Um. I think it's more proof that we can't AFFORD to leave NYC, since every penny that we make is swallowed up in living expenses, rather than proof that we don't WANT to leave.
Non-natives - please stop coming here! there's no more room :)
Breakdown by borough (2015):
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/current-futur...
Bronx 1,455,444
Brooklyn 2,636,735
Manhattan 1,644,518
Queens 2,339,150
Staten Island 474,558
TOTAL= 8,550,405
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/current-futur...
Bronx 1,455,444
Brooklyn 2,636,735
Manhattan 1,644,518
Queens 2,339,150
Staten Island 474,558
TOTAL= 8,550,405
Magic wiz Nets
BEYOND 1898
What if Brooklyn hadn't made the Great Mistake?
Certainly you can guess--Gimme a break!
Once a backwater for scrawny trees and Dem Bums,
A blighted borough living on aspirin and Tums,
Brooklyn today is in its heyday, ole!
Toasted in London, Paris and Bombay.
Top o' the heap for its arts and mother wit--
Manhattan would be begging to join IT!
What if Brooklyn hadn't made the Great Mistake?
Certainly you can guess--Gimme a break!
Once a backwater for scrawny trees and Dem Bums,
A blighted borough living on aspirin and Tums,
Brooklyn today is in its heyday, ole!
Toasted in London, Paris and Bombay.
Top o' the heap for its arts and mother wit--
Manhattan would be begging to join IT!
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Walking around Chelsea yesterday reminded me of how in the early 80's you still had parking lots, pizza parlors, strip joints, and greasy spoons instead of high rises, boutiques, big box retailers, and health clubs!
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Besides increases in tourists and residents, there is also an increase in college students (from elsewhere), demographic data that is not well captured.
For example, NYU and Fordham which used to be "commuter" schools are now dorm-based schools with students from elsewhere. (NYU has essentially transformed the East Village into a dorm community) Pace, which also was a commuter school, now has dorms and is expanding. Other colleges as well.
For example, NYU and Fordham which used to be "commuter" schools are now dorm-based schools with students from elsewhere. (NYU has essentially transformed the East Village into a dorm community) Pace, which also was a commuter school, now has dorms and is expanding. Other colleges as well.
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55,000 added population to NYC reflects a booming, robust city? Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin added 412,000. But then things are always bigger and better in Texas ;)
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Dallas and San Antonio have less than two million residents, and Austin has less than a million (according to the Census Bureau). Hardly bigger (and certainly not better!).
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Three questions:
1. 412,000 each or for all three (or Texas as a whole).
2. Was that number for the primate city in each or did it include the suburbs.
3. How many people did the greater NYC add as opposed to the city?
4. And a fourth question I suppose one could ask, has the household size in NYC decreased, meaning fewer people per household yet more occupied dwelling units.
1. 412,000 each or for all three (or Texas as a whole).
2. Was that number for the primate city in each or did it include the suburbs.
3. How many people did the greater NYC add as opposed to the city?
4. And a fourth question I suppose one could ask, has the household size in NYC decreased, meaning fewer people per household yet more occupied dwelling units.
My apologies, FG. I thought the 412,000 figure was for the Big Four cities in Texas, but it actually included their suburbs, too. Texas as a whole gained around 490,000. Regarding the NY Metro area, it gained 87,186. Lo siento.
Is it just me, or has de Blasio been saying "the greatest city in the world" a lot lately? Subtle Hamilton reference?
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In 1948, in a Brooklyn classroom, as a very proud, very young Brooklynite, I was encouraged to read my doggerel about "this wonderful day 50 years ago/ When New York became the city we now know/ As the greatest city in the USA..."
My father was so proud, he took it to his office to have it typed. And we still referred to a trip to Manhattan as "going to the city."
My father was so proud, he took it to his office to have it typed. And we still referred to a trip to Manhattan as "going to the city."
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Well Manhattan is the "City"' even to us outer borough folks. I grew up in the Bronx and that's what we'd say.
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A lot of people get confused when we people from the other boroughs refer to Manhattan as "the city."
After many years, people have finally figured out Brooklyn in the place to be.
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Bestialize?! Clearly running out of verbs for the Devils!
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That was my thought, too!
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Always looking to expand my vocabulary, besides "Ugh" ;-)
love you guys @ NYT. A.
love you guys @ NYT. A.
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I'm surprised that the NYC population is only 8.5 million and that's a record. I though we had surpassed that number a couple of decades ago and then the population had declined. Well, the Census Bureau doesn't capture everyone.
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Think about, through recession - when a lot of people fled in search of cheaper cost of living - the population is still climbing.
I guess the saying is right, "if you can't make it in new york, then you can't make it anywhere"
New York is the place of opportunity, a steady population increase is just an indication of that.
I guess the saying is right, "if you can't make it in new york, then you can't make it anywhere"
New York is the place of opportunity, a steady population increase is just an indication of that.
We have already reached the population projection for NYC for 2020.
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Continuing his rate of one sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden each month, in 92 years, Billy Joel could have played to all of New York.
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I’d never really focused on that part of Brooklyn’s history and really appreciate that perspective!
While not as emotional as the poet who lived through the consolidation in 1898, if anyone wants to do a more up-tempo backhanded tribute to the combination:
"The Ploy from New York City"
Tune of “The Boy From New York City” (Cool Cool Kitty) – a cut-down version
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, such a pity!
Talk about what happened to that Brooklyn City
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, not so pretty!
Tell us what became of that Brooklyn City
The town was fine / But their design
Was to take what worked and make it all decline
And though some note / There was a vote
Still when we say “vote” we mean it quote-unquote
Ooh, ooh, ooh, gee –
Our municipality
Should have said no
We were not gung-ho
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, such a pity!
Tell us what happened to that Brooklyn City
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, not so pretty!
Now we’re just a fifth of New York City
(Talkin’ ‘bout the ploy, the ploy from New York City!)
While not as emotional as the poet who lived through the consolidation in 1898, if anyone wants to do a more up-tempo backhanded tribute to the combination:
"The Ploy from New York City"
Tune of “The Boy From New York City” (Cool Cool Kitty) – a cut-down version
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, such a pity!
Talk about what happened to that Brooklyn City
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, not so pretty!
Tell us what became of that Brooklyn City
The town was fine / But their design
Was to take what worked and make it all decline
And though some note / There was a vote
Still when we say “vote” we mean it quote-unquote
Ooh, ooh, ooh, gee –
Our municipality
Should have said no
We were not gung-ho
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, such a pity!
Tell us what happened to that Brooklyn City
Ooh, wow, ooh, wow, not so pretty!
Now we’re just a fifth of New York City
(Talkin’ ‘bout the ploy, the ploy from New York City!)
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Brilliant!
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