Makes alot of sense to me. Is this a NET increase or not? If this is not a net increase, I can guarantee you that more than 26,000 families will leave by then.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Alberti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mpls Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [Mpls] Zero Growth in Minneapolis - One Hundred Years and Counting > I must be stupid. This message makes no sense to me. > > Bob Alberti, President Sanction, Inc. Data Security > http://www.sanction.net Cusp of Longfellow and Seward > "A Tempest! Grab the teabag and hang on for your life!" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mpls-admin@;mnforum.org]On Behalf Of > Victoria Heller > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:10 AM > To: Mpls Forum > Subject: [Mpls] Zero Growth in Minneapolis - One Hundred Years and > Counting > > > According to Jeffrey Hayden, Council Member Assistant...... > By 2030, "the City has been told to anticipate 26,000 new households." > > Let's hope these new arrivals are very rich and LOVE paying other peoples' > bills. > > If these new households average 2.43 persons, our population should reach > 445,000 over the next 28 years. That would still put us below the 1930 > population of 464,356. > > This is really good news in disguise: We don't need ANYTHING NEW! We can > save lots of money, and reduce our debts, by simply maintaining what we > already have. > > I have a question though; How did the Met Council calculate the people who > plan to LEAVE Minneapolis? As boomers age, they typically seek warmer > climates and lower taxes. > > These projections do cause us to pause and think about the future - try to > imagine what life in Minneapolis will be like in 2030. > > The traffic problems might actually solve themselves as people use the > internet more and more. Retired people drive less too, especially in the > winter. > > Libraries might operate like Netflix: Books (rather than CDs) are > delivered to your door, say 5 at a time. When you return 1, the next one > on your list is delivered the next day. This method takes redundant > inventories out of the cost equation. > > The 20 year olds who are roaming the streets now will be calling the shots > then. > > Suddenly I feel like checking out Panama. Gotta go. > > Vicky Heller > North Oaks and Cedar-Riverside > > > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
