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Originally Posted by Crawford
I remember seeing an academic comparison of Cleveland and Nashville, using Nashville's old city boundaries. The urban population loss was essentially the same. Both lost something like 40% of their core 1950 populations. Of course Nashville is about as boomtown as it gets while Cleveland is about as Rust Belt as it gets, but the demographic patterns were almost identical.
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Interesting observation that lead to this question: does population matter if there is foot traffic and activity? Broadway in Nashville might have fewer residents than in 1960, when upper floors were apartments and are now additions to bars, but Broadway likely has more people walking around on a given day now than it did 60 years ago. Compare that to an old commercial strip in Cleveland or a Rust Belt city. Apartments above storefronts might also be gone, but are those commercial strips seeing the same amount of activity as Broadway in Nashville?
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