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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ Yeah, I was really hoping to see more robust growth in Detroit's core too. I mean, the numerical gain for downtown was only 864 people for the entire decade. That's kinda disappointing, I guess I had my expectations set too high.
At least all three areas reversed their negative growth from the previous decade, so that's a hopeful start to the resurgence. Hopefully this current decade is when core Detroit really takes off and we see some more substantial population growth.
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Originally Posted by galleyfox
The true bottom was probably sometime around 2014-2015 following the bankruptcy, so any positive growth this decade is a good sign.
Also we would expect to see very small families in downtown Detroit vs. the rest of the city so households and housing units might be a better measure for now.
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I'm not on the ground, but I suspect they will have a strong decade. They seem to be in the beginning of their process.
In Atlanta, for instance, we've seen both Downtown and Midtown growing even faster this decade, from a higher base than Detroit.
Another thing promising is the growth in Midtown and New Center, specially as they still have several blocks still losing population.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
Riverfront Towers are included in downtown census tract 5208, which jumps west over the lodge to capture them, along with the southeast corner of corktown.
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Yes. I used three tracts, the freeway loop and the riverfront.