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2024-01-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Many cities across the United States could become ghost towns by 2100

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [32 views ] Top

#1 Given the extent of illegal immigration on one hand, and DEI in all walks of life - will there be United States in 2100?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-01-16 03:42|| 2024-01-16 03:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah'm only looking forward 10 years or so.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-16 06:21|| 2024-01-16 06:21|| Front Page Top

#3
A INTERESTING SIMILARITY
As a Metro fails to sustain itself, having used up available resources for political growth. Metro's tend to seek out new needed resources in order to sustain itself. (eg. metro/county consolidations or Rain Taxes)

As a Virus grows it seeks out new areas to infect, having also killed its initial foundational base and needs new areas to live and sustain itself.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-01-16 06:33|| 2024-01-16 06:33|| Front Page Top

#4 You could always enjoy the good fortune of Springfield, Ohio. Plunging from a population of 82k in 1960 to 58k in 2020 with an associated decline of inflation adjusted revenue of 27%. Oh - and did I mention the current influx of 8-10,000 Haitians in the past 5 years impacting those figures.

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2024-01-16 06:55|| 2024-01-16 06:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh...

Some good news...
The Dallas Muslims are quickly becoming outnumbered by the 4-5000 monthly border crossing migrants, that stay.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-16 07:50|| 2024-01-16 07:50|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not just 'income' issues. Out west, its water. Too many cities are sucking the qualifier dry. Too many developers buying too many politicians.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-16 08:23|| 2024-01-16 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 ...aquifer.

*&^% spell checker.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-16 08:24|| 2024-01-16 08:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Damned AI!

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-16 08:50|| 2024-01-16 08:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Backfill...with squatters.

Massachusetts Officials Pleading with Private Homeowners to Take in Illegal Aliens

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-16 09:18|| 2024-01-16 09:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Rep. Nadler: Migrants Are ‘The Lifeblood of this Country’

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-16 09:24|| 2024-01-16 09:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Rep. Nadler: Migrants Are ‘The Lifeblood of this ~~Country~~ Party’

FIFY Nads

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-16 11:57|| 2024-01-16 11:57|| Front Page Top

#12 It's OK. We know the folk who leave will continue to vote in those cities.

Posted by Abu Laptop (same as Abu Uluque but on a different computer.) 2024-01-16 11:58|| 2024-01-16 11:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Well UPI, by 2100 many media outlets could become flower stores. (And more useful, at that.)

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-16 14:15|| 2024-01-16 14:15|| Front Page Top

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