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Seattle hosts an annual summer festival that runs for 10 weeks and features over 40 events. This is the 75th year for the Seafair Festival which kicked off on June 29th and includes fireworks on July...
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The US economy is very strong, especially if compared to the other G7 countries. In the decade from 2023 to 2022, the US had a real GDP growth of 2.1%. This is above the G7 average of 1.7%. However,...
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America is a country that is known for its stark inequality in income. The richest part of the population (top 1%) owned 32.3% of the nation’s wealth, according to a report in 2022. This is in...
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Island living may sound like a remote dream, but many U.S. islands are highly connected via bridges and other crossings to the mainland, providing both access to services along with, often, a more...
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The U.S. population grew by just 0.2% in 2021, 0.4% in 2022, and 0.5% in 2023 — all historically low growth rates, and the slow pace has been the trend in the past decade at least, according to the...
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Living alone for the first time — whether as a young adult, newly single, or unfortunately a widow — can be daunting. Still, 37.1 million people nationwide live alone — 28.6% of the nearly 130...
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Diversity in the Midwest, like in most of the country, has different root causes, including the Great Migration of 1910 to 1970. At the time, Black Americans moved in droves from the South to...
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COVID-19 has dealt a serious blow to downtowns nationwide as health care measures encouraged people to work from home, leaving office buildings empty and stores without foot traffic. Many downtown...
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The U.S. population has been growing at a historically slow pace in the past decade. It was the slowest in 2021, at a 0.2% increase, and only recovered slightly in 2022, with a 0.4% uptick. Because...
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The third most populous country, the United States is also one of the more ethnically and racially diverse countries in the world. Of course, not all parts are as equally diverse, and some states,...
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“When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, You can always go downtown,” Petula Clark famously sang in Tony Hatch’s song “Downtown.” But of course, for that you need a booming and...
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The world’s population is projected to grow by 17.3% from 2020 to 2040, according to the United Nations’ projection data. The United States population is projected to grow at a somewhat slower...
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There were 37.1 million one-person households — people living alone — in the United States in 2022, or 28.6% of the nearly 130 million U.S. households. Looking at the entire adult population...
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