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Originally Posted by skyscraperpage17
Ok.
Even by that measure, it doesn't change the fact that *metro* Chicago still added 90,000 people during that time (double the growth of your definition of "the greater downtown area of Chicago").
That's impressive growth no doubt, but it's not enough evidence to suggest that outer suburban / exurban growth has completely dried up and outer suburban / exurban growth isn't just as (if not more) impressive, which is what you seemed to imply in your posts (or maybe I'm mistaken in my understanding of your posts?).
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Look again at the graph. Over 86,000 people added since 2000
Compare that to 90,000 supposedly in all of the suburban area.
Come on, man. 86,000 highly paid, highly educated (on average) people in just a few square miles, compared to 90,000 (as you say) in hundreds of square miles?
The city center is clearly the growth center, and the future. And this is without talking about hotels, office, tourism, jobs—all which are clearly centered around the downtown area.