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Originally Posted by sunrico90 How has population growth affected you and where you live?
The biggest concern is the infrastructure of our town/cities in Florida are not developed or improved to take the growth. Look at the areas that are overpopulated, the housing, roads, hospitals, public transportation; etc are not apart with the populace. 
Another factor is our longevity, average life span and live expectancy in the United States have grown dramatically in this century, from about 47 years in 1900 to about 75 years in 1990. This advance is mostly due to improvements in sanitation, the discovery of antibiotics, and medical care. Now, as scientists make headway against chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease, some think it can be extended even further. This drives the medical and insurance cost to the roof. |
I used to live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area before going to university in Duluth. Its by far the main growth region in the state with more than half of the state population living in the metro area. It seems a lot of new growth has been near the St. Cloud region about an hour or so west and north of the Twin Cities. Also the downtown is becomming a trendier place to live with some new residential projects going up I hear. Nothing unusual happening up here though, everyone seems to be interested in moving to warmer locations I think and that might have something to do with it..
When I was in Charlotte, NC this past summer though I noticed WAY more growth than I've ever experienced here. It was quite shocking to see everything that was being built up. I think they are just now completing an interstate loop around the city.
Immigration is what keeps the population drive going up. Without it we'd be in decline like many other industrialized nations around the world, particularly Western Europe.