ARC Fails

The reality is, as young people become responsible adults, get married, start a family, the overwhelming majority recognize that a nice suburban neighborhood in a good school district, is what is best for their family.

In every generation, not everybody gets married and starts a family. Within the millennials generation, a higher percentage of the generation so far is continuing to live with parents after college and not forming new households  on their own, and a higher percentage are not married and starting their own  families in their own new households by age 25, by age 30, etc. So there is a higher overall percentage that do want what the planners claim. But the claims of the planners are isolating this subset, and generalizing it to the entire millennial generation to justify political objectives with these greatly distorted generalizations.

A few years ago after the final numbers on the 2010 Census were released, the ARC issued a proclamation that the City of Atlanta's population growth since 2000 was proof that people were abandoning the suburbs and returning to the urban core.

In 2000 approximately 15% of the population of the 10-county ARC Atlanta Region lived in the City of Atlanta.

In 2000 approximately 85% of the population of the 10-county ARC Atlanta Region live in the suburbs.

In 2010 approximately 15% of the population of the 10-county ARC Atlanta Region lived in the City of Atlanta.

In 2010 approximately 85% of the population of the 10-county ARC Atlanta Region live in the suburbs.

Between 2000 and 2010 approximately 15% of the region's growth occurred in the City of Atlanta.

Between 2000 and 2010 approximately 85% of the Atlanta Region's growth occurred in the suburbs.

How does the above data support the claim that Atlantans are abandoning the suburbs?

Ron Sifen

Comments

Yes, it appears as well that the worshiped Millennials are disobeying the predictions of Urban  Planners and moving to the suburbs as they form families, just as their  parents and grandparents have done.  And, a general migration away from high-cost areas.

Could it be that the social engineers are not succeeding in their efforts to herd everyone permanently into high-rise, high density living?

Larry Savage