Demographic Tale of the Tape: Vox vs. FiveThirtyEight
Matt Yglesias, despite Vox's commitment to deliver "crucial context alongside new information," passes along tired geographic stereotypes.
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The Death of Urbanization in the United States
We continue to confuse population change with net domestic migration. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has become increasingly rural even as many of its cities have grown.
Demographics: 1; Gentrification Hysteria: 0
Brooklyn is the land where myths become geographic fact, at least when it comes to the New York Post.
Ironic Demographics: Brooklyn Is Dying
What can we learn, if anything, from the drop in median household income in New York City's most populous borough?
In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Ironic Demographics: The Higher Education Bubble
Demographic decline is shrinking the pool of applicants for all but a handful of global superbrands, 80 percent of which are located in the United States.
Los Angeles Is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pittsburgh
Concerns about population growth and decline are artifacts of the 19th century and the industrial revolution. For them to make any sense today, we need to look at the numbers in a much different way.
The International Trade of Talent
Just because a net migration number is negative doesn't mean there is brain drain. A shrinking population doesn't always indicate a dying place.
Notion of Minority-Majority Nation Exacerbates White Racism
In a study, reminders that whites will soon lose their majority status in the U.S. triggers negative feelings toward minority groups.