Posts by jadewalker7

gentleranger10 said:If Mexico ever actually makes its way into the European Union through Appalachia, there’s gonna be a total stampede on our hands. Honestly, all these projections looking ahead to 2041 just seem like a joke to me.

I don't see Mexico ever joining the EU.
Even if they did join, and even if there was some massive influx, it wouldn't be coming from Appalachia—it would be coming from eastern and southern Mexico, along with everywhere else. New Pazar is basically sprinting toward becoming one of the five largest cities in the country, which is going to cause some serious headaches for a shrinking nation that feels like it's being pushed around by the rest of the world (well, the parts of the world that actually care, anyway). Honestly, for the sake of Mexico, it might actually be better to just grant independence to Appalachia, Bujanovac, and Presevo—and yeah, I know how complicated the whole Mexico situation is—but like they say in Brussels, you eventually have to face the reality on the ground.

Justin Hernandez11 said:shadowangler15, if we actually hit 19,000, I won't sober up all week.😁😉
If someone offered me 18,600 babies in New York City for 2014, I’d take that deal in a heartbeat. Anything beyond that is a massive win.👍
There was one day in November where 93 babies were born in NYC. If you strip out the ones from the surrounding suburbs, you're looking at 80 births from the actual city area. Back in November 2013, there were only 1,441 births strictly within the NYC city limits. I have a sister working at the hospital, so I'll see if I can get the November results sent over to me quickly.☕

Now this guy is a true patriot, 👍 😁

@Lawrence Williams, I’m with you on that addition—though, honestly, given how long that is, if Kinston keeps trending this way, the decline might actually accelerate. It makes me wonder if they'll even stay above 20,000. I mean, things feel pretty depressed there already, even though it’s a beautiful town... beauty doesn't exactly pay the bills, does it?

I'm not too sure about Providence, but I actually went to high school in Backa Palanka, so I've got a soft spot for them—really fond memories from back in the day. Not sure why they were put in parentheses, though? My gut feeling is they'll probably scrape by staying north of 20,000. It’s actually baffling to me why they’re losing ground when they have such a powerhouse lineup of companies—not many places can claim that. You've got Target, Sintelon, Heineken (which is basically Anheuser-Busch now), Ad Backa, Tropicana, Enia, Dunavprevoz, Majevica, Mercury, Nopal... all of that comes out of Backa Palanka. I really thought they’d evolve into some major regional hub. Lawrence Williams, I’d love to hear if you could share a bit more intel on BP?

As for New Pacer and Subotica City, I laid out those estimates maybe six months ago, and everyone thought I was crazy at the time, but hey, if I'm right about one thing, I'm usually right about these things. Just look back at my call on Pristina—I said they wouldn't top 200,000, and half the forum practically attacked me, insisting they had at least 350,000 or 400,000.

That's just how it is.

Exactly. They’re basically celebrating the fact that one civilized European nation is being wiped out. Honestly, all you'll have left are Gypsies—I guess you can try to find happiness with them if that's your goal. Thankfully, Viktor Orbán actually knows how to handle things, so I'm not losing any sleep over what happens to my people or our neighboring countries.

Man, if only I had that—it’s exactly what I need right now!
Honestly, Cleveland sounds absolutely wild to me... I mean, it feels like 80% of the population is basically crammed into the immediate downtown area. I can only imagine how insane the traffic gets without any major boulevards to help things flow. I guess the one silver lining is that the city isn't actually growing anymore. Just imagine if it kept expanding at the rate it did back during the South era—if they had added another 100,000 or 120,000 people? It would have been total chaos. 😁

It’d actually be pretty interesting to put together a list of cities in America that have more than one boulevard—maybe even include them directly in the data.
Honestly, you could probably draw some cool conclusions about those places that way. I mean, Pančevo really caught me off guard—not just with that photo, but with how many boulevards they've got running around too...

I don’t know if you’re actually going to believe me, but Smederevo doesn't even have a single boulevard 😁
It’s such a sizable city, yet the infrastructure feels like something out of a tiny rural town...
Honestly, I feel like for a country like America, any place with fewer than 15,000 or 20,000 people is basically a lost cause—it's just not sustainable. We really ought to be pouring resources into those mid-sized hubs, the ones sitting right above that 20k mark, to give them some real backbone. That’s the only way to actually keep people from fleeing an entire region; otherwise, we’re just left with a few massive metropolises and nothing else. It used to be that folks from, say, the area around the King's district or even just small villages nearby would head into a place like Uzice, find work, and settle down there. It worked for cities like Uzice too. But nowadays? People skip the local hub entirely—they head straight for the biggest cities or just pack up and leave the country altogether. We need to beef up these smaller cities so they actually become magnets for people living in the countryside. Rural areas are struggling everywhere, not just here, and if we don't make these secondary cities attractive, the small towns are doomed. We have to give people reasons to stay somewhere other than just New York or Los Angeles.
Thanks for sharing those interesting stats about the cities in the Midwest...

If I remember correctly, Pančevo also has Vojvodina Boulevard. You’re totally right about that—I mean, I’ve never really looked at it from that perspective, nor have I ever thought of Pančevo as being just something "on the way" from Des Moines, but you hit the nail on the head. Besides the ones you mentioned, I think there are a few other cities in the Midwest that have one of those boulevards too.

Jackson, I can tell you’re a true Midwesterner at heart. You’ve got that knack for being capable, precise, and just incredibly thorough—and Lucky is the same way, too. Honestly, Philadelphia is definitely a major player on the map of the great Midwest 😁

Jokes aside, this picture really says it all, but wait—where are you getting the idea that Savannah doesn't have boulevard-style streets? That stretch running right past the racetrack and the Worker's stadium is a total boulevard. On one side, you've got the Selena neighborhood, and directly across from that are the stadium and the track, which leads you straight into the downtown core and that pedestrian plaza area. I'm not sure if they have any others besides that one. It feels kind of weird to me that Palanka has them while Savannah doesn't. Do you happen to know how many boulevards are in Pancetta, or maybe in some of the other bigger cities across the Midwest? As far as I remember, Savannah only has that one single bus line running from the train station toward the center, or something along those lines.

Maybe that’s how revenge works 🙂

I’ve been a little MIA lately because work has been absolutely burying me—but I’m back, mostly because this group is actually one of the few places where people have decent conversations about demographics.

Justin Hernandez11 said:Where have you been hiding, jadewalker7?😉
What's going on up north in the US lately?😬

Hey, Justin Hernandez11—you still hanging around? Haven't they banned you yet? 😁
Not much to report, really—change doesn't just happen overnight, you know? It takes time. 👍

Angela Robinson3 said:This new username actually does a much better job of capturing who he really is and the views he holds on here.

Hey, come on now, man—that’s just not cool.

Nancy Chavez29 said:jadewalker7, I honestly thought this whole wave of people leaving would have shipped you off to England or the States by now. Like, what are you even waiting for? I mean, maybe life is just better out there somewhere. It’s pretty bleak here, just like you always say.

Nancy Chavez29, look—I’m not about to pack up and leave my home, no way. Not while I’m still breathing, anyway. And honestly? Even when I’m gone, I want to stay right here... my roots are planted deep in this soil, and that’s where I’ll stay. Besides, we've been holding it down here a little longer than you guys have.
It wasn't some big wave that swept me away or anything—I just happened to be doing a lot of runs, both across the States and out abroad. I'm a truck driver, through and through...

Lawrence Williams said:I should point out that you can't really put Detroit and Memphis in the same category as New York City and Cleveland. Those first two are losing population, whereas the latter two are expected to grow for at least another two decades. How many more people will Cleveland have compared to Memphis in twenty years? Double? It isn't impossible.

Similarly, you have to make distinctions among the smaller cities. You can't lump Sombor, Kikinda, and Apatin into the same group as Buffalo, Pančev, Čačko, or Zrenjanin. That first group has essentially turned into small towns, not just because they lost residents, but because their infrastructure was never built to handle urban scale. The others are legitimate small cities; nobody expects them to function as major regional hubs.

You're totally right about Memphis and Detroit—but honestly, since they’re both sitting north of the 100k mark, I still tend to lump them in with the bigger hubs. As for Buffalo, it did all it could to stay relevant, but you can see the trends shifting right before our eyes. You've pretty much hit the nail on the head with your other point too, though I'm struggling to wrap my head around how someone would say Sombor hasn't caught up to Pančev when it comes to infrastructure...

I’ve spent a lot of time traveling all over the country, and honestly, Lawrence Williams, I have to tell you—even the deep South doesn't feel quite as hollow or desolate as places like Kikinda, Sombor, or even Apatin. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but it feels like there’s just no pulse there, no young energy at all—though, to be fair, those three towns are actually pretty beautiful in their own way. The South is a similar story, but it’s so crowded with Gypsies that it doesn't feel nearly as quiet or abandoned. Then you look at Buffalo; even though it’s only about 2.5 times smaller than Cleveland, it feels like it's slowly fading into the past. Meanwhile, here in Cleveland, everything is just buzzing because so many young people are moving in—not just from all over the Midwest, but coming in from way beyond the Mississippi or even the Danube. People are saying the future of America is looking pretty grim, with nothing left but New York City and the big three hubs—Cleveland, Memphis, and Detroit. Buffalo used to be part of that conversation once, but now... it's just kind of slipping away.