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Re:Crises of Elite Competition in the East and West by abecedarius on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:52PM (#29387847)
> massive population growth

The U.S. population growth rate right now is easily the lowest it's ever been, except for the 1930s.

Agreed that housing and medical constriction are a big part of what's going on.

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Re:Crises of Elite Competition in the East and West by varenc on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:27PM (#29388150)
Major cities are still experiencing a rate of population growth much higher than the national average.
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Re:Crises of Elite Competition in the East and West by eru on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:40PM (#29388276)
Yes, though in a national context you'd probably call that migration, not population growth.

And it's a shame that it ain't larger: people migrating to more productive areas of the country is one way to increase the standard of living.

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Re:Crises of Elite Competition in the East and West by pydry on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:18AM (#29390973)
Same thing that happened to Japan - population shrinkage combined with migration to the cities.
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Re:Crises of Elite Competition in the East and West by abecedarius on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:04PM (#29396041)
I get the impression housing prices aren't a big deal there?
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