Posted on 07/03/2006 7:22:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Most cities in New York State have lost population in the last five years, with especially large declines in major Upstate cities, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse lost population, around 4 percent in each city, during the year ending July 1, 2005. All three cities have lost population each year since the last nationwide census in 2000, according to the bureau.
The new data appear in the Census Bureau's Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places. Among 61 cities in New York, 42 lost population from 2000 to 2005.
Twenty-six counties in New York have lost residents so far this decade, according to the new report. In Erie and Broome counties, the number of residents dropped both in the central cities of Buffalo and Binghamton, and in surrounding municipalities within the county.
Nationwide, nearly three-quarters of municipalities with more than 100,000 residents saw at least modest population growth from 2000 to 2005. Buffalo ranked 244th among those 254 localities in population change during the first half of the decade, while Rochester and Syracuse were 241st and 239th, respectively.
Some older, Northeastern cities are adding population. Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R.I., each added more than 3,000 residents in the last five years. New Haven and Allentown, Pa., showed smaller gains.
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I think everyone in Long Island moved into my eastern North Carolina neighborhood.
NYC is somehow immune to all this, IMHO, the city is a haven for the truly filthy wealthy (Donald Trump comes to mind) so even if the city increased taxes, it won't harm them that much because there is truly no city in America that can offer luxuries that you will find in the Big Apple.
Oh yes, I noticed a lot of population growth. I predict by 2020, North Carolina will be 5th largest state in America, just after California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.
Donald Trump isn't even in the top 50 of NYC rich...
Yes, I've heard that there's some clubs/establishment that Trump can't get into because he does not have "old money".
He's not as rich as most people think. Kind of like Paris Hilton, more of a "name brand," and who isn't as rich as most people think, either.
Saratoga adds 7%!
While nearby Schenectady drops 1%.
That probably explains it. But Trump is good at marketing himself, or else why would we see his name on a building in nearly every major American city?
Wasn't that when Hillary was elected Senator?
If it were not for massive immigration, the population of socialist New York State would utterly disappear overnight.
Actually, the native population of New York is in full flight for less corrupt, lower taxed states.
I am constantly amazed that people still think of Trump as a symbol of wealth, etc. One of the funniest things I ever saw was when he lost control of the GM Building (a major NYC building)and a crowd spontaneously gathered to cheer as they took his name off it.
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