Friday, May 22, 2015

Chicago Growing Again?

  • The city of Chicago gained just under 6,000 residents in the year that ended July 1 — better than the decline of the previous decade, but well below the growth in most other big American cities.

    And the figures weren't much better in the suburbs, as once high-flying edge cities such as Joliet, Naperville and Aurora saw their population growth slow to a crawl or even decline.

    According to new estimates released overnight by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Chicago proper grew to 2,718,782 on July 1, up 5,862 since July 1, 2012, or about 0.2 percent. The city's population has increased by about 23,000 since the 2010 census, or just under 1 percent.
The Crain's article notes this isn't scientific by any means, relying mostly on tax filings and such, which might not take into account things like kids moving back in (or out) of mom's and dad's place or illegal immigrant populations. We don't see any survey of moving companies which might have a better feel for ingress and egress of the city population, but we know one thing that will drive city growth steadily backwards in short order - the coming tax burden to be forced on the population by pension obligations and possible municipal bankruptcies.

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25 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

And CTA and Emanuel wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy 16 buildings and construct a 'fly-over' at the Belmont Station to save 20 seconds a ride. CTA says the population is growing, which it isn't, and will be needed in the future. Fantasy-world....anything but fixin the pensions and living on junk bonds.

5/22/2015 12:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Prob is all 6k on link and sec 8!

5/22/2015 12:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any growth was in illegal aliens brought in by the feds.

5/22/2015 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Switching my Maxwell St. Polish for a Wisconsin brat is a trade I can live with.

5/22/2015 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago has over a Million Illegal Aliens,They dont file taxes and most get paid in cash they load up the public schools.

5/22/2015 01:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah im sure at least half of these residents are city workers forced to live in the city, so don't make it sound like they fell in love with the the violence in the city and decided to raise a family there.

5/22/2015 01:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRUhVxsHK0U
LMAO new breed is right! Lazier, entitled, and dumber recruits. This coming from someone who's been on the streets for a year.

5/22/2015 01:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The article states that Rockford has a shrinking population. Why is that? How could it be? Am I missing something? Anyone?


http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/10-Shot--303998191.html?device=phone&c=y


http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150519/NEWS/150519398

5/22/2015 01:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Raise corporate taxes. The corporations would never ever think of moving to a different city.

Apropo of nothing at all, Houston is beautiful in January.

5/22/2015 02:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ad how many of them are on welfare and public aid?

5/22/2015 05:47:00 AM  
Blogger SpankDaddy said...

Joliet high flying? Been there lately?

5/22/2015 06:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Movers tend to cite large numbers of people leaving Illinois. So what if a few move into Shitcago ? The trend is to watch Illinois fade in the rearview mirror. I hope Rahm gets the casino to benefit those of us stuck here a few more years.

5/22/2015 06:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They're all coming for the free things, welfare, bama phones, etc.

5/22/2015 07:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This just proves nobody wants to live here unless they have too!

Nobody comes here for the weather and low taxes, NOT!

5/22/2015 08:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Try and find parking in my hood!

I see families in 1 bedroom apartments and even porches converted.

Utilities are included and they have no credit.

5/22/2015 09:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not Chicago specific, but: "In 2014 alone, there were 95,000 more people who left Illinois for another state than who moved into Illinois from another state, making 2014 Illinois’ single worst year of out-migration on record."


http://www.rebootillinois.com/2015/05/12/editors-picks/michael-lucci/tax-increase-wont-solve-illinois-pension-crisis/37778/?utm_source=email&utm_medium&utm_campaign=5%2F13%2F2015

5/22/2015 09:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Arizona announced that you will get welfare for 1 year no more as they have a billion dollar deficit, wonder how many illegals and welfare breeders will come to Illinois and Chicago "The land of free everything to non-producers?"

Bet our population will expand 40X or more watch the increase in the decrease! Arizona is looking better and better everyday as a place to live!

On another note how long until Bruce and the crew tax our pensions? Watch what the 1% do to us!

5/22/2015 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago has over a Million Illegal Aliens,They dont file taxes and most get paid in cash they load up the public schools.

5/22/2015 01:04:00 AM

Source??

5/22/2015 05:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What Bullshit , YES GROWING IN CRIME

5/22/2015 06:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

adding thousands more illegals is not exactly a plus...

5/22/2015 06:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, Rahm, why don't you annex Gary, Indiana and broaden the tax base?

5/22/2015 07:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Chicago has over a Million Illegal Aliens,They dont file taxes and most get paid in cash they load up the public schools.

5/22/2015 01:04:00 AM

Source??

5/22/2015 05:50:00 PM


GFY media troll...

Drive around in "their" neighborhoods and see the overflowing garbage carts full of multiple empties of economy sized every-fucking-thing...

Look at the electric meters on a two flat spinning so fast you can hear them hum.

Aww fuckit...
Look for all the obvious signs of more m/fers crammed into a house or apartment than allowable by law but The Police and taxpaying real citizens can't do shit about these criminal immigrant zones of impunity erected to grow the New and fanatically loyal Democratic voting constituency...

Until free shit ain't free no more, then you'll see shit like dead m/fers dangling from overpasses and freshly skinned human heads addressed to editorial board members just like in may-hee-co and points further south.

Pointing out that very bad shit does happen is racist according to the progressive apologist playbook.

5/23/2015 01:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Welcome to Chicago the land of the free everything as long as you're not here legally we give you everything to subsist thanks to the dwindling taxpayer base! Now about those pensions bet rahms is putting up the 550 million soon, and you know financial chairman Ed Burke being a ex Chicago copper is making sure the check is written priority #1.

5/23/2015 06:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Chicago has over a Million Illegal Aliens,They dont file taxes and most get paid in cash they load up the public schools.

5/22/2015 01:04:00 AM

Source??

5/22/2015 05:50:00 PM

Easy to find sources if you're not too lazy and have a leftist agenda. Nice try though, commie.

5/23/2015 09:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Chicago has over a Million Illegal Aliens,They dont file taxes and most get paid in cash they load up the public schools.

5/22/2015 01:04:00 AM

Source??

5/22/2015 05:50:00 PM


Source?
Are you that big a simpleton?

5/24/2015 07:25:00 PM  

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