Data Points: Shelby County Population And Income Movement

11 Comments

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   Anonymous on May 7, 2016 at 9:14 am

   Interesting that so much of the migration out of Memphis and Shelby Co is to Nashville and surrounding counties in the Nashville MSA.
   No doubt that region is on fire with growth.

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   Gene Pearson on May 9, 2016 at 12:58 pm

   For some reason that escapes me, this data made me think of Governor Tom McCall of Oregon in early 1970s who got a far sighted land use bill through the state’s legislature (the bill that required urban growth boundaries for every city). He wanted to protect the environment and eliminate sprawl.

   In an interview with CBS he famously said “Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven’s sake, don’t come here to live.”

   Of course we know this reverse psychology seemed to work, and the state’s largest City with its historic core built the nation’s most successful light rail transit system.

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   Anonymous on May 9, 2016 at 1:13 pm

   …just as interesting is the number of people from Nashville and surrounding counties in the Nashville MSA that are moving to Shelby County.

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   Gene Pearson on May 9, 2016 at 6:54 pm

   GP, you failed to acknowledge that Tennessee’s Chapter 1101, Urban Growth Boundaries, was in part based on Oregon’s landmark land use law (see also Florida and New Jersey). The only problem was that the reference to “annexation reserve” areas created a land grab by municipalities who wanted as much territory as possible and not a planned limit to urban growth.

   Sadly, developers and suburban growth interests have watered down planned growth and we city tax payers pay the bill without any control of growth at our borders.

   Visit Memphis but don’t live here.

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   38120 on May 11, 2016 at 1:13 pm

   Won’t be long before “Big Shelby” is a thing of the past in Tennessee, especially since Nashville is growing so rapidly.

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   Anonymous on May 11, 2016 at 2:11 pm

   No worries about “Big Shelby” going anywhere. Not a very bright comment from the usual suspect. You apparently know Nashville about as well as you know Memphis. Even if Shelby were to continue to shrink and Davidson continued to grow at their current rates, it would be 50 years before Davidson’s population surpassed Shelby County. For Brag-ville to be so great, there sure do seem to be a lot of people from there spending a lot of there life commenting here. Their quality of life must be keeping them inside and glued to their screens. Sad.

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   38120 on May 12, 2016 at 2:13 pm

   Cheerleading is fine, but “Team Memphis” rarely makes good plays and hardly ever gets on the scoreboard.
   The negative realities and the negative perceptions about this city and region are far greater than the positive things happening here. The balance is just too much out of proportion and hurts every individual and business that calls this place home.

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   Anonymous on May 12, 2016 at 2:33 pm

   Thanks for posting the same comment twice, but it does not change the facts about “Big Shelby” remaining just that for quite some time to come. What it does show is you know how to use “Ctrl+C”.

9. 

   Chatul on May 13, 2016 at 2:42 pm

   Commenter 38120: an exploration of sadomasochism.

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    38120 on May 19, 2016 at 8:17 am

    Per the front page of today’s CA, Memphis will soon fall to become the second largest city of TN. Nashville is quickly closing the gap and is now only about 1400 population short of passing Memphis to become the largest city in TN. Another civic point of pride lost to Nashville.

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    Anonymous on May 19, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    38120,
    Read Chatul’s comment. Everything you post is essentially being ignored by even first time readers. Nobody anywhere like a troll.