The "New Localism"

America’s history, economy and civic life is a story of mobility. The willingness to move was akin to a grab for the next rung of the economic ladder. Especially in post-war America.

As recently as the 1970s, as many as one in five people moved annually. In the years since, corporate nomadicism has been blamed for the disintegration of social and civic life.

But Americans are becoming less nomadic. In 2008, the total number of people relocated was less than those who changed residences in 1962, when the country had 120 million fewer people. Those numbers come from Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. He’s been researching America’s future for his forthcoming book The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050.

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