[Redleg Duke]

It was a shithole-on-the-make back in the early 70s when I was in the National Guard on the south side.

It really has gone down hill since.

[Locomotive Breath]

The next Detroit.

[wright2bear]

Geee - I wonder why? What a dump Chicago is... and my home town of New Orleans seems to want to follow in their same footsteps.

[ConservaTeen]

Chicago should have another fire....this time don’t rebuild...where’s Mrs O’Leary cow...today?

[GOPJ]

Chicago's a liberal hellhole... People who can't afford to live in sky condos with platoons of security guards watching the doors will start leaving... then more will leave... the trickle will become a flood - and the city will collapse.

[central_va]

This is what happens when you have a leftist ballerina for mayor.

[klgator]

They’ll change their address, but I doubt they will change their political persuasion. Denver will have more liberal voters moving in. The urban mindset is frightening.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Tough to gain population with a murder rate like that.

[Steven Scharf]

The original link takes you to the wrong place. Here is the direct link.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html

Lots of good detail in the rest of the article, especially for demographic geeks.

When I first saw it referred to 2016, I was sceptical as 2016 just ended, but it is based on the US Census info which released the July 2016 estimate broken down to cities and metro regions.

[Newtoidaho]

With so much practice, the gangbangers aim had to improve somewhat. More ventilations are turning into deletions.

[jiggyboy]

Over the past year, the Tribune surveyed dozens of former residents who've packed up in recent years and they cited a variety of reasons: high taxes, the state budget stalemate, crime, the unemployment rate and weather.

The "former residents" who no longer live in Chicago for the sixth-highest reason, "shot dead", were unavailable for comment.

[citizen]

Maybe they can import a million #Moslems to solve their problems. Oh, wait.....