"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

How about some upbeat stuff

Demographics - US Wins

Op-Ed Columnist - Relax, We’ll Be Fine - NYTimes.com:

"Over the next 40 years, demographers estimate that the U.S. population will surge by an additional 100 million people, to 400 million over all. The population will be enterprising and relatively young. In 2050, only a quarter will be over 60, compared with 31 percent in China and 41 percent in Japan.

In his book, “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050,” uber-geographer Joel Kotkin sketches out how this growth will change the national landscape. Extrapolating from current trends, he describes an archipelago of vibrant suburban town centers, villages and urban cores."

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