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Fifty-Five Percent of Readers Live in the City of Saint Louis

July 16, 2014 Site Info 4 Comments

Over 85% of the readers that participated in the non-scientific poll last week indicated they live in greater St. Louis (St. Louis City, Missouri counties of St. Louis, Jefferson, & St. Charles; Illinois counties of Madison & St. Clair). Here are the results:

Q: Where do you live?

  1. St. Louis (South) 80 [32.13%]
  2. St. Louis (Central Corridor) 50 [20.08%]
  3. St. Louis County (Central/West) 39 [15.66%]
  4. St. Louis County (South) 14 [5.62%]
  5. US Northeast 9 [3.61%]
  6. St. Louis County (North) 7 [2.81%]
  7. TIE
    1. St. Louis (North) 6 [2.41%]
    2. Missouri (not St. Louis city; St. Louis, St. Charles, or Jefferson counties) 6 [2.41%]
  8. TIE
    1. Madison County, IL 5 [2.01%]
    2. Illinois (not St. Clair or Madison counties) 5 [2.01%]
    3. US Southwest 5 [2.01%]
  9. TIE
    1. St. Clair County, IL 4 [1.61%]
    2. St. Charles County, MO 4 [1.61%]
    3. Jefferson County, MO 4 [1.61%]
    4. US West/Northwest 4 [1.61%]
    5. Elsewhere in the world 4 [1.61%]
  10. US Southeast 2 [0.8%]
  11. US Midwest, except Missouri & Illinois 1 [0.4%]
  12. North America, NOT the United States 0 [0%]

And a few calculations based on the above:

  • Greater St. Louis: 213 [85.54%]
  • City of St. Louis: 136 [54.62%]
  • St. Louis County: 60 [24.10%]

I appreciate everyone’s participation.

— Steve Patterson

 

Currently there are "4 comments" on this Article:

    • Though i agree with the article, I don’t see how ‘We must kill the McMansion! Good riddance to an American embarrassment’ is related.

       
      • JZ71 says:

        Your blog and most of its readers embrace the concept of urban living – 55% choose to live in the city. What this article points out are two salient points, a) that single family homes (primarily in the suburbs and exurbs) continue to grow in square footage while rental apartments remain fairly static in size, and b) there is disagreement about why the two trends continue, in spite of the recession. I see the discussion as it relates to the future of urban living, especially here, in St. Louis. Are we seeing a future with more renters and fewer buyers (likely good for urban living and higher densities)? Or, is the shift temporary, with many renters still aspiring to own their own place? (Not so good for urban living.) The city has lost 2/3 of its population (at its peak) – do we want to get back to 1/2? 2/3? If we want to double the city’s current population (and “save” the inner-ring suburbs), can we do it with larger-yet-affordable new single-family homes? Or, is the only option multi-story, multi-family housing? Or, more precisely, what is / should be / will be the mix? How do we balance growth and NIMBY? Or, are you / we just content to be “preaching to the choir”, telling people want they want to hear and what they should do?

         

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