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-----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
