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Can you name the cities with the highest estimated population decline between 2000-2008 (pop. at least 100,000)?
created by
purplesteve6
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% Growth
City
Population (July 1, 2008)
(35.7%)
311,853
(9.6%)
112,900
(9.2%)
433,748
(7.4%)
270,919
(7.3%)
310,037
(7.2%)
154,200
(7.0%)
210,542
(6.6%)
293,201
(5.9%)
206,886
(5.7%)
138,068
% Growth
City
Population (July 1, 2008)
(5.6%)
173,861
(5.6%)
228,798
(4.6%)
1,447,395
(4.5%)
113,968
(4.4%)
207,510
(4.4%)
116,309
(4.2%)
103,807
(4.1%)
912,062
(4.1%)
191,022
(3.3%)
105,774
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Declining Populations of U.S. Cities Quiz
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Booger
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 15:27 GMT
2 points
Birmingham does not work. You forgot to put in the the shortcut. Otherwise, nice quiz.
sbelkoski
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 15:29 GMT
4 points
Birmingham didn't work for me either. I also think the % growth column heading is a little confusing. I'd make it % decline.
purplesteve6
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT
0 points
Fixed the Birmingham thing. The parentheses around the individual percentages dictates the growth is negative. A negative percent decline would be a double-negative and suggest actual growth. I guess I could have said "% Decline" and not used the parentheses. Either one would be correct.
RandallPinkston
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 15:58 GMT
8 points
Yes, either one is correct, but % Decline is much clearer. Great quiz, though--informative and challenging. You should put "U.S." somewhere in both the title and the quiz description.
otis89
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT
4 points
I didn't realize putting percents in parentheses makes them negative. Is that common practice? I've never seen it before.
rockgolf
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Nov 9th, 2009 at 21:34 GMT
2 points
If you go by actual population loss, rather than percentage, the top 20 are New Orleans, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Memphis, Toledo, Hialeah, Baltimore, Birmingham, Rochester, Flint, Dayton, Jackson, Akron, Syracuse, Mobile & Tulsa.
Blaise
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Nov 10th, 2009 at 02:35 GMT
3 points
Great, post 1800 and Philadelphia still can't do anything right, always stuck in something negative... my hometown
midlifecrisis
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Jan 7th, 2010 at 15:32 GMT
1 point
There's a reason Philadelphia makes all the bad lists.
crow_t_robot
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Jan 23rd, 2010 at 17:56 GMT
5 points
That's strange, I've heard it's always sunny there.
nut
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Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:20 GMT
0 points
i got half of them off the bat by guessing Rust Belt cities. crummy place to live, and its not even like fewer people means less traffic. still sucks to drive in pittsburgh!
rmo134
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Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:54 GMT
3 points
Parenthesis mean negative in accounting only, pal
billytorbay
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Jan 24th, 2010 at 05:10 GMT
2 points
I'm quite surprised by Mobile. Every time I read about it lately I see stories of an improving and diversifying economy, and it has nice weather.....maybe it's all the evangelicals..
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