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Downtown Domicile

By Econ70 | 10/02/2012

Between ‘00 and ‘10, Chicago had the largest numerical increase in its downtown population (defined as areas within two miles of City Hall) at 48,288, NYC was next at 37,422, Philadelphia at 20,769, Salt Lake at 19,712, and DC with 19,502. New Orleans lost the most, 35,000 (Katrina) followed by Baltimore at 10,000. Downtown populations…

Taxing License

By Econ70 | 12/14/2011

In DC there are 8,600 cabs for 600K people; plenty of cabs and a hacker license is cheap. In Chicago there are restrictions; only 6,951 cabs for a population of 3 million, and a license costs $200,000. In Boston, there are just 1,825 cabs and a license costs $385,000. And, in NYC there are only…