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I think local effects are still at play. I know many rural places that are still shrinking, but my town has nearly doubled in size and shows no signs of slowing
by pnpnp 3y ago
I think local effects are still at play. I know many rural places that are still shrinking, but my town has nearly doubled in size and shows no signs of slowing.
We’re over 2 hours from the nearest airport (on a highway), so pretty “out there.”
- spamizbad 3y agoFor 2020 the Census Bureau redefined what qualifies as “urban” living (population thresholds were doubled). Despite this, the share that live in rural areas only increased 0.7 points (19.3 -> 20.0). Using the previous metrics, rural populations shrank relative to urban. Source: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/urban-rural-populations.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/urban-ru... https://carsey.unh.edu/publication-rural-america-lost-population-over-past-decade-for-first-time-in-history#:~:text=Between%202010%20and%202020%2C%20the%20rural%20population%20declined%20by%20289%2C000,of%20221%2C000%20(0.5%20percent) https://carsey.unh.edu/publication-rural-america-lost-popula....
- pnpnp 3y agoI think there’s also a shift in which rural areas people are living in. For example, not as many people are needed to farm, but many rural areas are attractive to new remote workers. The areas don’t necessarily overlap. My hometown farm community has shrank dramatically, but my new rural community has been extremely successful at attracting white collar workers.