Posted on 03/23/2011 2:06:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Detroit lost 25% of its population - or 237,000 people - over the last decade, according to new U.S. Census data.
It's the largest percentage drop for any American city, the NYT reports, with the exception of New Orleans, which lost 29% of the pop. after Hurricane Katrina. The exodus was driven primarily by the collapse of the auto industry and the mass migration of middle-class African Americans to the suburbs.
Detroit's official population is now 713,777, the lowest it has been since 1910. That's down from a peak of 2 million in 1950, when Detroit was the nation's fifth largest city.
Even demographers who track Detroit's population were surprised by such a dramatic loss.
I never thought it would go this low, demographer Kurt Metzger told the NYT. All of us are kind of shocked, but it means we have to work that much harder.
Mayor David Bing plans to challenge the census findings, saying the city can qualify for more federal and state funding if it can get its population count to 775,000.
It remains to be seen how the staggering population loss will affect Bing's plans to revitalize the Motor City by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new size.
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I was wondering where they went....
Not to Saint Pete. Saint Pete lost population.
Yes, that’s Sts. Peter & Paul Church and the view is looking east on East Larned.
“Yes, thats Sts. Peter & Paul Church...”
Thank you!
the same sort of pride that pre-revolutionary China felt as they were being colonized. In Detroit, pride is all they have left.
“the same sort of pride that pre-revolutionary China felt as they were being colonized. In Detroit, pride is all they have left.”
Detroit! infested with the worlds most worthless man:the Obama Voter,There is NO hope.
They actually just want you to start contributing property taxes into the gubmint pot; Im sure theyll overlook any neglect of the property as long as theyre getting quarterly payments to pay the person who collects the quarterly payments.
I wonder if you were to buy one of these $1 properties if the assessment would be on $1 or on the value of the property when last occupied? Or if you need to pay all of the back taxes before you can buy the property for a dollar.
I’d think the assessment certainly couldn’t be $1, but they probably don’t care about the back taxes as that might scare off a potential sucker I mean buyer. Some places use formulas to calculate assessed values that include square footage, number of bathrooms, property size, etc.; they’d probably have to use something like that (as $1 gives them nothing, while the real market value actually is $1). Here in my area the municipalities went hunting for illegal apartments; they didn’t make the homeowners remove them, they just increased their property taxes. They’re afraid that the de-population here in NJ would accelerate if they enforced residency regulations in terms of number of units.
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