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Texas is gaining in population; Detroit is losing - America's cities
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by Amy Judd | March 27, 2008 at 01:21 pm
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Detroit lost the most population as 27,300 people moved out of the city.
Dallas-Fort Worth added more than 162,000 residents between July 2006 and July 2007, more than any other metro area. Three other Texas areas - Houston, Austin and San Antonio - also cracked the top 10.
Atlanta saw the second-largest population jump with just over 151,000 new residents. Phoenix was third with more than 132,000, and was followed by Houston, Riverside, Calif., Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Austin, Las Vegas and San Antonio.
Of the 50 fastest-growing metro areas, 27 were in the South and 20 were in the West. Two were in the Midwest, one - Fayetteville, Ark. - straddles the South and Midwest and none was in the Northeast.
Detroit lost more than three times as many people as any other metro area - its population declined more than 27,300. Other areas losing more than 5,000 people were Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Ga., Youngstown, Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y.
Experts credit much of the growth in the South to relatively strong local economies and housing prices that are among the most affordable in the U.S.
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at 14:35 on March 27th, 2008
Well I love trains especially Passenger trains. The only passenger Train to Serve San Antonio on a Daily Basis is the Amtrak Texas Eagle. It Arrives late at night and leaves around 7am in the morning. Unlike the Sunset limited which is a tri-weekly train.
Most San Antonians don't ride the train and never will. Whether we get our commuter train in by 2012, is another mysteries unto itself.
sirbikesalot06 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 14:56 on March 27th, 2008
I've heard about the famous "Riverwalk" in San Antonio and wanted to see for myself. After witnessing the beauty of it, I realized why the Riverwalk surpassed the Alamo in top attractions in San Antonio Texas.
Dustin Plank has contributed a photo to this story.
at 15:13 on March 27th, 2008
This photo was taken at of a sculpture in front of the Suntrust building in down town Atlanta.
slierow has contributed a photo to this story.
at 15:29 on March 27th, 2008
Beautiful city.
kenny. has contributed a photo to this story.
at 15:59 on March 27th, 2008
St. Luke's Medical Tower,
Texas Medical Center
zippythesimshead has contributed a photo to this story.
at 16:11 on March 27th, 2008
A view of the skyscrapers of the Midtown area of Atlanta taken from the banks of Lake Claire in Piedmont Park, an urban greenspace.
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at 17:05 on March 27th, 2008
This photo was taken from Belle Isle, which straddles the Detroit River between the USA and Canada. It's a VERY popular park in the summer but still has it's great views and fresh breezes. Don't show up on Monday after the boat races or the Grand Prix. Too much left over trash!
exocetseye has contributed a photo to this story.
at 17:07 on March 27th, 2008
Shot of the Detroit skyline taken across the river in Windsor, Ontario.
rob2655 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 17:47 on March 27th, 2008
I cross over this bridge every day on my way to work.
cassiusjb has contributed a photo to this story.
at 18:49 on March 27th, 2008
Taken from terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
zonaphoto has contributed a photo to this story.
at 18:53 on March 27th, 2008
Armstrong cork factory. Built in 1901.
Dorsett Studios has contributed a photo to this story.
at 19:25 on March 27th, 2008
The mirage at night.awesome
Vanessa Luz has contributed a photo to this story.
at 19:28 on March 27th, 2008
The Austin Convention Center during the South By Southwest Music Festival March 12-16, 2008.
Bryan Bruchman has contributed a photo to this story.
at 19:47 on March 27th, 2008
Skyline shot of Atlanta. Some damage from the March 14 tornado that went through downtown of the city is visible in this shot in the glass of some of the buildings.
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Waldo4 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 20:31 on March 27th, 2008
I travel down from Toronto for this annual show, and it's definitely worth it!
VorteC has contributed a photo to this story.
at 20:34 on March 27th, 2008
Because my flight was canceled, my friend, my brother took a cab to explore the Strip at 2am.
JFRlomo has contributed a photo to this story.
at 20:35 on March 27th, 2008
my day was awesome and so random!
Yesterday at 8pm, my flight was going from Chicago to SD,
after 5hours we couldn't land in SD because it was so foggy on the airport. Also we circled around over north park when we decided to go to Las Vegas temporarily.
But then, we had to stay there for the whole night!
When I was standing in line to get two new boarding passes, I saw a pretty familiar figure.
I just thought:"that can't be Noelle"
Let’s call her! The person really changed the call and I hung up, I just stood a few feet away from her, and she was like
Ohhhhh myyyyy gosh!
She was coming down from the bay area, and she was on the air port for two hours longer than us (Kevin and I)
Noelle was so happy to see us, because she was also traveling alone.
We explored the airport, checked some open stores out and hung around.
To get some fresh air we were going on top of the parking deck and enjoyed the view to the strip.
So we came up with this idea just to get a cab and visit downtown at 2 o’clock in the morning. After just a ten minute right we were on the Venice hotel, which is pretty awesome.
We just started walking around and as soon we got out of the hotel, my Rebel xt battery died. I just had my fisheye #2 with me also and plenty rolls of film. We just walked down the strip, visited some casinos/hotels and got some food. At 6am we decided to get back to the air port, because we were all pretty tired.
We went up again to the parking deck to enjoy the sunrise. We got an awesome place on the elevator chute with a beautiful view over LV.
After the sun was up, we went in to the terminal, but got selected for a high security check.
I was fine, besides the water bottle in my bag pack.
After the pretty short flied to SD we had to pick up our big bags, because they got send with the first airplane to the airport.
We found our stuff in the “secure” area and just left for home.
I hope stuff like this going to happen more often in my future life =]
JFR
at 20:58 on March 27th, 2008
i love chicago, it's a beautiful city.
shannonc. has contributed a photo to this story.
at 20:58 on March 27th, 2008
Downtown Los Angeles
ndawg_19 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 21:03 on March 27th, 2008
I'd like to see what other cities are on that list.
at 02:43 on March 28th, 2008
Cesar's Palace is one of the best best hotels in Las Vegas. It is made up like an italian town with streets, elegant shops, many famous italian buildings within the building, and last but not least the Casino what is what people come to Las Vegas for. This part of a town is situated within the Cesar's building and so is the sky. At night it changes to a funky star lit universe.
Regina Siebrecht.
siebi has contributed a photo to this story.
at 04:59 on March 28th, 2008
The Charlotte, North Carolina skyline at night.
Kenyaboy7 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 05:57 on March 28th, 2008
Detroit on a winter sunny day
insipida has contributed a photo to this story.
at 06:25 on March 28th, 2008
Tornado damage in Downtown Atlanta, looking north to the Equitable Building.
toml1959 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 06:44 on March 28th, 2008
Detroit is my city but there is no doubt that it is struggling. It does not help that the current situation with Mayor Kilpatrick has shed a very negative light on the city. This is a shot of Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River. You can see Windsor, Ontario across the river as well as other landmarks. There is some amazing architecture in Detroit which I would love to see restored to its orginal glory. Sadly, I'm not sure that this will happen in my lifetime.
dreaminofbeadin has contributed a photo to this story.
at 08:31 on March 28th, 2008
I was at the musuem when I captured this shot.
vlov_lov has contributed a photo to this story.
at 10:00 on March 28th, 2008
One of those "you couldn't write a script for this" moments. A street person's mobile home sitting at a valet parking sign on Congress Ave., downtown Detroit.
Schutterbug_8 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 13:00 on March 28th, 2008
Palazzo, the newest addition to the The Venetian casino resort.
ilee has contributed a photo to this story.
at 13:06 on March 28th, 2008
Chicago Castle / Photography by: DJG Design / Spring 2000 or 2001
DJG Design has contributed a photo to this story.
at 14:35 on March 28th, 2008
Winter is reluctant to let go of Detroit-Windsor area this year. I took this photo in March from the river bank on Canadian side of the Detroit river.
Pedja-G has contributed a photo to this story.