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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Jeez....
When Chicagoland was starting to see population dips in around 2015 it was all about “Nanner nanner nanner Chicago is dying we knew it!” without any effort to look deeper into the numbers to figure out exactly what was happening.
Now that NYC and LA are seeing such dips, everybody is frantically drawing up charts and pulling out their calculators, trying to find an explanation
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Are you trying to compared what happened to Chicago is the same as L.A.?
In post #4, I wrote the numbers of which counties are losing and gaining. LA County only lost. LA City gained.
LA County/Metro/CSA is highly desirable (if you can afford the rent/housing which keeps rising). A dying LA would have rents going lower and housing prices dropping and very affordable. That is not the case is it? LA City gained population because it is building a lot of dense housing throughout the city despite most of the other 88 cities in the county that are near even OR losing population. Now if everyone is on the same page in the county to build housing so the people dont need to leave due to Cost of Living plus allow more for people wanting to come, LA County would have 100,000 plus a year. The next 5-10 years will be critical for the LA area. State is looking a statewide rent control to stop out of control rent hikes. Also looking at allowing higher density around public transit corridors (even in NIMBY) single family neighborhoods with a rail station. LA City is rezoning the entire city allowing for higher density and height adjustments upward. Not sure of the other cities in the county what they are doing to relieve the housing crisis. I do get jealous of all these other major cities building so much housing for the people that want to come there, While the LA Metro area doesn't build enough despite the size of 4 entire new york cities