If only there were 1000 more SLU grad students
Yeah, SLU's drop in foreign students has me a bit worried about near-term Midtown development.
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The US demographic cliff (kids born in 08) starts hitting colleges next year. I don't expect Wash U to go anywhere, but SLU will almost certainly see natural enrollment declines in the coming years, and that's without considering foreign students.
I think their saving grace is that the area around campus has developed into a dynamic and desirable place. The Grove has come a long way, the Brickline and Tower Grove Connector will make things even better.
I think their saving grace is that the area around campus has developed into a dynamic and desirable place. The Grove has come a long way, the Brickline and Tower Grove Connector will make things even better.
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Let's not forget that the city continues to bleed residents. Until we can get an administration that is taking this seriously and not continually gas lighting the problem, I see no hope anytime soon.
Yet the city has grown its civilian work force over the same period where it shed 7% of its population. Weird how that works.southcitygent wrote: ↑Mar 29, 2025Let's not forget that the city continues to bleed residents. Until we can get an administration that is taking this seriously and not continually gas lighting the problem, I see no hope anytime soon.
^ I think it would be fair to separate out the Police/Law Enforcement from the rest of the city workforce. Gut feeling that St Louis like most cities has grown its public safety at the demand of its constituents much more the rest of the other departments after years of downsizing
The civilian labor force is all employed poeple + all unemployed people who live in a county or designated area. It's not jobs, it's people who live in the city who are employed or unemployed.dredger wrote: ↑Mar 29, 2025^ I think it would be fair to separate out the Police/Law Enforcement from the rest of the city workforce. Gut feeling that St Louis like most cities has grown its public safety at the demand of its constituents much more the rest of the other departments after years of downsizing
In Jul 2024, the city had 157.3k people in the work force, the highest since 2017, when there was 157.5k (2020 jumped because of the census).
So if it's true that the city has lost 7% of its population, it's quite literally overwhelmingly kids and people who don't have jobs and aren't looking for jobs.
The MSA as a whole has grown its work force by 20k since 2020.
^ Thanks for clarification. I thought you were literally talking city workforce.
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