It's not just Republican propaganda showing vids of Biden freezing up, it's real and it's worrisome. I think he has done it in just about every public appearance of late. Stares into the distance, holds hands to the side but slightly front thumbs in, freezes.
When Trump starts talking tax breaks I get more worried about Democrats losing, then Biden amnesties a half million more people.
I'm still not wholly sure on my vote Joe isn't being helpful.
FYI, rural areas are, overall, no longer losing population. It’s apparently a byproduct of remote work and the pandemic.
From UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center, “Recently, the Census Bureau released its 2023 population estimates for each county in the United States, showing many of the same distinctive demographic trends as in our Virginia 2023 population estimates released in January. Most notably, migration from large metro areas and counties to smaller metro areas and rural counties has continued across the country. Migration out of counties with more than one million residents in 2023 remained nearly twice as high as before the pandemic, while migration into the country’s smallest metro areas and rural counties rose in 2023 from already near record levels in 2022. The Census Bureau’s 2023 population estimates show that instead of being an anomaly, 2020 increasingly appears to have been a demographic turning point for much of the country.”
The Census Bureau itself made similar comments recently. “Fewer of the fastest-growing places between 2022 and 2023 were inner suburbs than in 2019 before the pandemic, and more were on the far outskirts of metro areas — 30, 40 and even more than 60 miles away from the largest city’s downtown.
“While the Census Bureau doesn’t define exurbs, we tend to think of them as far outer suburbs of metro areas, and they often have a mix of urban and rural character,” said Luke Rogers, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “Exurbs have sometimes been among the most rapidly growing communities, but this appears to be even more true now than before the pandemic.”
“An influx of boomers moving to Appalachia is "transforming the region from poor, serene and rustic to a bustling retirement haven," said a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. These boomers have become known in Appalachia as "halfbacks," which the Journal said is a "reference to how many first moved from the Northeast and Midwest down to Florida before settling somewhere in between."
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“All of this has resulted in a major spike in the number of people living in the region. From April 2020 to July 2022, the population in Southern Appalachian counties designated "retirement" or "recreational areas" increased by 3.8%. This is more than six times the national average, said Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at the University of Virginia, to the Journal.”
The article has links to the WSJ, NPR, and Business Insider articles on this phenomenon.
I think when an administration uses their DOJ, including sending their lawyers, meeting with other lawyers, etc for the first time in the entire history of the United States to send out multiple lawsuits (some admittedly tailor-made for one individual) and engages in political lawfare (a trick of 3rd world tyrannical authoritarians), promises the country none of it is being done for political purposes, and then promptly politicizes it, it backfires. People don't see Trump as an actual convicted felon outside of very liberal hubs because Americans have a wonderful way of surrounding an underdog. Biden can ignore this at his own peril. People (the ones who only vote every 4 years) get riled up when they believe an injustice has been done.
Good article. I think it’s important to give credit where credit is due, and the author gives Biden his due here and uses context well.
I like how the site holds Biden and the Dems’ feet to the fire, but as always, there is a time to build up, a time to tear down.
It's not just Republican propaganda showing vids of Biden freezing up, it's real and it's worrisome. I think he has done it in just about every public appearance of late. Stares into the distance, holds hands to the side but slightly front thumbs in, freezes.
When Trump starts talking tax breaks I get more worried about Democrats losing, then Biden amnesties a half million more people.
I'm still not wholly sure on my vote Joe isn't being helpful.
FYI, rural areas are, overall, no longer losing population. It’s apparently a byproduct of remote work and the pandemic.
From UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center, “Recently, the Census Bureau released its 2023 population estimates for each county in the United States, showing many of the same distinctive demographic trends as in our Virginia 2023 population estimates released in January. Most notably, migration from large metro areas and counties to smaller metro areas and rural counties has continued across the country. Migration out of counties with more than one million residents in 2023 remained nearly twice as high as before the pandemic, while migration into the country’s smallest metro areas and rural counties rose in 2023 from already near record levels in 2022. The Census Bureau’s 2023 population estimates show that instead of being an anomaly, 2020 increasingly appears to have been a demographic turning point for much of the country.”
The overall article is worth reading.
https://www.coopercenter.org/research/remote-work-persists-migration-continues-rural-america
The Census Bureau itself made similar comments recently. “Fewer of the fastest-growing places between 2022 and 2023 were inner suburbs than in 2019 before the pandemic, and more were on the far outskirts of metro areas — 30, 40 and even more than 60 miles away from the largest city’s downtown.
“While the Census Bureau doesn’t define exurbs, we tend to think of them as far outer suburbs of metro areas, and they often have a mix of urban and rural character,” said Luke Rogers, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “Exurbs have sometimes been among the most rapidly growing communities, but this appears to be even more true now than before the pandemic.”
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/05/exurbs-city-population.html#:~:text=“Exurbs%20have%20sometimes%20been%20among,now%20than%20before%20the%20pandemic.”
Actually, you might also find this one useful. https://theweek.com/culture-life/appalachia-baby-boomers-retirees
“An influx of boomers moving to Appalachia is "transforming the region from poor, serene and rustic to a bustling retirement haven," said a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. These boomers have become known in Appalachia as "halfbacks," which the Journal said is a "reference to how many first moved from the Northeast and Midwest down to Florida before settling somewhere in between."
…
“All of this has resulted in a major spike in the number of people living in the region. From April 2020 to July 2022, the population in Southern Appalachian counties designated "retirement" or "recreational areas" increased by 3.8%. This is more than six times the national average, said Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at the University of Virginia, to the Journal.”
The article has links to the WSJ, NPR, and Business Insider articles on this phenomenon.
I think when an administration uses their DOJ, including sending their lawyers, meeting with other lawyers, etc for the first time in the entire history of the United States to send out multiple lawsuits (some admittedly tailor-made for one individual) and engages in political lawfare (a trick of 3rd world tyrannical authoritarians), promises the country none of it is being done for political purposes, and then promptly politicizes it, it backfires. People don't see Trump as an actual convicted felon outside of very liberal hubs because Americans have a wonderful way of surrounding an underdog. Biden can ignore this at his own peril. People (the ones who only vote every 4 years) get riled up when they believe an injustice has been done.