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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 18:24:14 GMT
This will probably be mostly of interest to people living in the United States, but I find it fascinating how the populated areas keep moving around. U.S. Growth Rings |
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Post by Kimby on Jul 17, 2011 14:24:43 GMT
With the aging of the baby boomers, those suburbs are going to become a logistical nightmare for health care and daily maintenance of those who can no longer do for themselves. Unless we plan ahead and abandon our remote enclaves in favor of more central locations, we're setting ourselves up for lives of isolation and decline as we rock away our golden years on our porches in our air-conditioned "great rooms"....
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Post by Kimby on Feb 21, 2012 17:26:26 GMT
Montana just hit 1 million people at the end of last year. Which means we have the largest congressional district in the country. One representative serves the entire 4th largest state by area, compared to 50 some in California, the 3rd largest state by area. (But perhaps the most populous?) You can guess how often we see our representative...
We used to have two representatives, till population started shifting to the south and the 2000 census took it away from us. Maybe this current population surge will get us a 2nd rep when they re-census in 2020, our next opportunity.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 5:28:08 GMT
We redistricted in France for the upcoming legislative elections in June, and Paris went frpm 21 districts to 18 -- it's funny to watch the incumbents fight it out playing musical chairs.
They also created 11 new districts for overseas French living in foreign countries. United States + Canada is one district.
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