Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as deaths outnumbered births

Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by hunglee2 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:00AM (#30789115)

two factors in Israel might explain

1) immigration - of course Israel grants the right of every Jewish person to live in Israel, in fact paid an incentive to relocate. Presumably there a constant inflow from the Jewish diaspora and their descendants which might supplement the population

2) orthodox families, I'm guessing, have outsized families. Where women do not participate in the market economy, they end up having lots of kids instead

Again, no idea on the percentage contributions of either of these cases, but it might go some way toward explaining Israel's countervailing trend!

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by liveoneggs on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:44AM (#30789642)

I encountered (but did not shake hands with! ;) a lot of conservative women with 5+ kids in the workforce while in Israel. Much more than men, where I encountered less strict observance. It was a pretty interesting culture difference.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by unmole on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:04AM (#30789165)

> Where women do not participate in the market economy

It's not just women. Somewhere around half of Haredi men do not work.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by User23 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:11AM (#30789244)

> Somewhere around half of Haredi men do not work.

Or, stated less pejoratively, somewhere around half of Haredi men devote their lives to scholarship.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by unmole on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:45AM (#30789652)

Or stated more practically, somewhere around half of Haredi men are given handouts by the state to do no productive work.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by tsol on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:31PM (#30792945)

I mean I'm not a huge fan of Israel due to their history, but to say that the religious scholar class in Israel does no productive work is strange. Just because they don't make anything you can sell for a profit, doesn't mean they don't add very real value to people's lives

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by scsilver on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:58AM (#30789832)

Israel is a lifeboat not an office.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by unmole on Thursday March 24, 2022 @10:41AM (#30790523)

Well the boat won't be able to go anywhere if an increasing number of the occupants refuse paddle. Also, gentle reminder that more Jews live in the US than in Israel.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by Siira on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:20AM (#30789344)

Scholarship which has produced what findings?

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by weberer on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:45AM (#30789654)

How do they get money?

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by unmole on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:52AM (#30789754)

Handouts from the state. Haredi tend to be very non-consumerist so they make do with little money.

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