{"id":87229,"date":"2024-03-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87229"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T13:49:38","slug":"a-cold-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87229","title":{"rendered":"A Cold Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hennepin County’s population – which is mostly Minneapolis – is down<\/a>. And while that is not the only factor depressing home values for the first time since the 2008 recessio<\/a>n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is affecting the funding of (what we will still refer to as) public services<\/a> in Minnesota’s largest county and city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the demographics of Minnesota as a whole are a little troublesome<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The annual \u201cnatural change\u201d in Minnesota\u2019s population (births minus deaths) is not enough to compensate for the number of people moving out of the state. In the little over three years from the last census (April 1, 2020) to July 1, 2023, Minnesota saw a natural increase in residents of about 40,400. These gains were wiped out by the net domestic outmigration (people leaving Minnesota for other states) of 46,000. If not for the net \u201cinternational migration\u201d of 34,600, Minnesota\u2019s overall population would have\u00a0fallen\u00a0<\/strong>over this period.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Young people are leaving the state<\/a> – which is a huge change from when I first moved here, when the Twin Cities were a destination to a lot of recent grads stepping out into adult live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But hey, maybe protecting criminals while jamming people into ticky-tack multi unit boxes will fix the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This small apartment building just got built between two single family homes a few blocks from me, it should be legal to do this in every neighborhood. pic.twitter.com\/iWwm6XBBpq<\/a><\/p>— Mike Norton (@NortonMpls) March 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>