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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThought this was interesting from the census about major cities population.......
The fastest-growing big city in the country is Phoenix, which surpassed Philadelphia as the fifth largest. Immigration, a tech boom and middle-class Californians seeking affordable housing all contributed to Phoenixs growth, The Timess Jack Healy explains.
The change in Phoenix reflects a trend: All 10 of the largest U.S. cities saw their populations rise in the past decade. Three big cities in Texas Houston, San Antonio and Dallas outpaced the national average.
New York City also grew by nearly 8 percent, defying predictions that its population was on the decline. The city now accounts for nearly 44 percent of the states total population.
The metro area that grew fastest since the last census, though, was not a major city; it was The Villages, Americas largest retirement community, located outside Orlando, Fla.
The Villages?? Should haven known
.lotsa repubs there. Ugh
Scrivener7
(50,901 posts)a kennedy
(29,603 posts)marble falls
(56,974 posts)"I'm number 2, You're number 6."
"Who's number 1?"
"You're number 6"
"I'm a man, not a number!"
"Well, sit on the Scotch Guarded chair in case you number 1 or number 2. Now then, dear, what is your name?"
a kennedy
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csziggy
(34,131 posts)"I'm number 2, You're number 6."
"Who's number 1?"
"You are, number 6"
So Number 6 is actually Number 1 but for whatever reason doesn't know or remember that he is.
marble falls
(56,974 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)predicted a decline in NYC pop.
Love it or hate it, its the center of so much commerce it is not going to be affected much by the issues that have affected a lot of cities in the Northeast. Its population rarely declines from census to census
CrispyQ
(36,413 posts)What are people going do with the Colorado River runs dry? Water levels at Lakes Powell and Mead are at historic lows.
Two of Americas largest reservoirs reach record lows amid lasting drought.
By John Schwartz
Published July 27, 2021
Updated Aug. 4, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/lake-powell-water-level.html
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Too little water is coming into the lake, and too much is being sent downriver to maintain levels in Lake Mead, which is also at historically low levels. The two reservoirs, among the largest in the United States, are part of a river system that provides water to more than 40 million people.
The dams that hold back the water on the lakes produce hydropower for many Western states, and electric production from the Hoover Dam at Lake Mead has dropped by about 25 percent during the drought.
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Brad Udall, a senior climate scientist at Colorado State University, was more blunt: Im struggling to come up with words to describe what were seeing here, he said.
The effects of climate change and water use management have led to off the charts water depletion, he said, comparing the water restriction measures that are currently in place to a parachute. I worry that the parachute is not big enough, he said, and that we didnt deploy it soon enough.
former9thward
(31,923 posts)We have no real water issues here. Note the article is being written by someone 3000 miles away. Any water issues will affect industrial farming mainly. Which will mean less food to be shipped to the east coast.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Your prophetical record has been shown to be wanting, and this seems to be little more than the same.
"This has been over-hyped by the media." As you wrote in regard to Covid on Thu Feb 6, 2020
"But everyone ignore that..."