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Originally Posted by marothisu
Nope. Actually a lot is driven by sectors like manufacturing going away and Chicago transitioning to more of a while collar place economically (still transitioning). There's a reason why almost all of the net loss in the city happened between 2001 and 2004 and the population since 2005 has mostly been hovering around the same level. Many people with the jobs that went away around this time either bolted for other places right away or they stuck around unsuccessfully for awhile before saying screw it and moving to places like Dallas, Atlanta, etc.
Look at another one of my posts too, a lot of the south side places are losing younger people under the age of 40 yet gaining people aged 55+
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I think a lot of it was also the projects being taken down, with many of the voucher recipients going out of the city. I've also talked to many people in the south and west sides and number one reason for leaving the city was the crime, especially after hearing that they had to bury a friend of family member.
And I think that the demographic trends indicate Chicago going the direction of a"prosperous relic": A successful city not as economically strong as it used to be. Yeah, we city making strides in some ways the eludes most of the Rust Belt, but it hasn't really expanded it's economic base. It'll be great to get perhaps 10 more Grubhubs and Groupons, and that will me the moment when Chicago can achieve that desired turnaround.
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