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Population Centers Through the Decades
In all of the coverage and analysis surrounding the release of the 2010 Census results, another significant landmark passed by seemingly unnoticed. Between 2000 and 2010, the center of the metropolitan population moved 3,842 feet to the northwest, to the intersection...
ANOTHER FINE MESS: Mass Confusion on Literacy Rates in Detroit
It seems that if you spend enough time in Detroit, someone will, sooner or later, tell you that half of the city’s population is illiterate. It happened to us most recently on the December 1st episode of the Craig Fahle show when a caller rang in and recited the...
Tearing of the Urban Fabric
Detroit's downtown street grid in 1896. Block edges that have since been lost are highlighted in yellow. Source: B. Ryan As Detroiters visit a festive Campus Martius Park this holiday season, they might be inspired to imagine how downtown felt in the 1920s, when the...
Plane, Train, or Automobile (or Bus)
Amtrak has announced that they are upgrading the infrastructure on their Detroit-Chicago line: A $196 million grant will reduce train travel time by 30 minutes between Detroit and Chicago. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded the grant to the Michigan...
The Walkability Factor
walkable grid - small block size // less walkable subdivision - large block size [Note: this post was updated April 26, 2019 to provide an up-to-date URL for Walkscore.] In last week’s Times, Chris Leinberger argued that the apparent shift in homeowner preferences...
Census 2010: You Can Count on Counties
With so many changes in life, it would be nice to be able to count on counties to be there when you need them. For the most part, you can. Of the 3,234 counties listed in the 2000 Census, 3,221 were still around in 2010.* Of the counties that disappeared, one is in...
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