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The New DU. Reply #12: Chicago has a population loss but from other factors
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AngryAmish
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Wed Jun-21-06 01:07 PM
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| 12. Chicago has a population loss but from other factors |
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Family size is way down. Folks have fewer kids, fewer extended families live together and more households are created because of divorce. There is nowhere to build around here but up but people are very reluctant to allow expanding the number of housing units in their neighborhood (NIMBY). So for the same number of housing units there is less population density and thus fewer people.
It may not seem that way because traffic still sucks eggs but more housseholds mean more cars per capita. Plus folks are richer all the time aand a $3,000 car still runs because cars also get better all the time.
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