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Lancaster is very similar. Both cities have only ever had one decade of very minimal population decline, Lancaster in 1990 and Newark in 1980.

Exactly. This is what I've been saying.

https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2566121a73de463995ed2b2fd7ff6eb7

I posted that same screenshot further up this thread. It shows the population of Newark as of April 1, 2020 was 49,934. That's the number that was released in the official decennial census results yesterday. It is not the same as the estimate as of July 1, 2019, even though @OhioFinestis claiming that it is for some reason. This file, obtained directly from the US Census Bureau, provides further proof that no official census estimate was ever the same as the population for Newark released in the official decennial census which was released yesterday.

Give us a link to this number you are talking about.

Yep, it's nothing new, and it's not just big cities that challenge. https://muninet.harris.uchicago.edu/2011/04/12/cities-prepare-to-challenge-2010-census-counts/

Yes. No it wasn't. I posted the 2019 estimate above. It was 50,315. If you can explain how 50,315 is the same as 49,934, that would probably clear some things up.

They are not the same. I have no idea where that idea is coming from. Maybe @OhioFinestcan provide us proof of the claim being made, because I can't find it anywhere.

What are you talking about? It's not the same. I just proved to you that it's not the same.

Yep, I'm seeing the same number. It's only a difference of a couple hundred people though. No need for the Newark fanatics to freak out. With all of the new housing going up, it will pass the arbitrary 50k number very soon. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newarkcityohio/POP010220

I'm assuming american_amadan is referring to the location at which he or she is registered to vote when using the term "official address". American_amadan did not change his or her voter registration while temporarily living in Athens for school and suggested that would lead to an undercount in Athens. I'm saying that's not true. Responding to the census questionnaire that gets sent to your apartment in Athens and saying that you do, in fact, live in that apartment for "most of the year" will not negate your voter registration in Cleveland. The notion that something like this is leading to a material undercounting of residents in a downtown area is extremely far-fetched.

Does that actually impact how the census calculates a local population though? I don't think it does.

Here's the current population density based on the 2020 pops listed above and the land area of each city according to Wikipedia. The land area may have slightly changed for each city (I know Columbus annexed a couple square miles), but not enough to really change the density much at all. Columbus - 3,590.15/sq mi -> 4,131.69/sq mi; +541.54/sq mi Cleveland - 5,105.04/sq mi -> 4,793.82/sq mi; -311.22/sq mi Cincinnati - 3,814.79/sq mi -> 3,973.75/sq mi; +158.96/sq mi Toledo - 3,568.24/sq mi -> 3,365.28/sq mi; -202.96/sq mi Akron - 3,215.08/sq mi -> 3,075.49/sq mi; -139.59/sq mi Dayton - 2,554.64/sq mi -> 2,484.55/sq mi; -70.09/sq mi Canton - 2,791.85/sq mi -> 2,710.02/sq mi Youngstown - 1,974.12/sq mi -> 1,770.35/sq mi

The city limits are large compared to Cincinnati and Cleveland, but the actual density of development as you move out from the CBD is not all that different from the other two Cs, especially the areas north of downtown.

It's interesting to look at the land area of these cities. Jacksonville - 747.48 sq mi Houston - 640.47 sq mi OKC - 606.47 sq mi Phoenix - 517.86 sq mi San Antonio - 498.85 sq mi LA - 468.97 sq mi Ft Worth - 347.27 sq mi Dallas - 339.58 sq mi Austin - 319.94 sq mi Charlotte - 307.26 sq mi NYC - 300.37 sq mi Columbus - 219.22 sq mi Denver - 153.28 sq mi Seattle - 83.99 sq mi Columbus is actually the third smallest city, in terms of land area, to make this list.

This happened in Indianapolis way back in 1930.

I came across this picture on Instagram this morning. You can see the tower now becoming part of the skyline, even from a distance. And here's a rough mock-up of what I think this view will look like with this tower and Market Tower topped out.

So 28 floors above High Street, ignoring use. Is this why they had High Street closed with cranes sitting in the middle of the street?

So based on this post from @.justinback in February, I think it will be 28 stories above High Street and two stories below High Street. The schematics here a bit difficult to read, but it looks like a total of 30 stories if you include the storage level at the top and what appears to be one or two levels below High Street. If @.justincan point us to the original source of the schematics, maybe we can get a clearer look at the wording here.

Based on this post by one of the construction engineers, it will be 30 stories tall. That could mean there are two floors below High Street and 28 stories above High Street. It could mean there are 30 stories above High Street. Or, it could be wrong altogether and there will be two stories below High Street and 26 stories above High Street. Who knows. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhDf1VBUSj/

It looks like they have started work on the 17th(?) floor. I can never tell exactly which floor they are on, but it looks like there are about 10-12 more floors to go.

My theory is that Wirt Road was named after someone else. Wirt Road did not exist until after the canal was decommissioned. It runs along what used to be the towpath of the canal. The oldest map I can find depicting the existence of Wirt Road is from around 1920, about 70 years after Jacob Wert died. I find it highly unlikely that such an inconsequential street would be named after the founder of one of the two towns which merged to form Groveport. Also note that Wert moved to Obetz, where he later died, after the towns merged, leaving the Rarey's as the powerful family. Furthermore, Wirt Road runs through what was originally Rarey's Port. Wert's Grove was further west around what is now College Street. It seems like a street named after Wert would be in the area that used to be Wert's Grove. My other, more humorous, theory is that the Rarey's sarcastically honored Wert by naming an inconsequential street on the edge of town after him, but misspelled his name on purpose. And now I know way too much Groveport history and I need to get back to my day job, lol.

Jacob B. Wert, the namesake of Wert’s Grove, would like to have a word with you. https://www.columbusmessenger.com/jacob-wert-helped-groveport-grow.html His own tombstone says Wert so I can confidentially say Wert is the correct spelling.

I’m team Wert.

More signage going up to today. I think we should see the signage on the roof installed fairly soon.