Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Move Over, San Francisco, We Coming

 The city of Jackson finally beat San Francisco in something although it was not cuisine.  Oh well, beggars can't be choosers.  The San Francisco Standard reported: 

San Francisco has officially relinquished its crown as the fastest-shrinking city in the nation. That dubious distinction now belongs to Jackson, Mississippi, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The new data provides the first nationwide look at how populations changed in nearly 20,000 cities, towns, villages and boroughs across the country from July 2021 to July 2022. It’s a far more detailed snapshot than the county-level data released earlier this spring

The first year of the pandemic spurred exoduses from many of the largest and best-known American locales. San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston were all among the 15 fastest-shrinking U.S. cities from July 2020 to July 2021, according to census estimates. That year, almost half of the fastest-declining U.S. cities had populations of more than 100,000.

That’s no longer the case. San Francisco, New York and Boston saw far more modest population contractions from July 2021 to July 2022 and Washington, D.C., actually experienced moderate growth. Meanwhile, the majority of the 15 fastest-shrinking cities had populations below six figures.



49 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Lumumba’s radical city.

Anonymous said...

I wonder why???

Anonymous said...

Chokwe said it would be the most radical city in the country. Fastest shrinking city.....same thing.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba sure knows how to get Jackson to #1!

Anonymous said...

Where's the guy who always says "Lumumba can't stop winning"?
I'm wondering how he's gonna spin this one.

Anonymous said...

Congratulation Mayor Lumumba. We are first at something. My goodness, where are all of those Californians going. Maybe we can fill those empty residences with the illegals crossing on the southern border.

Anonymous said...

Kush=shrink

Anonymous said...

I guarantee you New York and Chicago are seeing this and packing the buses full of illegals and sending them over. Well, Lil’ Choke, I guess you will always have Detroit!

Anonymous said...

When will Jackson fill its lawsuit against the U.S. Census Bureau for defamation for reporting these facts?

Anonymous said...

CONGRATULATIONS, Lamumba administration!!!!!!!!! You have finally accomplished your goal!! Destroyed what was once a beautiful, friendly, prosperous city.....a rose among the thorns. You have managed to facilitate a complete and thorough desolation of one the South's premier cities. I hope you are happy with that.... Kim Wade has his work cut out for him to revive our once really nice place to live and raise our children.....thanks, Pal

Anonymous said...

I am certain Tom Head, Kaze or DonnerKay will quickly draft articles to explain how only white people the source of this and its because they are just all racist.

Anonymous said...

Counting population is racist, right Brad?

Anonymous said...

The theoretical upside should be a reduction, however minor, in the volume of criminal sewage polluting of the Pearl River by the criminally serial polluting crapital city of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

This comes on the same day that City Council President Ashby Foote is quoted on WAPT as saying the city needs to find ways to bring more restaurants into Jackson (his remarks were about Cracker Barrel closing its only Jackson restaurant). Why would any restaurant or any other business for that matter want to locate in a declining business market that's headed in one direction only? Then again, this market is what the mayor wants.

Anonymous said...

3700 people that can afford to move leaving behind an even higher percentage of poor residents. Jackson voters have got to somehow recognize the math aint mathing and realize how unsustainable this is.

Anonymous said...

"Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the youngest mayor in the history of the city, was also honored with the New Frontier Award for his efforts to implement progressive policies to improve the lives of all the citizens in the city of Jackson."

The Kennedy award was chunked at Chok in March of 2022.

Anonymous said...

Well, look at y’all cheering (don’t pretend like your reactions are anything but). Remember, God doesn’t like ugly, and that’s exactly what y’all are.

Anonymous said...

I don't know how extensive your vocabulary is, but I do believe that it would best be described as gloating.

Anonymous said...

Why wouldn't we cheer when the leaders of Jackson, who made it clear we were not valued or welcome in the city, are finally facing some semblance of scrutiny?

Yes. We cheer when the bad guy finally is recognized for being the bad guy.

God don't like corrupt leaders or the minions who worship them as false prophets either.

Anonymous said...

Will the last person to leave please turn off the lights. Don't bother with all of the other utilities, as they have been off for a long time. Right?

Anonymous said...

The suburbanites need to think about this reduction of population. Even criminals don’t like to be robbed. They are moving their mommas, baby mommas and Kin to the “burbs”. If Jackson doesn’t step up, before long your neighbors will have Hinds County tags.

Anonymous said...

It’s obvious why Jackson is depopulating. I’m curious why so many cities in Utah are depopulating? They have great jobs and fantastic demographics. Mormons are not bad neighbors, unless you are a Mormon yourself. Then, they are like the Stasi in the former GDR.

Anonymous said...

As I said last night on a previous topic, I will not recognize jackson with a capital J until the correct group of leaders take over the city. It’s just that simple. What’s going on is not working so what does this Communist not understand? Many of you know his dad was so radical he was involved with the death of a JPD officer and Thompson was not excluded in that group. Hey…if it’s the truth you gotta say it. https://noqreport.com/2021/11/15/revealed-jan-6-commission-chairman-bennie-thompson-backed-extremist-secessionist-group-seeking-violent-u-s-takeover/

Anonymous said...


First all the liberries shut down
Then BAM left us

We need LaVar Burton to fly in and remind folks to pick up a book instead of a AK
Why he don’t come to Comic Con this year like Beverly Crusher?

Anonymous said...

Hey 4:37, think before you speak. We are given a choice to make decisions but some people make the wrong decisions and it destroys people. Now…tell me how your illustrious Marxist Communist mayor is making life good for people other than himself because the last time I looked jackson is one helluva bad hell hole and he is the one who really drove it into the ground. We need a good group of people to run the city but we all know that ain’t going to happen.

It’s all planned said...

Jokeway has succeeded with his goal

Anonymous said...

The Armies of Generals Grant and Sherman burned Jackson to the ground during the Civil War (JPS grads, Google it), hence our name, Chimneyville. But I believe the Chokester has outdone them. We’re still standing but we’re a shell of what we once were or could be - see Montgomery, AL. #1 city in country (replacing San Francisco!) in the loss of population. Well done, Antard! Radical city indeed! Companies all over are going to want in on this! What do you plan to break NEXT???

Anonymous said...

25% of the cities listed are in Utah. What's that say for the Mormon majority? Where are those folks going?

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Chucks New World Order. He told all of you what was coming. You reap what you sow.

Anonymous said...

And those that are still here vote for "leaders" like Antar and Virgi.

Anonymous said...

We sold our home in Madison and moved back to Jackson. We have a nicer house than what we had in Madison. Jackson is a cool and trendy place to live. Don't hate on Jackson. People in Madison are rude and stuck up.

Anonymous said...

@5:41 pm is exactly right. As a matter of fact is has been happening for a while. Just look at Ridgeland. The best scenario for all of us is for Jackson to solve its problems sooner rather than later. Probably not going to happen but I sure wish they would so the garbage will stay in Jackson and not invade my peaceful place in the country.

Anonymous said...

The rate of population loss is accelerating those I don't expect Franklin will be able to comprehend that fact even if presented with the calculations.

Anonymous said...

Possible explanation. the people who left had filled in the census. Some new and old ones did not fill in the census, so Antar will claim that the population is under reported.

Anonymous said...

"People in Madison are rude and stuck up."

Can you blame us? We got clean water coming out of the tap, and reliable garbage pickup twice a week! That's living in high cotton brother!

Anonymous said...

But y’all, Antar has a real vision now. He wants to light up Hwy 18 at night. So when you’re on your way to dinner at Waffle House and shopping at Walmart, you’ll not only be able to hear and feel that rapturous melody of rap music at max volume from the stolen car on your tail, you’ll be able to make out the four juvenile thugs and their ARs as they maneuver to carjack you or worse.

In 2021, D’keither Stamps told WLBT, “the citizens that I talked to about this issue in my district . . . the bulk of them want education, public safety, sewer, fire support. If the city’s gonna, you know, come to the table with something real, then we can start the conversation.” D’keither also mentioned folks being skeptical about the city holding up its end of the bargain given “repeated issues with basic services like water or police protection in that area.”

I’ll go out on a limb here and assume that conversation either didn’t start or went nowhere fast. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Anonymous said...

Jackson residents: You dont even live in Jackson so you dont have a say!

Also Jackson residents: You people in the burbs better care what happens to Jackson because our criminals will come for you next.

We did care. See also HB1020. Water take-over, etc. Then see how you people gave a resounding no to all attempts to "care" from sane Mississippians.

Its like you are a whole city comprised of panhandlers. Refuse to work, beg for money and get mad when the charity does not match your demands.

Cannot imagine why it is not working out.

Anonymous said...

I don’t think it is fair to include homicide deaths and people leaving town to serve prison sentences in this figure.

Anonymous said...

8:57 How do you assume the whole damn city wants this bull crap? Does the whole damn country want Joe Biden's bull? Thugs and idiots get elected all the time even in the best of places and the intelligent citizens are hostage until they can vote them out or leave. That's everywhere.

Anonymous said...

To go along with what 4:28 mentioned.

Kingfish, can you reach out to Harvard for a statement if they still think the Mayor should have that award? You know, highest murder rate in the nation, hiding a letter from the EPA, etc. doesn’t really equal an award in my mind.

Same goes for anyone at WLBT, WAPT, Mississippi Today, etc. reading this.

Anonymous said...

8:11,

A lot of people in Jackson don’t like Virgi nor do they like the Mayor. They just don’t want to run for politics.

To piggy back on what 8:59 said, I love my house in Jackson. I looked at Zillow listings for Madison a couple weeks ago. The houses for sale looked awful and they cost twice or triple what mine does.

I respect people living in Madison. I get it. Safety, clean water, etc. But let’s be real, collectively people in Jackson probably have more fun than people in Madison, and those of us in Jackson that are lucky also live within the Cap Police’s area.

Also, guess what? Most of the super liberal people that I know in the Metro actually live outside the City of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Brandon Presley Today is too busy ... pushing Brandon Presley. But if you could leak them some information they might return you email or call.

Anonymous said...

@10:48 Thank you! You said it better then I could.

Anonymous said...

Time for The Kingfish and Anna Wolfe to figure out how the heck the Mayor got an award, and why he appears to be trying to run people out of town.

Anonymous said...

Unless Anna Wolfe gets handed the story on a silver platter she ain't running with nothing.

Anonymous said...

8:57 a.m.: The tragedy is that there are many good, hardworking people in Jackson who are doing the best they can, but they have (almost) no voice.

The megaphone and the authority to hire and fire belong to the bottom feeders.

Anonymous said...

12:56. Like the absolutely bogus Pulitzer she won by regurgitating text messages given her by the accused. So fake.

Anonymous said...

The KF comment section summarized: A bunch of hillbillies gloating about demise of their Capitol City.

You win! YOUR Capitol city in YOUR state is doomed. Congrats? What are you looking for? An atta' boy? Don't any of you grow tired of cheering-on Jackson's slow death?

Anonymous said...

My sympathy to the families who can’t leave Jackson for a better future. I’m sure there are a lot of good people who just want a safe place to raise kids. Nobody wants to live in a lawless city. Particularly one without water and Cracker Barrel.



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