New York’s population was supposed to increase by nearly 400,000 but in reality, so says the census, it grew only 2.1% with about 167,000 new people. But the thing is, New York is already the biggest city in the country, and only one city – San Antonio, which leapfrogged to the 7th largest in the country – added more people.
Many people, including Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn’s president said that “We’re not going to take it lying down.” w/e. You can probably attribute the lackluster numbers to idiots not returning their census forms. Only 63% did, which when compared to the national average of 74% is pretty weak.
In the meanwhile there are lots of other interesting cities you can visit if you’re considering moving and transport. We still have two other Alpha world cities. An alpha city, or a world city, is determined based on a number of economic, cultural, infrastructural and political factors. So far the only Alpha ++ cities in the world are London and New York. The other American alphas are L.A. and Chicago.
Betas +: Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco Beta: Dallas Beta -: Houston
Gamma +: Seattle, Denver, San Jose, Minneapolis Gamma: Portland, Philadelphia Gamma -: Detroit, Columbus, San Diego.
Portland, Woot! And New York is still the highest ranked, most-ballin city in the world, 2.1% growth or no.