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The U.S.’s population hit “peak rural” a long time ago. In 1990, there were 62 million Americans living in rural areas. Today that number is down to 59 million –even while the national population has climbed by 66 million people over the same period. The countryside is emptying out. And the rest of the planet is following suit: the number of people living outside of towns and cities worldwide will begin to fall over the next few years. That’s probably good news for long term trends in sustainable development but bad news for those who remain in rural areas –and might help explain both growing urban-rural inequality and the widening ideological divide.
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