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Half of America’s Cities Are Depopulating. We Could Be Headed for a Ghost Town Era. (www.popularmechanics.com)
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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

  • By studying population trends and forecasting models, researchers have come to believe that nearly 15,000 U.S. cities will face noticeable depopulation by 2100.
  • Populated areas of the cities in question could experience a decline of up to 44 percent.
  • Projections call for the biggest drops in city populations to occur in the Northeast and Midwest.
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[–] 72 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Total lack of social/ecoomic context as I'd expect from PM.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    But sociology and economics are soft sciences, so obviously it's pointless to use and never reflects reality. Unlike physics and engineering, where if it works on paper it will always work for real /s

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