Cleveland population the lowest since 1900

[Dr.Phool]

No wonder I can't sell that damned house up there!

http://www.cleveland.com/ohio/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1120124037170562.xml&coll=2


Cleveland population lowest since 1900
Ohio's big cities smaller after population drops
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Rich Exner
Plain Dealer Reporter

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo lost residents last year at a rate that was among the highest in the nation, according to census estimates being released today.

Worst among Ohio's big cities was Cincinnati, which lost 4,031 people, or 1.3 percent of its population. The Queen City's percentage loss trails only St. Paul, Detroit, St. Louis and Boston.

Cleveland's population fell to its lowest level since the 1900 census, dropping 1 percent. The loss of nearly 5,000 residents put the city's population at 458,684. Since 2000, Cleveland has lost nearly 20,000 residents, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

[ananda]

1. article in Houston Chron also

An article in my local rag says that housing prices in some big cities are causing people to move out in droves. These would be places like San Francisco, Boston, and Palm Beach.

In places like the old factory cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Detroit, there are no immigrants to take up the slack.

Houston is just different because of all the space around it, with no zoning laws and lots of development and immigration.. housing prices are still reasonable except for the inner loop.

Sue

[YOY]

2. I'm one of those 20,000

No freaking jobs. With the exception of retail the area has nothing going for it.

Very sad actually. When city dwellers have to leave and the rednecks stayed entrenched because they never really had anything going for them anywhere in the first place.

[orion9941]

4. I almost had to leave....

the state of Ohio. I had been looking for a steady job with benefits for 4 years after I was laid off when the telecom bubble burst. I had looked all over the entire state for jobs and there was nothing and there continues to be nothing. Luckily after 4 years and the generosity/charity of my family I was able to find a good job.

Thank (insert name of diety of choice) we have our fearless leader Gov. Taft forging the Ohio economy forward at a lightning pace!!

:sarcasm:

[Dr.Phool]

5. More bad news for Cleveland.

Bank of America just bought MBNA and plans on eliminating 6,000 jobs. 2,500 of them in Northeastern Ohio.

I left Cleveland 3 years ago when LTV Steel shut down, but I still own a house there that won't sell.

[Wright Patman]

3. That's amazing

 Texas now has six cities larger than that (by 2003 estimates):

1. Houston, 2,009,690
2.  San Antonio,  1,214,725            
3.  Dallas, 1,208,318                       
5.  Austin, 672,011
4.  Ft. Worth, 585,122
 6.  El Paso, 584,113

I know the deindustrialization has hit Ohio hard, but why does everyone want to live in Texas? I don't even much care for this state anymore and I'm a native.

The economy can't be that much better.