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GoLocalProv | Whitcomb: People Moving Around; R.I. Leaders Should Think Long Term; Growing Season


From “The Old Neighbors,’’ by Katha Pollitt (1949), American poet and essayist
 
“I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.’’
Fred Allen (1894-1956), Massachusetts-born humorist best known for his work in the Golden Age of Radio
 
 
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The 2020 U.S. Census figures, in general, weren’t surprising. Population growth slowed to 7.4 percent in the stretch since 2010, the lowest since the Great Depression, when the population only rose 7.3 percent. The Sunbelt continued to draw many new residents, though not as fast as most demographers had predicted. So the Sunbelt’s megastates – Texas and Florida –  picked up congressional seats – Texas two and Florida one; the economic dynamo North Carolina also got one new seat. (I don’t include California in the Sunbelt. It lost a seat.) ....

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