's no evidence that population and growth rates are linked to urbanity, density, and transit orientation.

If there were such evidence, then why is Texas the fastest growing major state, and Illinois the slowest growing major state?