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Originally Posted by fflint
Detroit MSA:
1950 - 3,016,197
1960 - 3,762,360 - 24.7% growth
1970 - 4,307,470 - 14.5% growth
1980 - 4,353,365 - 1.1% growth
1990 - 4,382,299 - 0.7% growth
2000 - 4,452,557 - 1.6% growth
2010 - 4,296,250 - 3.5% decline
2011 - 4,285,832 - 0.2% decline (est.)
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2013 estimate is at 4,260,000. Though I would say it's a bit higher than that due to the slight improvement in the economy. Then again, it's hard to tell how much of suburban growth outweighs Detroit's depopulation.
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I love the historic aerials in this thread. The density was solid, very much like Chicago and similar in built form to the three-decker parts of Boston.
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Interestingly, there were some apartment specific areas. This is likely one of the areas that had 40K ppsm. This is along Chicago Boulevard between Dexter and Linwood.
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...-UND-1%5D440_1
And the neighborhood just north of there.
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...MC-X-440%5D440
I actually grew up in this neighborhood and most of these are two-family flats with some single-family mixed in. The single-family homes seems like mostly infill from the post-war boom.
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...-X-3023%5D3023
I haven't really taken any photos of this neighborhood, but I'm guessing it's much similar to how Chicago is but much wider main streets. The apartment buildings architecture also had a Italian/Mediterranean vibe to it (I'm not sure what the specific style is called).
