tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813480.post1384939672856136059..comments2022-11-26T03:42:16.925-05:00Comments on Hub City Historian: Bradfordingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03500464462443784941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813480.post-74944875534163699232010-05-31T06:20:43.868-04:002010-05-31T06:20:43.868-04:00The "Nashville Agrarians" a group of aca...The "Nashville Agrarians" a group of academics writing in the 1930s had a proposal that would have prevented a lot of wasteful suburban sprawl. It was really a simple idea that could have had tremendous impact on land use - the idea was to make it illegal for corporations to acquire land. The Agrarians believed personal ownership would be more responsible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813480.post-43982884293222605422010-03-08T23:31:31.195-05:002010-03-08T23:31:31.195-05:00It's important to consider that while the popu...It's important to consider that while the population of the city has not grown significantly, the city limits have more than doubled in area. What this means is that the population density has decreased dramatically over the past 80 years. You also have to consider that the actual built up area outside of the "city limits" is much, much, larger- about 150,000. So even though the city limits do not reflect that population, that is the effective size of the population in Spartanburg and its suburbs.<br /><br />If South Carolina's annexation laws weren't so backwards, the city would probably have shown a much more steady population increase over the decades.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813480.post-10848284853318394212010-02-18T21:06:15.385-05:002010-02-18T21:06:15.385-05:00Brad, I believe we once had a much larger populati...Brad, I believe we once had a much larger population inside the city limits but somewhere along the way declined. I seem to recall we were a couple of places higher city standings (population). Of course, I'm saying this without the benefit of recent research, but I do recall the H-J did some stories about it. Rock Hill is larger than Sburg now.Gary Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02107098707972740537noreply@blogger.com