Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

  • By studying population trends and forecasting models, researchers have come to believe that nearly 15,000 U.S. cities will face noticeable depopulation by 2100.
  • Populated areas of the cities in question could experience a decline of up to 44 percent.
  • Projections call for the biggest drops in city populations to occur in the Northeast and Midwest.
  • Peffse@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Your usage of city and their usage of city differs.

    They are talking about cities like Cameron with a declining population not even hitting 1,000.

      • Peffse@lemmy.world
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        21 days ago

        Yeah, I don’t know what defines a city. I’m guessing each state has it’s own definition based on population.

        I’d personally call less than 1,000 a village.

        • Hawke@lemmy.world
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          21 days ago

          Varies by jurisdiction.

          In the US a lot of places are defined by the structure of the government rather than anything to do with their size.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      21 days ago

      Obviously below “subway” population levels, which is the only place I’d want to live. Because life with a subway is awesome; and life without rail transit is abysmal.