These projected findings about depopulation in U.S. cities are shaped by a multitude of factors, including the decline of industry, lower birth rates and the impacts of climate change
“Using population projections, we found that, by 2100, close to half of the nearly 30,000 cities in the United States will face some sort of population decline,”
They drew straight lines and saw some were going down, and assumed everyone was just going to go to the suburbs over the next 80 years.
What you are saying goes completely against what I am reading apart from what you quoted. I don’t see the claim that everyone is going to go to the suburbs. First of all, you can go to a smaller town. Secondly, it says that some cities will see an increase in population.
"Simultaneously, increasing population trends in resource-intensive suburban and periurban cities will probably take away access to much needed resources in depopulating areas, further exacerbating their challenges. "
Some cities will of course see an increase in population. It said half will go down, half will go up, approximately. The population is also increasing, which means also say an increase in the population in suburbia.
“Using population projections, we found that, by 2100, close to half of the nearly 30,000 cities in the United States will face some sort of population decline,”
They drew straight lines and saw some were going down, and assumed everyone was just going to go to the suburbs over the next 80 years.
This is a thought experiment, not a prediction.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00011-7
What you are saying goes completely against what I am reading apart from what you quoted. I don’t see the claim that everyone is going to go to the suburbs. First of all, you can go to a smaller town. Secondly, it says that some cities will see an increase in population.
"Simultaneously, increasing population trends in resource-intensive suburban and periurban cities will probably take away access to much needed resources in depopulating areas, further exacerbating their challenges. "
Some cities will of course see an increase in population. It said half will go down, half will go up, approximately. The population is also increasing, which means also say an increase in the population in suburbia.
Okay, but that’s not what you said before. You said the claim was that everyone would move to the suburbs.
Oh, sorry, yeah. Meant it as hyperbole.