12 Fastest-Shrinking U. S. Cities Since 1950
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Date: 2026-07-10
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Pjbnds
Here’s an important fact that was never mentioned: corporations move out of cities and take their company and jobs to other states that learn them with paying zero taxes for 15 plus years. It’s not just a way to pay no taxes but also a way to control governments. Sad but it’s true. Plus the narrative on the all cities listed are missing key issues and information. This video seems like it is designed to tell a story that is not entirely true. The actually missing information is as sad and disrespectful!
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Here’s an important fact that was never mentioned: corporations move out of cities and take their company and jobs to other states that learn them with paying zero taxes for 15 plus years. It’s not just a way to pay no taxes but also a way to control governments. Sad but it’s true. Plus the narrative on the all cities listed are missing key issues and information. This video seems like it is designed to tell a story that is not entirely true. The actually missing information is as sad and disrespectful!
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LawsonBowling
White flignt has been joined by black flight. I grew up in an inner suburb of Atlanta, DeKalb County, that was about 90% white 50-60 years ago. It's now majority black. The middle-class housing developments look the same, it's simply that middle-class black people, aided by open housing laws and evolving mentalities, moved in, seeking the good side of suburban life and supposedly better schools (and maybe they were.
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White flignt has been joined by black flight. I grew up in an inner suburb of Atlanta, DeKalb County, that was about 90% white 50-60 years ago. It's now majority black. The middle-class housing developments look the same, it's simply that middle-class black people, aided by open housing laws and evolving mentalities, moved in, seeking the good side of suburban life and supposedly better schools (and maybe they were.
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kellielaine5848
NAFTA truly was a giant sucking sound as Ross Perot warned. Clinton sold it after Bush Sr couldn't. Systematic takedown all by design. Trump's tarrifs were the first action to correct that and the not-supreme-at-all court shut him down. So wrong. He was using trade over war to negotiate with with countries. shut down. He was using tarrifs to pay down debt. shut down.
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NAFTA truly was a giant sucking sound as Ross Perot warned. Clinton sold it after Bush Sr couldn't. Systematic takedown all by design. Trump's tarrifs were the first action to correct that and the not-supreme-at-all court shut him down. So wrong. He was using trade over war to negotiate with with countries. shut down. He was using tarrifs to pay down debt. shut down.
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bjdon99
Of all of these, only St Louis and maybe Buffalo are still in decline. Even Detroit and Cleveland are well on the road to recovery. Modern housing is less dense. Married couples don’t have 6 kids anymore. When they recover, the people that move back expect bigger square footage than their grandparents had.
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Of all of these, only St Louis and maybe Buffalo are still in decline. Even Detroit and Cleveland are well on the road to recovery. Modern housing is less dense. Married couples don’t have 6 kids anymore. When they recover, the people that move back expect bigger square footage than their grandparents had.
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crveech
St. Louis is fun during baseball season and hanging out around Busch Stadium. There really isn't much else to do downtown. I remember Union Station being cool until the mall closed. Looks like they're trying to rejuvenate it with rides and an aquarium, but it's still pretty dead.
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St. Louis is fun during baseball season and hanging out around Busch Stadium. There really isn't much else to do downtown. I remember Union Station being cool until the mall closed. Looks like they're trying to rejuvenate it with rides and an aquarium, but it's still pretty dead.
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501764727
Surprised Milwaukee didn't make this list, it's on the same path of a lot of these cities like Baltimore, Cleveland and Pitt. Amazing how much changes in an area in over a decade or even in 5 yrs.
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Surprised Milwaukee didn't make this list, it's on the same path of a lot of these cities like Baltimore, Cleveland and Pitt. Amazing how much changes in an area in over a decade or even in 5 yrs.
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sillybilly44444444
What an interesting video with great footage of each city: thanks for the upload. I have to point out, however, that 4: 08 is Seattle, not Chicago.
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What an interesting video with great footage of each city: thanks for the upload. I have to point out, however, that 4: 08 is Seattle, not Chicago.
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tedgemberling2359
I think it's incorrect to blame Detroit's decline on decades of mismanagement. It's a result of suburbanization, car dependency, and white flight.
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I think it's incorrect to blame Detroit's decline on decades of mismanagement. It's a result of suburbanization, car dependency, and white flight.
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dennydowling2169
The principal st loiu dubuurbsn growth is yothwedt nothr 1: 28 east. Stloui county now has a larger populationthan th city proper ever did.
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The principal st loiu dubuurbsn growth is yothwedt nothr 1: 28 east. Stloui county now has a larger populationthan th city proper ever did.
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chrisnorman9980
A lot of these places are now doughnut cities - hollow in the middle with everyone around the outside in the suburbs
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A lot of these places are now doughnut cities - hollow in the middle with everyone around the outside in the suburbs
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