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Originally Posted by PacoMartin
To be accurate, "fast" growth is in Africa, Arab countries, and India and Southern Asia. Europe, China and the rest of Eastern Asia has very low birth rates. Some Chinese cities have the lowest fertility rate ever recorded in history. While Chinese government policy is mostly responsible, rates are now very low in Thailand, Malaysia, Koreas, Japan, and so on.
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I agree with that but then again I'm not so much interested in states as I am in Metropolitans & Conurbations. I'm not the worlds biggest fan of "states" and in the 21st century I see them for what they are- they play a backseat to cities.
What I was talking about "fast" growth was more along the lines of say Greater Los Angeles from 1980 - 1990. It was over 3 million in one single decade. I'm not comparing American places with those of the rest of the world, we would lose that many times over.
I was talking about the rates & raw numbers of today versus that of America in the past. Who better to compare ourselves to then our own selves? We're ahead on the raw number count, our rates have dropped but that's obvious- the bigger a place becomes the harder it is to maintain high rates.
I think we're mostly in agreement here though.
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Originally Posted by PacoMartin
Immediately at the end of WWII Latin America was the first section of the third world to begin explosive growth as new medicines dramatically dropped the death rate. But LA has gone from the fastest growing region of the world to the point where in 20 years it will probably be essentially the same as the USA. Natural growth rates in the Southern Cone of South America where the population is of greater European descent have dropped to the point where they resemble much of America.
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When the cost of living rises, birthrates drop and then immigration is what keeps a place afloat. At this point not even immigration could save a country like Japan.
Los Angeles at one point held the worlds fastest growth record but it's reached it's growth peak and now it's going to go the way of America on the whole. It's happened before, both New York & Tokyo have tied that record before of getting over 3 million in a decade. Now, they're both slow or stagnant.
However the worlds most alarming growth has come from a city in China.
In 1982 Greater Shenzhen: 351,871
In 1990 Greater Shenzhen: 1,214,800
In 2000 Greater Shenzhen: 7,008,428
In 2010 Greater Shenzhen: 10,357,938
If I'm not mistaken- this is by FAR the worlds fastest growing city & holds the record for that. The United States in contrast has reached it's limits, we're not going to be the "country" of rapid urbanization or growth. Our accomplishments of the past have been overshadowed and most likely will continue to be so & on top of that with the growth we're already seeing we don't even have the capital for infrastructure improvements across the country. It's really sad honestly.
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