Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100
Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100
www.scientificamerican.com
Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100
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Hey but at least a handful of people got to live it up
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“Virtual ghost towns” So is this like, a thing in the Sims? Or the Meta virtual whatchamacallit?
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Doomers and doomerism.
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Please show evidence that contradicts this. Since it's just doomerism, that should be easy for you.
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"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.
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Paywall. Anyway, the same story is on several news outlets, refering to the same source:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00011-7