Tag Archives: Census
Georgetown’s Phantom Density
There are many benefits to living in a dense city. The most obvious is that with so many people living in close proximity, their joint buying power and habits can support shops and restaurants within walking distance. It’s why a … Continue reading
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ANC Redistricting Ahead?
In April, GM forecasted the possible changes to the ANC boundaries that could come as a result of the redistricting process now underway. Well, yesterday the Subcommittee on Redistricting issued guidelines for ANC and SMD redistricting that put more meat … Continue reading
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Georgetown’s Population Didn’t Boom That Much Afterall
Last Friday, GM posted a particularly breathless report on the huge jump in the population count for Georgetown in last year’s census. The overall increase was 1,791, a 21.01% increase. Moreover, He found that the biggest gains in population were … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by m-a-e. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Ward 2 is going to have to get smaller, but since Wards 7 & 8 have to get larger, it’ll probably be the eastern parts of Ward 2 that get moved … Continue reading
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Georgetown by the Numbers: Getting Here
Photo by theMuuj. GM has written a bit on who lives in Georgetown and how we get around, but today he’s going to ask: how’d we get here. Well, maybe not how specifically, more like when and from where. Here … Continue reading
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Georgetown By the Numbers: Transportation
A while ago, GM wrote about the car situation in Georgetown and argued that a small amount of residents were having an outsized impact on the supply of cars in the neighborhood. In writing this article, GM relied on the … Continue reading
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Counting Georgetown
Last December, an event happened that GM has been waiting for for years: the release of the five year estimates from American Community Survey. Sounds terribly dry, yes, but what it means is that data on a host of questions … Continue reading
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Georgetown Census Participation Good, Not Great
GM was tipped by DCist today to check out the Census participation for Georgetown. You can look up on the Census website and find out how good each census tract is about answering those ten questions. Georgetown’s is already better … Continue reading
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The Great Georgetown Bugaboo Part II: How We Really Get There From Here
Last week GM explored the question of cars and parking in Georgetown by digging into the Census records to determine what the actual car ownership levels are in Georgetown. The somewhat surprising results demonstrated that the parking problem in Georgetown … Continue reading
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The Great Georgetown Bugaboo: Cars and Parking
At Monday’s ANC meeting there was a near constant theme that weaves itself through just about every ANC2E meeting: cars and parking. It is the received wisdom that parking is a scarce commodity in Georgetown that needs to be defended … Continue reading
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