I think they have.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domestic ... 9320070322
I looked it up, because I was curious to see the actual number. If the suburbs are booming, that population loss is all the city of Detroit, and that's obviously not taking into account the last few years. Still shrinking at a much faster rate than Buffalo, which is what I was saying.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

well, im just saying. the city hasnt lost 40,000 in a decade, and you said every year, which is absurd. not jumping on you, but your information is way off. and its not all from detroit. people are actually moving to several cities in the detroit metro area, and grand rapids from out of area. they are the only two areas in the state that are growing, with the exception of a few areas. and that growth is very minimal.

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Hasn't there been an influx of people moving back to the city of Buffalo? I know there's been a lot of housing being developed, but I know that has a lot to do with UB's 2020 Plan.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

ive read about UBs 2020 plan. very impressive. thats going to do awesome things for the school and city. between that and the new waterfront. hows that coming, anyways? i havnt heard anything about it in a while.

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http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/10/ca ... ments.html

http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/10/ca ... rough.html

http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/10/ca ... eting.html

All pretty impressive...but I'll believe it when I see it.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

what happened to the casino?

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10 years can rot a car due to rust. don't hold ur breath. I heard a whiny drone talking about this on local radio a few weeks back. same ol' story. dreamers.

positive outlook.....

at least buffalo has a plan. detroit doesnt even have that. we thought a new baseball stadium and football stadium and a few casions would help. it just hasnt worked.

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Buffalo sucks, everyone is leaving there, it's the new fad, leave Buffalo.

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.... oh dude.. no dude.. you just signed your own epitaph. its a trend all over the rust belt. people are moving out. until those cities figure out a new industry to lean on and create jobs, people will move out. buffalo had the erie canal and steel... detroit had cars.

god save the rust belt.

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Note the sarcasm I used, because my last post was so full of sarcasm it is spilling from it.

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the best advertisement for cities : buffalonians tell others how great buffalo is.

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HOCKEY IS BACK!

Well, Buffalo has had various "plans" for 30 years.

Like Yoda says "There is no try. There is do, or do not."

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Hold my beer and watch this...

LOL Yeah Buffalo having a "plan" isn't saying much. It's just become a joke over the years.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

sarcasm is at times hard to detect in text-only form. but i got ya. who knows though. ill have to have a look see for the waterfront plans.

and still, whatever happened to the casino? i know it was like half done and then halted?

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Buffalo has biotech and green energy just on the horizon.

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green energy is huge. the west coast of michigan is being built up with wind farms, which is awesome. grand rapids, where i just moved from, its whole north side of downtown is dedicated to medicine. its called medical mile, and all the buildings are 5 years old, or less, and half the buildings are under construction still. detroit did get some huge cancer research yearly conference, so thats massive for them too. its nice to see these cities finding more updated industries to improve their economic troubles.

im really interested in city planning and such. and ive liked what ive seen of the waterfront project plans.

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The best part of the green energy dawn in Buffalo is that a couple of companies want to move into the recently-shut-down GM plants to make the windmills and solar cells. With Buffalo being so central to the NE and Eastern Canada, the companies really want to start getting it on.

Also, I'm assuming you've seen the the photo of the model for CanalSide, yes?

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no. ill have to check urban planet. its a cool forum that has all these plans in cities and updates and stuff. it was cool to watch riverhouse (a 400 foot tall residential tower in grand rapids) go from plans on a paper, to being finished in my time in kalamazoo and grand rapids.

and im still fuckin trying to figure out about buffalos casino! links people, links.

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Well, we don't even fucking know about that casino. Right now, the frame is just rusting away, as it has been for a year or more.

Here's a picture of the CanalSide plan:


What you don't see is HSBC Arena, which would be just off the right side of the image.

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