editor Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 For the entire time that HAIF has existed, people in Houston have discussed here when and how Houston's population would eclipse Chicago's. In that time, Houston hasn't even been on Chicago's radar. Narry a blip in the local Chicago media (except sports), even when Houston is being ravaged by hurricanes. But that seems to finally be changing. Crain's Chicago Business (similar to the Houston Business Journal) recently ran an article titled "'Fourth City'? Here's how to encourage more people to live in Chicago" Chicago has been losing population for decades. It peaked in the 1960's, and though it's seen some very small increases recently, it's also seen some significant drops. Like after the really quite bad winter a few years ago when an estimated 80,000 households decided they'd had enough of the weather and moved away. Linky: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150729/OPINION/150729787/fourth-city-heres-how-to-encourage-more-people-to-live-in-chicago#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-opinion&utm_campaign=ccb-opinion-20150729 The study, conducted by the Kinder Institute on Urban Research at Rice University, shows that Houston has grown by 1.6 percent over the past four years. Chicago grew by just 0.2 percent. And in 2014, Chicago added just 83 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 And here's the kicker; the Bears and Cubs still suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Heyyyyy... don't be too hard on the Cubbies. Any team can have a bad century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Heyyyyy... don't be too hard on the Cubbies. Any team can have a bad century. But they were supposed to win this year, against Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Honestly a decade ago I was more worried about Pheonix taking our place as 4th, rather than jumping ahead of Chicago.I know as a basic numerical statistic, Houston could surpass Chicago in city population. Whoopty doo. Chicago should worry more about Dallas, as they have similar industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 But they were supposed to win this year, against Miami. Can't happen. Too many curses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Summer in Chicago and the rest of the year traveling and in Houston. Yeah, that's the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Why is bigger better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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