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  1. The Right Coast

    Time to Retire Pennsylvania s Alabama | City Journal

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Influenced by Carville s Alabama characterization, political pundits tend to lump these distinct middle regions together especially south-central Pennsylvania, the state s northeast, and the Lehigh Valley, which have seen…

  2. The Right Coast

    Time to Retire Pennsylvania s Alabama | City Journal

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Influenced by Carville s Alabama characterization, political pundits tend to lump these distinct middle regions together especially south-central Pennsylvania, the state s northeast, and the Lehigh Valley, which have seen…

  3. The Right Coast

    Here s What It s Like to Retire in Rural America – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Older Americans are leaving expensive cities and suburbs to retire in the country.The move to remote mountain and lake areas is helping reverse a long decline in the rural population.…

  4. The Right Coast

    Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    SEOUL After pushing a stroller to a park near her home in a Seoul suburb, Kang Seung-min plopped down on a bench. Then an elderly woman approached, looking for a…

  5. ImmigrationProf Blog

    Immigration is the demographic savior too many refuse to acknowledge

    By immigrationprof

    In Immigration is the demographic savior too many refuse to acknowledge in The Hill, Krish O-Mara Vignarajah offers some important reasons for those who want to close the U.S. border to…

  6. ImmigrationProf Blog

    From the Bookshelves: Immigrant America:  A Portrait, Updated and Expanded by Alejandro Portes  & Rubén G. Rumbaut (Fifth Edition, April 2024)

    By immigrationprof

    Immigrant America:  A Portrait, Updated and Expanded by Alejandro Portes  & Rubén G. Rumbaut, Fifth EditionHere is the publisher's description of the book;"This revised and updated fifth edition of Immigrant America: A…

  7. ImmigrationProf Blog

    New immigration reality: The economy needs workers

    By immigrationprof

    Courtneay Brown for Axios reminds us that "[p]lummeting fertility rates and major demographic shifts are expected to slow U.S. population growth in the years ahead, with a steady flow of immigrants needed…

  8. ImmigrationProf Blog

    A State-by-State Profile of U.S. Immigrant Populations

    By immigrationprof

     The Migration Policy Institute's U.S. State Immigration Data Profiles offer a wealth of statistics about immigrants and the U.S. born in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, as…

  9. The Right Coast

    The border crisis has brought chaos to America – spiked

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In 2023, the US reached a new milestone. Its foreign-born population reached 15 per cent, the highest-ever recorded percentage since the nation s founding. This recent surge is driven primarily…

  10. Florida Estate Planning and Probate Law Blog

    2023 RETIREMENT RELOCATION

    By marcj-sossfloridaestateplanningandprobatelaw-blog

    2023 saw one of the biggest retirement relocations in three (3) years About 37% were under 65, including 23% who were under 55. In comparison, 26% of 2022 retirees were…