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Subject: [Leica] Abandoned union hall
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:53:17 +0200
References: <CA0DCA65.49402%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <AA14D9A6-09A3-4640-82E6-A56C985DBAC1@frozenlight.eu> <BANLkTinrkye1TfBMufk3=OxKcMdoyAYcUA@mail.gmail.com> <342E8648-E622-4B68-8265-8698313ABA4C@frozenlight.eu> <BANLkTi=iByyFUWLfO0SoKPoKfeQXMB64pQ@mail.gmail.com>

Nope. Still growing at just under 1% a year:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States


Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA







On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> Actually, our population is stabilizing and not growing much, even from
> immigration. I think Jayanand nailed the problem - it's harder to move in
> this current crisis if you are tied down by your mortgage.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> 
>> Japan and China are different, in Japan there is the overall demographic
>> decline, which is now beginning in China as well. The US population is
>> growing, on the other hand, and in general, historically Americans have 
>> been
>> much more willing to uproot themselves in search for better opportunities
>> than any other people.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>> 
>>> Not sure about Ft. Wayne specifically, but there are definitely towns in
>>> decline. Detroit is a prime example of a major city in decline.
>>> 
>>> Some of these eventually turn into ghost towns, probably not Detroit nor
>> Ft.
>>> Wayne, but smaller ones do run into trouble.
>>> 
>>> In Japan, when similar things happen, usually when villagers move to the
>>> cities, some times the central government would force the smaller towns
>> and
>>> cities to merge with neighboring cities.
>>> 
>>> I suspect we will see things like that to happen in China soon too. They
>> are
>>> building a lot of industrial cities
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>> 
>>>> Your photography of the industrial decline is moving; but one question
>>>> arises: you say that even educated people cannot find good jobs in Ft.
>>>> Wayne. Given the tendency in the US to move where the jobs are, why do
>> they
>>>> stay?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nathan
>>>> 
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>> 
>>>> YNWA
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:16 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=476
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is across the street from the Harvester factory that I posted a
>>>> photo
>>>>> of yesterday.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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