What, exactly, am I doing? I lived in NY back in the day, and while I don't now, I do know the diff between what it was like back then and what it is like now. Calling it a sh*thole means you actually haven't been back in ages. 8 million people live there, and unlike most big old cities, that population is steady, not declining - maybe some since '08, not sure about that, but certainly not the steady loss of a place like Detroit. I have two nieces living there. Friends and colleagues who live there. None of them are cowering in fear or anything else. I don't know what goes on over there in Chicago. I do know New York.
They are mostly part of the Germanosphere. None of these are global alpha cities though. A global city (also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center) is a city that is deemed to be an important node in the global economic system. Alpha++ London, New York City Alpha+ Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city
I briefly visited NYC recently. I have not see the really bad neighborhoods like South Bronx. I would say Jamaica, NY ~= Newark, NJ (drove through it very quickly recently).
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061.html Try actually checking before you insert your foot in your mouth.
That's over the last decade shithead. NY took a hit after the financial crisis after many people lost their jobs in the banking sector. Chicago has less people now then they did during the depression.
Here is some "checking" for you. http://www.renthop.com/news/2010/04/2010-census-and-a-study-of-the-past/ Thanks for coming out.
And so? I said it might have after '08; actually, I'd be surprised if it hadn't. Population obviously rises and falls with the economic cycle. But as far as a secular trend down - no. It ain't Detroit. As for Chicago and its pop vs the Depression, well, maybe it does, I don't know. I said I don't know Chicago. I do know New York. You guys from Chicago love to extrapolate from your experience out to the rest of the big old cities. Try looking at the evidence and actually talking to people rather than just throwing crap out and just asserting it's true.
You have me confused with a different poster. I never said any city was going to crap. I only responded to a site in which you linked crime rates and pointed out the demographics of those cities. I never once mentioned Detroit or NY for that matter. Please get your thoughts together before you throw shit at me.