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no kidding it is the one big

artappraiser — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:44:39 +0000

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no kidding it is the one big meme:

This is going straight on the reading list for my course on populism and democracy:

"If we are to understand the depth of populist anger, we must look to the economics of regional resentment."

Read this important piece by @robertofoa and J. Wilmot now.https://t.co/hCjfetr2he
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) September 20, 2019

Wow, 80,000 people out of NY

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:16:30 +0000

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Wow, 80,000 people out of NY metro area a year - that's like opening the flood gates, no?

American Migration Patterns

artappraiser — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:37:28 +0000

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American Migration Patterns Should Terrify the GOP

Millennial movers have hastened the growth of left-leaning metros in southern red states such as Texas, Arizona, and Georgia. It could be the biggest political story of the 2020s.

By Derek Thompson @ CityLab.com, SEP 17, 2019

Liberals in America have a density problem. Across the country, Democrats dominate in cities, racking up excessive margins in urban cores while narrowly losing in suburban districts and sparser states. Because of their uneven distribution of votes, the party consistently loses federal elections despite winning the popular vote [....]

Two weeks ago, I published an article on what I called the urban exodus. More specifically, it is a blue urban exodus, as left-leaning metros in blue states are losing population. The New York City metro area is shrinking by 277 people every day. Other areas bleeding thousands of net movers each year include Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, and Baltimore—all in states that routinely vote for Democrats by wide margins [....]

Something Special Is

artappraiser — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:52:08 +0000

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Something Special Is Happening in Rural America

There is a “brain gain” afoot that suggests a national homecoming to less bustling spaces.

Guest op-ed by Sarah Smarsh @ NYTimes.com, Sept. 17

[....] The nation’s most populous cities, the bicoastal pillars of aspiration — New York City and Los Angeles — are experiencing population declines, most likely driven by unaffordability. Other metros are experiencing growth, to be sure, especially in the South and West. But there is an exodus afoot that suggests a national homecoming, across generations, to less bustling spaces. Last year, Gallup found that while roughly 80 percent of us live in urban areas, rural life was the most wished for.

If happiness is what they seek, those folks are onto something. A 2018 study by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported that in spite of economic and health concerns, most rural Americans are pretty dang happy and hopeful. Forty percent of rural adults said their lives came out better than they expected. A majority said they were better off financially than their parents at the same age and thought their kids would likewise ascend. As for cultural woes, those among them under age 50, as well as people of color, showed notably higher acknowledgment of discrimination and commitment to social progress. All in all, it was a picture not of a dying place but one that is progressing.

The University of Minnesota Extension researcher Ben Winchester has cited a “brain gain” in rural America. Mr. Winchester found that from 2000 to 2010, most rural Minnesota counties gained early-career to midcareer residents with ample socioeconomic assets. A third of them are returning, while the rest are new recruits [....]

Richard Florida retweeted

artappraiser — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 01:13:34 +0000

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Richard Florida retweeted this reply to Smith:

More precisely, megalopolis urban vs small cities and under. Midsize cities in between. https://t.co/v1hFkOpt8x
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) September 17, 2019

There’s a fabulous new book

artappraiser — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:51:01 +0000

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There’s a fabulous new book Why Cities Lose by Jonathan Rodden on the urban-rural phenomenon, which is as critical as you say.

Here’s my essay on his book and the 150 year history of how Dems became synonymous with density. https://t.co/2friDBPM6n
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) September 16, 2019

Am looking forward to reading Rodden's book. We have written a little on the similar trend in the UK... https://t.co/zMjyJJDiIX
— Will Jennings (@drjennings) September 16, 2019