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  • Cleveland's plight is a familiar story

    07/06/2010 7:53:57 AM PDT · by Patriot1259 · 16 replies · 2+ views
    TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 07/06/2010 | Kevin Price
    I grew up in Detroit, Michigan and left that city when I was 13 years old. It was bad then. The common joke among "Michiganders" that "flew" South in search of jobs and opportunities is that we hoped that "the last person who leaves turns the lights out." That was back in the 1970s and the situation is even worse now. With unemployment at more than 20 percent, the actual population is now less than 1 million people. In fact, it is roughly half the size it was around 60 years ago. It no longer benefits from government programs designed...
  • Child Population Dwindles in San Francisco

    05/25/2005 6:23:27 AM PDT · by yooling · 36 replies · 973+ views
    A.P. ^ | 5/24/05 | By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer
    Anne Bakstad and Ed Cohen are starting to feel as if their family of four is an endangered species in San Francisco. Since the couple bought a house five years ago, more than a dozen families in their social circle have left the city for cheaper housing, better schools or both. The goodbyes are so frequent that Carina, age 4 1/2, wants to know when she is going to move, too. Eric, 2 1/2, misses Gus, his playmate from across the street. "When we get to know people through our kids, we think to ourselves, `Are they renters or owners?...