If you want to fit in here, you better get yourself some army pants and put on some weight. Memphis is another city in the South that’s shedding a lot of its residents recently. As a big city, it was pulsating with culture and life, so what went awry with this city and its potential for a great urban revival?
Among the headwinds facing this city are limited public transportation and crime that does not sleep.
Jamestown, North Dakota
North Dakota has demonstrated time and again to be one of the most popular states, and 2017 was the first time in 15 years that this state declined its population. People have been crowding to North Dakota for more than a decade, but Jamestown might be behind the state's first population decline ever recorded in 2017.
The small city has lost around 2% of its population, according to the 2018 poll, which isn't something unusual for this small city.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham has arguably the most fragmented community in the Southeast because of its history. If a do-over button existed for cities, Birmingham would be at the top of that list. There might, MIGHT, be nice people in the area with a sweet southern charm but when it comes to the city looking after it's own, you'll be pressed to find a helpful response.
There are very few resources for the needy and few services for low-income families that help the people. So we totally get why people are leaving Birmingham in troves!
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford saw its population shrink by 5 percent last year. The reason? Hartford is not a great place to live; it's not visually appealing, and it isn't safe either. To add to that, economic problems at the state level aren't helping, while crime and the cost of living are headaches for residents.
Basically, everything needs to change in Hartford, starting with improving the roads to expanding their education system.
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee has very little to offer it's residents, with few job opportunities, limited housing, expensive electrical bills. Tuskegee has a couple of run-down parks and sketchy nightclubs.
Even for this small town, the sense of community is lacking so much so that 13% of its residents decided to pack up and leave! This city also has a high unemployment rate of 10%, which is twice as much as the entire state of Alabama.