IS IT TRUE that between the years of 2012 and 2022 the population of downtown tracts in the City of Evansville decreased by a staggering 15.6%?…during that same 10-year period the population of non-downtown tracts increased a smidgeon by 0.2%?…the income of the people who remained in the downtown tracts increased by 10.5% during that decade and the non-downtown tract dwellers only increased by 8.6%?…that according to the CPI inflation calculator on the website of the United States Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the cumulative inflation rate from 2012 to 2022 was 27.4% meaning that Evansville is not even keeping up with half of the cost of living inside or outside the downtown area?…this may reflect the obsession with fun and games projects instead of activities that are of substance that create wealth and pay living wages?…with a downtown that is shrinking in population in spite of an abundance of construction and conversions, does it really make sense to aspire to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on riverfront lifestyle projects?
IS IT TRUE that recent FBI data puts Evansville, Indiana the 22nd most violent crime-ridden city in the United States of America, with a violent crime rate of 8.15 per thousand residents?…that means that there are 21 more violent cities in the nation, and the list was headed by Memphis, Tennessee but included the legacy pain pits of Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas City, and other large places that typically have terrible neighborhoods?…there were even 5 medium-sized cities that are more violent than Evansville is and our midwestern neighbors like Peoria, Dayton and Flint all are more violent?…this is not good company to keep if efforts to grow the population with higher earning people is the goal?
IS IT TRUE that the current population of the City of Evansville is down to 114,651 from the 117,373 in the 2020 Census?… Evansville’s population peaked in 1960 at 141,500 and has declined ever since?…the current projection for 2028 is to lose additional people to a level of 111,300 souls?…these souls deserve more than gimmicks, meanless slogans, and parties if the population can stop the bleeding?…a comprehensive analysis of what has happened over the last 64 years to drive away nearly 20% of the population?… we hint that a declining base of jobs that pay a living wage, a rise in violent crime and leaders absorbed with trivial pursuits is the principle driving factors?…we hope that our Mayor Stephanie Terry will learn how to address these issues at her upcoming training sessions at Harvard University and paid for by Michael Bloomberg?
Today’s Readers Poll question is: How do you rate the overall current condition of America?
