Re: Victoria's recent post I provided a more detailed analysis of this just a week-and-a-half ago that demonstrated either that (a) the "population decline" is either due to the flight non-college educated and non-white populations from Minneapolis or (b) bad estimates. (For those who did not read the previous post, please note that conclusion (b) is far more plausible.)
The fact that VH links to FAIR (an organization perfectly willing to distort information to make its anti-immigrant arguments) is telling. As is the fact that the FAIR article on the population decline uses the 2000 data for foreign-born population. Why didn't FAIR use the 2003 Census Bureau Estimate? Oh, perhaps because it would show a decline in the total number of foreign-born in Minneapolis. (But I would think that the FAIR types would really get into the fact that the percentage has increased.) Erik Larson Downtown East REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
