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not like seeing and swimming and sailing and diving in the water...
America did not just Go West.
At first maybe, but as the song goes: "How ya gonna keep them down on the farm, after they've see Par'wee?"
What the full census report shows U.S. is that we have moved..., to the coasts.
Oh, we know, Arid-zone-ah mccain't be seen as no "coast".
Well, they HAVE been selling "water front property" down here.
Man made lakes, dammed rivers and streams...
Even the London Bridge ended up in Hell.
But, the social, economic and political facts are that many did move to the Gulf Coasts.
And, what this census will tell U.S. in spades, is that we are NOT what we were only a few years ago. The black migrations back South, and the Cubans to Fla and Mexicans to the Gulf & West Coasts.
Massive shifts in population, and it is increasing.
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Gulf Coast population surged since 1960, but will it last?
Demographer: Hurricanes and oil spill 'could dampen' trend
Gulf Coast populations are rising sharply but demographers warn that the trend won't last because of a constant threat of hurricanes and uncertainty over the current oil spill.
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Despite storms and spills, population surges to the coast
Hurricanes have pelted Florida in recent years, and the state faces the threat of an oil spill, raising questions about the wisdom of settling in coastal communities.
Despite such problems, people for half a century have moved in huge numbers to South Florida and other coastal areas. A Census report released on Wednesday found that Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade were among the 10 coastal counties nationwide with the largest increases in population.
The report can be found at http://www.census.gov/prod/
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