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To: Red in Blue PA
Soon knives, tire irons, and baseball bats will be included in the list.

Give 'em another 4 or 5 years and they'll declare the Internet to be "subversive."

Consider the source. IOWA is RURAL.

16 posted on 02/20/2016 12:02:42 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor

Not so much:

Rural to urban population shift

Population age comparison between rural Pocahontas County and urban Polk County, illustrating the flight of young adults (red) to urban centers in Iowa.[74]
Iowa’s population is more urban than rural, with 61 percent living in urban areas in 2000, a trend that began in the early 20th century.[60] Urban counties in Iowa grew 8.5% from 2000 to 2008, while rural counties declined by 4.2%.[75] The shift from rural to urban has caused population increases in more urbanized counties such as Dallas, Johnson, Linn, Polk, and Scott, at the expense of more rural counties.[76]

Iowa, in common with other Midwestern states (especially Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota), is feeling the brunt of rural flight, although Iowa has been gaining population since approximately 1990. Some smaller communities, such as Denison and Storm Lake, have mitigated this population loss through gains in immigrant laborers.[77]

Another demographic problem for Iowa is the brain drain, in which educated young adults leave the state in search of better prospects in higher education or employment. During the 1990s, Iowa had the second highest exodus rate for single, educated young adults, second only to North Dakota.[78] Significant loss of educated young people contributes to economic stagnation and the loss of services for remaining citizens.

Source: Wikipedia


18 posted on 02/20/2016 12:05:22 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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