First up, from the policy wonks at WirePoints, May 16:
It was another year of population losses for Chicago and the overwhelming majority of Illinois cities in 2023. That’s according to the latest data published this week by the U.S. Census Bureau in its “2023 City and Town Population Estimates.”
Chicago’s population loss of 8,208 was the nation’s third-largest, behind only New York and Philadelphia’s. Chicago’s losses follow drops of nearly 40,000 in 2021 and 31,000 in 2022. Since the last Census in 2020, Chicago has lost nearly 3 percent of its population, losses that stand in sharp contrast to the 4%-plus gains in cities like San Antonio, Charlotte and Fort Worth.
The Census also reported that population dropped in 93 of the 122 Illinois cities with 20,000 or more in population. That’s 75% of the state’s largest cities.
Illinois’ ongoing struggles with population and outmigration reflect the ongoing public policy failures of the last few decades and which continue to this day. High taxes, crime, and the overall lack of opportunity – wrapped in concerns over corruption – have made Illinois one of the few shrinking states in the country. Illinois was one of just three states in the country, along with Mississippi and West Virginia, to lose population during the last 2010-2020 Census count.....
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And at NBC5, Chicago, May 16:
Another city could soon take over Chicago as the third-largest in US, Census data shows
Run fast, run far: Advice given to Leonard when he considers moving in with Sheldon Cooper, Big Bang Theory, Series 03 Episode 22 – The Staircase Implementation.
First used here on the blog in July 2014's "If Your Firm Appoints a Chief Happiness Officer, You Should Definitely Run Away"
Also 2022's "People with Dark Triad Personalities Weaponize Victimhood to Gain Advantage Over Others"
Good times.
