Census Shows Rust Belt Cities Getting Smaller.

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While unusual growth in older cities such as Chicago and New York captured headlines, U.S. Census Bureau figures show a number of big cities became smaller between 1990 and 2000. Despite the booming economy of the 1990s and a vaunted urban comeback in many places, the once-bustling manufacturing centers across the Rust Belt are losing residents. Great Lakes cities such as Milwaukee, Buffalo, and Toledo lost residents, as did Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and St. Louis...