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re: Cities you thought were bigger
Posted on 2/26/18 at 10:56 pm to TDcline
Posted on 2/26/18 at 10:56 pm to TDcline
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As a kid I thought New Orleans was huge. Like one of the biggest cities in the country.
Silly.
It was top 10 in the US until 1890. Then at 627k in 1960. New Orleans had so much potential squandered and lost.
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Posted on 2/26/18 at 11:02 pm to The Boat
quote:
It was top 10 in the US until 1890. Then at 627k in 1960. New Orleans had so much potential squandered and lost.
Pre-Civil War New Orleans was the biggest city in the south and the second biggest port in the country behind only NYC. War, transcontinental railroads, yellow fever epidemics, the 1927 flood, and insular, backward-looking political and social leadership all played a role in its long decline.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 10:15 am to The Boat
quote:quote:It was top 10 in the US until 1890. Then at 627k in 1960. New Orleans had so much potential squandered and lost.
As a kid I thought New Orleans was huge. Like one of the biggest cities in the country.
Silly.
In 1960 it was #15.
1840 - Pop. 102193 - Ranked #3
1850 - Pop. 116375 - Ranked #5
1860 - Pop. 168675 - Ranked #6
1870 - Pop. 191418 - Ranked #9
1880 - Pop. 216090 - Ranked #10
1890 - Pop. 242039 - Ranked #12
1900 - Pop. 287104 - Ranked #12
1910 - Pop. 339075 - Ranked #15
1920 - Pop. 387219 - Ranked #17
1930 - Pop. 458762 - Ranked #16
1940 - Pop. 494537 - Ranked #15
1950 - Pop. 570445 - Ranked #16
1960 - Pop. 627525 - Ranked #15
1970 - Pop. 593471 - Ranked #19
1980 - Pop. 557515 - Ranked #21
1990 - Pop. 496938 - Ranked #24
2000 - Pop. 483663 - Ranked #33
2001 - Pop. 477932 - Ranked #33
2002 - Pop. 472744 - Ranked #33
2003 - Pop. 467761 - Ranked #35
2004 - Pop. 461915 - Ranked #36
2005 - Pop. 455188 - Ranked #38
2006 - Pop. 208548 - Ranked #94
2007 - Pop. 288113 - Ranked #62
2008 - Pop. 336644 - Ranked #55
2009 - Pop. 354850 - Ranked #53
2010 - Pop. 343829 - Ranked #52
2011 - Pop. 360341 - Ranked #51
2012 - Pop. 369250 - Ranked #51
2013 - Pop. 378715 - Ranked #51
2014 - Pop. 384320 - Ranked #50
2015 - Pop. 389617 - Ranked #49
2016 - Pop. 391495 - Ranked #49
Note the drop post Katrina.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 10:18 am to The Boat
Atlanta " sounds like a good idea, let's do it."
Houston - "If you can make it work, more power to you."
New Orleans - " Ahhhhhhh, it'll never work!!!!!!!!"
Houston - "If you can make it work, more power to you."
New Orleans - " Ahhhhhhh, it'll never work!!!!!!!!"
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