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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by morganslaw on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:26AM (#30788840)
What does this mean for employee salaries? Will it become harder to find new cheap talent? Will our technology evolution be as dynamic as it has been?
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by candiddevmike on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:44AM (#30788982)
We'll automate the jobs that we can, and keep inflating our assets to ensure a healthy proletariat for everything else.
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by toyg on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:35AM (#30788891)
Was this a satyrical / sarcastic question, poking fun at HN attitudes?

It's pretty obvious last year was not part of a trend.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by morganslaw on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:37AM (#30788918)
It is part of a general trend:

https://www.brookings.edu/research/u-s-population-growth-has...

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-12-...

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by avgcorrection on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:17AM (#30789304)
Fertility rates go down—employers most affected
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by jelsisi on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:29AM (#30788856)
No, finding cheap talent is more an immigration problem right now than a population problem. The population still grew.
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by bushbaba on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:06AM (#30789183)
Population only grew due to immigration. This can quickly get ugly. Lack of workers leading to wage inflation. While demand could shrink leading to less buying
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by fundad on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:42AM (#30789623)
True. What’s encouraging is that demand kept up the entire duration of the trade war and over the last year as consumer prices soared to cover the cost of hiring back almost 10,000,000 laid off workers.
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by 30788320 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:05AM (#30789174)
Right, and if you’re in the US and alive today, you will never see the end of cheap labor. Even as globalization winds down, the US’ relationship with Mexico will ensure that.
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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by harambae on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:43AM (#30788966)
A lot of jobs are remote, at least partially, right now. I do wonder what it means for rural home prices.
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