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Originally Posted by eschaton
This had real political implications for the historic urban core, with city government literally hostile to the interests of the traditionally urban center. Made it much easier to clear out the center for office buildings and stadiums - utilizing the CBD for the interests of suburbanites to an even greater degree than typical for the city. Which is part of the reason I think the decline of the urban core was so marked.
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Looking even more closely in than the 71 square mile "old city", we can also look at the 42 square mile "center township" of Marion county which has had fixed boundaries over time and has downtown Indy right at its very heart.
Center township 1950 (peak): 337,211
Center township 2010 (nadir): 142,787
Change: -58%
That's some Cleveland-level population decline right there!
But none one ever thinks of Indy as a hollowed-out Cleveland type of city. Thanks Uni-gov!
The good news, though, is that from 2010 - 2020, center township's population turned around and rose 7.5%, climbing to 153,549 people, so at least things are going a lot better for it these days.
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