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The numbers dwindle a bit with age, as 24% of Americans ages 25 to 34 are looking to retire in small towns, 30% of those ages 35 to 44, 26% of people ages 45 to 54 and 24% of those 55 to 64.
In 1790, only about one out of every twenty Americans (on average) lived in urban areas , but this ratio had dramatically changed to one out of four by 1870, one out of two by 1920, two out of three in the 1960s, and four out of five in the 2000s. [2]
The urban proportion was now 35%, comprising 22 million living in 2700 cities of 2500 or more people. In 1890 65% of the national population, or 36 million people, lived in rural areas. Of these 2.7 million lived in 13,000 towns of less than 2500 people. and 36 million --mostly farmers--lived in open country.
That's new: Political affiliation barely affected the results in 2006, the last time Gallup asked Americans about big-city safety. “People are bad at perceiving crime rates,” said Jeff Asher ...
The name of the state in which the city lies [1] The city population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau [1] The city population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census [1] The city percent population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023; The city land area as of January 1, 2020 [2]
The working-class typically walked to nearby factories and patronized small local stores. Big-city streets became paths for faster and larger and more dangerous vehicles, the pedestrians beware. Underground subways were a solution, with Boston building one in the 1890s followed by New York a decade later. [57]
Groups with three members (triads, trios, troikas, etc.) are hard to maintain. After all, it is easier to deal with one other person than with two. Besides, two of the people in a triad are apt to find it easier to relate to each other than to the other partner. That can motivate the neglected party to drop out of the group. [3]
A World Values Survey cultural world map, describing the United States as low in "Secular-Rational Values" and high in "Self-Expression Values". The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine ...