Actually, I think it’s appropriate to talk of “growth,” and conversely “shrinkage” as pertaining to a population. After all, Texas is considered “large” not because of its land mass, but because of its population, although land mass often coincides with population size.
Mercatornet isn’t “fish wrap,” it is largely a conservative website (Catholic in flavor and management) which repudiates the message of the true fish wrap leftist rags. Give is a read over a few weeks and I think you’ll agree. Its U.S. counterpart is Public Discourse, which often publishes the same articles.
It was a very poor headline. My old high school English teacher would have given them an F!
Like when the mediots say, “We have shorter days after Day Savings Time is over.”
The days are still 24 hours long. We have less daylight hours not shorter days.
Those states are the same geographical size. Their populations shrunk.