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A couple interesting things here: first, what was that loop circa 1890-1940? I can't think of any major trends that would cause a westward and northward shift o
by HDMI_Cable 3y ago
A couple interesting things here: first, what was that loop circa 1890-1940? I can't think of any major trends that would cause a westward and northward shift of the population except for the industrialization and de-industrialization of the midwest, though in my mind, de-industrialization (and thus population shifts) only occured in the 1980s or so. Second, why did it shift so drastically in the 1970s? You would expect a massive shift in the 1840s and 1850s with the Oregon Trail and Manifest Destiny, but I can't think of any shift in US history that would cause that large. Third, I'm curious where this dot would be during the Revolution (probably somewhere in North Carolina, I would guess), or during Columbus.
- Leary 3y ago1. a combination of the continuing growth of the West and the Great Migration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_Ameri...
- jmopp 3y agoConsider the Great Migration of African-Americans from the Jim Crow south to the industrialising Midwest. 1930-1940 is also the height of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, so people would be migrating from the Plains areas down to California for better opportunities. With regards to the big shift in the 70s, the first thing that comes to mind is widely-available air conditioning making the interior of the southwest more habitable