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2. TEXAS - Demographic Shifts Reshaping American Opportunity - JOEL KOTKIN 100126
1895 HOUSTON Demographic Shifts Reshaping American Opportunity Joel Kotkin, writing in UnHerd, details demographic migration patterns transforming the United States. Businesses, media production, and high-tech industries—like semiconductors and data centers—are departing traditional urban hubs like New York and Los Angeles for Sunbelt and "hillbilly" states, including Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Facilitated by remote technology, lower costs, and affordable land, these regions are cultivating elite universities and tech corridors. Conversely, coastal urban cores suffer from ideological dysfunction, homelessness, and high living costs, driving families and professionals to seek safety, space, and economic opportunity in expanding exurbs. (2)
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