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Originally Posted by sentinel
As sprawl continues west and south in Chicagoland, I can foresee the greater Rockford MSA being engulfed as part of the greater Chicago MSA.
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Except that sprawl to the west and northwest (the general direction to Rockford) largely ground to a halt last decade.
McHenry county only grew by +0.5%.
Kane county only grew by +0.2%.
And Dekalb and Boone counties actually
LOST people, -4.5% and -1.3%, respectively.
On balance, that 4 county area between Chicagoland and Rockford lost a total of ~2,500 people!
Kendall county is the only exurban county that you could say saw moderate growth at +14.5%, but that's the wrong direction to get to Rockford.