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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
i really don't understand why this concept is so hard for some to understand. chicago built even more residential highrises downtown than atlanta did over the past 10 years, and chicago ended up LOSING roughly 200,000 people. it was one of the most impressive downtown building booms in chicago's entire history (or that of any american city not named "new york" for that matter), but overall chicago still ended up LOSING roughly 200,000 people.
downtown building booms do not guarantee overall city population growth.
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As one Chicagoan, you can't help where other people choose to live... You can only make that choice for yourself and let others handle their own business. The growth and strength of the central city is something that we can all celebrate. And the fact that many other central cities (Oakland, Dallas , Philly) have done the same points to a wonderful with our country's thinking. I hope we can all stop focusing on the big scary loss numbers and instead try to focus on the positives here.
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