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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

  • By studying population trends and forecasting models, researchers have come to believe that nearly 15,000 U.S. cities will face noticeable depopulation by 2100.
  • Populated areas of the cities in question could experience a decline of up to 44 percent.
  • Projections call for the biggest drops in city populations to occur in the Northeast and Midwest.
  • Hawke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 hours ago

    Varies by jurisdiction.

    In the US a lot of places are defined by the structure of the government rather than anything to do with their size.