A. A. Augustine

December 14th, 2021

12/14/2021

AFTER 6 YEARS N LOS ANGELES, I MOVED MY FAMILY TO A 5,000 PERSON TOWN AND CAN NOW AFFORD THE LIFE WE DESERVE.

By Renee Childs, Insider.com
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"This place is alive," I thought as I stepped out of the car at 11 p.m. in a southern Illinois town of 5,000 people.
    In August 2015, my family left Los Angeles, which was alive with busy freeways and bustling restaurants. But this small community was alive with the sound of crickets, owls, and blowing trees. It was literally alive.

My husband and I spent years contemplating staying in Southern California, with its high cost of living, hit-or-miss public schools, and distance from family — we spent thousands of dollars flying back and forth to the Midwest to visit them. At a certain point, it became unrealistic for us to keep chasing what we thought was our dream. 

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December 12th, 2021

12/12/2021

RURAL NEW YORK'S POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE. CITIES DID WELL BUT RURAL TOWNS & VILLAGES CONTINUE TO SUFFER.

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 Taken from the Buffalo News article...
"Buffalo's population growth outperformed other upstate cities – and more census takeaways"
By Caitlin Dewey  | Aug 14, 2021

(Updated Oct 9, 2021)
    If cities did well, in this census, rural towns and villages continued to suffer.
    In Erie County, that rural population loss was starkest in Collins, Alden, Brant and Evans, which contracted by between 6% and 11%. The picture was much the same in Niagara County, which lost hundreds of residents in places like Hartland, Newfane and the Town of Niagara. And Allegany, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties all shrunk by 4% to 5.4%, mirroring similar shrinkage not only across New York State, but much of rural America.
   Nationally, 86% of Americans now live in urbanized areas with populations of more than 50,000 people, according to a New York Times analysis of census data. An additional 8% live in areas with populations between 10,000 and 50,000 people.


Read the full article here:
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/buffalos-population-growth-outperformed-other-upstate-cities-and-more-census-takeaways/article_97a8dff0-fd3b-11eb-addb-affb23763d67.html


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