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Originally Posted by vertex
I'm betting it won't. Judging by trends in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division of the MSA (it actually shrank so far this decade), along with the build-out in Orange county, the only place left for rampant growth is inland.
And judging by the quality-of-life problems already present for folks living inland, I think more people will simply vote with their feet and move on.
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Would you please post the link because the MSA rankings have an increase of 544,620 or +4.9% from 2000 to 2006 for the Los Angeles Long Beach Santa Ana MSA:
http://proximityone.com/msa06rnk.htm
For the individual cities you mentioned the 2006 population
estimates are:
Los Angeles 2006 3,976,071 up from 3,694,820 in 2000 census;
Long Beach 2006 490,166 up from 461,522 in 2000 census;
Glendale 2006 206,308 up from 194,973 in 2000 census.
Los Angeles county 2006 10,245,572 up from 9,519,338 in 2000 census
http://www.laalmanac.com/population/
It would appear you're incorrect.