Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, USA is getting younger, on average, like India, but unlike China & Japan, where the populations are aging - China specifically because of decades of the 'One Child' law. The US can really reap a demographic dividend in the years to come - India can if they get their educational policies right (somehow I doubt it), but the US has everything in place. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 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. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Chris Crawford > > >>> Fine Art Photography > > >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > > >>> 260-486-2581 > > >>> > > >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > >>> > > >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > >>> > > >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > >>> Become a fan on Facebook > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > > > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > > previous > > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >