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Originally Posted by mhays
Awesome, thanks.
What boundaries or tracts did you use?
Some define it more broadly. One definition is by the Downtown Seattle Association. It's a reasonable map, with my main objection being that SoDo is basically industrial. https://downtownseattle.org/about/where-we-serve/ |
For Seattle, it went with a middle ground definition. Based on your map, the census tracts I used roughly include everything minus Uptown, South Lake Union, West Capitol Hill and Sodo.
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Originally Posted by homebucket
Very impressive growth! While we all knew Seattle was making great strides, I think this shows that Seattle has definitely built its way solidly into the big leagues now.
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Since 2000 Census, we started to think about the Big 12 regarding the largest US metro areas as they had a clear head over others. Now, both Seattle and Phoenix are about to overtake Detroit population wise whereas preserve a good lead over Minneapolis and Denver.
But Seattle is indeed a special case, as it's surpassed Phoenix on population growth while it's a massive economic powerhouse. And obviously, it's becoming increasingly urban in this process.
Our Canadian colleagues could provide us with Vancouver data. I know this comparison it's a cliché, but as Vancouver started its densification process earlier, it's interesting to see how Seattle is now.