{"id":3966,"date":"2023-05-19T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T11:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2023-05-19T07:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T11:52:58","slug":"a-strategy-to-stabilize-michigans-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"A Strategy to Stabilize Michigan&#8217;s Population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/JPA394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/JPA394.jpg\" alt=\"A Strategy to Stabilize Michigan's Population\" class=\"wp-image-3967\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/JPA394.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/JPA394-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/business-watch\/can-michigan-defuse-its-population-time-bomb-see-how-far-we-fall-short\">recent article by Bridge Michigan<\/a> brings up an often sited but long unresolved issue \u2014 the ongoing stagnation of Michigan&#8217;s population. Michigan ranks 49th among states in population growth since 1990, ahead of only West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lived here for awhile, you are sure to be aware of the reasons and circumstances for this. Notice I didn&#8217;t write &#8220;excuses&#8221; because that would imply that nothing has been done or can be done to fix this. I think our state has plenty going for it and the capability to retain and attract people. A good plan and a consistent governance would help. But I think we&#8217;ll get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I have to admit to being a bit defensive about this. On the macro level, it&#8217;s difficult to see growth-leading states add populations both to places without enough water and places with too much water. Sure, Michigan has an occasional dry spell or summer home slide into a Great Lake, but on the whole it&#8217;s an incredibly safe and sustainable place to live. You&#8217;d think that would be enough to move us up a few places on the growth list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article by Bridge Michigan brings up an often sited but long unresolved issue \u2014 the ongoing stagnation of Michigan&#8217;s population. Michigan ranks 49th among states in population growth since 1990, ahead of only West Virginia. If you&#8217;ve lived here for awhile, you are sure to be aware of the reasons and circumstances for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3968,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}