Post #671001
2025-07-23 12:54 UTC
My latest Charting Boulder column in @boulderreportinglab "That’s the promise of public interest data science: not just to mythbust, but to make arguments about our community more accountable and actionable." https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/07/22/brian-keegan-rethinking-boulders-growth-debate-with-data-not-nostalgia/
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@MichaelTBacon@social.coop 2025-07-23 16:17
@bkeegan @boulderreportinglab Speaking for Durham and Chapel Hill on your final chart, it's a somewhat misleading comparison given that both cities, but particularly Durham, engaged in a truly aggressive annexation campaign designed to capture extensive suburban growth in the county, particularly related to the construction of I-40. The "old," central parts of both towns had low or negative growth until the aughts when it reversed post-housing crisis.