Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

nougat98 t1_je9z3bg wrote

Reply to comment by Chimpskibot in [Inquirer] Census data shows Philadelphia population drop in 2022 by _crapitalism

All the demand is for a few key neighborhoods. Except for immigrants, no one is moving to the vast swathes of declining areas.

11

Chimpskibot t1_jea050g wrote

No it’s not. Demand is up everywhere and it’s really wrong to discount immigrants, they are instrumental in the revitalization of North Philly and the Northeast.

41

nnn62 t1_jea4xef wrote

This is totally baseless. Exactly which areas of NE or North Philly are being “revitalized” in general let alone by immigrants. Is the bar so low in Philadelphia that a new restaurant opened by an immigrant is considered “revitalization?”

−1

Chimpskibot t1_jeadpba wrote

I mean I work in the NE so I see it every day. Mayfair, Somerton and Bustleton are all booming with construction activity. Same with Germantown. In fact Mayfair has had such insane population growth over the last 10 years they had to open a new elementary school.

https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/9/1/22653132/all-children-deserve-buildings-like-this-one-philadelphia-opens-a-new-school?_amp=true

14

nnn62 t1_jeaq146 wrote

I live in the NE, have my whole life. Where is all this “booming construction” you speak of? You’re talking about population growth and I never mentioned anything about that. I’m talking about revitalization, one school being opened doesn’t mean that all of a sudden Mayfair is revitalized. Or any of the other neighborhoods you mentioned. I’m not speaking on Germantown because I’m not familiar with the neighborhood.

1

Genkiotoko t1_jea0xn7 wrote

Got data for this claim?

9

nougat98 t1_jea3139 wrote

if the article in question shows a census drop isn't the burden of proof on those who dispute that number? Where is your proof that people have been moving into Strawberry Mansion and Hunting Park and yet have somehow avoided being counted?

10

An_emperor_penguin t1_jebxpvz wrote

just fyi no one is being "counted", this is a yearly estimate that the census bureau puts out, they have been predicting all urban areas have been declining since like 2016, except when they actually counted in 2020 it turned out it wasn't true, and they went straight back to estimating declines.

7