Talk:Saint Louis, Missouri

I believe St. Louis is prohibited by law (state constitution?) from ever expanding or incorporating other territory, but it's been a long time since I lived there. Anybody know? It would explain the "declining population" mentioned. Ortolan88 20:13 Aug 3, 2002 (PDT)

St. Louis City is a separate entity, apart from any county, which prevents it from being able to annex anything in St. Louis County. I believe you're right, that this does unnaturally speed up the population decline, as the St. Louis metro area doesn't really show any signs of shrinking. People aren't moving out of the area, just out of the city and into the ritzier suburbs. (I work in St. Louis; I live in the suburbs.) Dave Farquhar 05:40 Dec 16, 2002 (UTC)