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Originally Posted by marothisu
We are talking about how the media all over has misused data to convince people that everyone is fleeing a few places when it's not true. And the point here is they should actually consult other data to form an opinion. This census in 2020 isn't even the first time this has happened. A few cities estimates for 2010 were way off too. Did media across the country learn their lesson? Nope. They like to sell fear all over the place. It's what sells.
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^ I already acknowledged and applauded the fact that Chicago is outperforming the suburbs and the entire State, as a whole.
But net growth doesn't mean Chicago isn't experiencing a mass exodus, even though you are correct that the earlier estimates were WAY the hell off. We are celebrating the fact that Chicago didn't shrink, think about it. Well guess what, we BARELY grew, while our peers grew by a lot. The reason for that, despite white hot growth in the core, is because a TON of people are bailing. The aforementioned black exodus.
The media is reporting on that. They are
correct to report on that, even though the scale is off.