These Are the Fastest Shrinking Cities in America
12. Oak Lawn, Illinois
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Almost all of Chicago has seen a population decrease over the past four years. However, Oak Lawn has been hurt most of all, losing over 1,000 people in just a few years, out of a population of less than 57,000. “”Population loss hurts us all. [Oak Lawn] should be the proverbial canary in the mineshaft—Chicago needs a proactive growth strategy,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
“We’ve got to create real opportunities and incentives for businesses and for all neighborhoods to prosper,” she continued. Meanwhile, according to local newspapers, Oak Lawn is one of the fastest shrinking cities because the government is “steering the General Assembly toward higher taxes, enormous public debts and anti-employer policies that push jobs to lower-cost states.”
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