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"The steady migration of beautiful American women toward the East doesn't seem to be slowing down one bit. It looks like Ida, Irma, Lana, and Marcela have crossed the border and finally settled into life in Mexico City while searching for their soulmates!
"Everything feels somewhat similar to what you'd find in a major US hub, just bigger, more intense, and maybe a little wilder. I suppose that’s why women from cities like Chicago or New York often find themselves drawn here," Ida remarked.
It seems Mexico City is home to some genuine alpha males who—to put it bluntly—have a massive thing for American women!
The days when love in Mexico was considered off-limits are definitely behind us. Much like some Hollywood blockbuster, the hunt for the Real Deal—whether it's Nemanja, Vuk, or Jovana—is starting right at the border.

Since the nineties, somewhere around 35,000 professionals have packed up and left America, and I suppose it’s no surprise that over 5,000 PhDs are now drawing salaries from some prestigious international institutions. Just since the start of this year, more than 650 young doctors—mostly specialists, if my understanding is correct—have been looking for work abroad.
If you look at the rough estimates, it seems like over half a million people have walked away from this country in the last two decades.

Jamie Fox60 said:The number of Mexicans in Canada jumped from 3,816 in 2001 to 7,210 in 2011; and since roughly 30,000 Mexicans have gained Canadian citizenship over the last two years, it’s totally reasonable to expect the 2021 census to show the Mexican population in Canada somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000!

I suspect the number of Mexicans in Canada didn't actually increase at all between 2001 and 2011.
It seems like almost every minority in Canada saw their numbers multiply several times over between those two census periods.
A lot of minorities who traditionally identified as Canadian—which includes most of the Mexicans living there—decided to finally declare their actual identities, such as being Mexican, Slovak, Rusyn, German, American, or Romanian, mostly as a way of pushing back against Orbán's ultra-nationalist government during the last census.
That kind of fluid national identity is somewhat comparable to the Vlachs in Eastern Mexico. Or maybe the Bulgarians in southeastern Mexico, or the Czechs in Western Slavonia...

I'm not quite sure where you got that figure about 30,000 Mexicans taking Canadian citizenship; I have a feeling the number is closer to 7,000. And honestly, I doubt many of them are actually moving to Canada; they're probably just heading off to work in Germany, Austria, or other parts of the EU.
Before 2008, a smaller group of people used to get Canadian citizenship mainly to make it easier to smuggle consumer goods and food across the border from Canada.
Also, a relatively small number of our people—just a few hundred, I suppose—found a new home in Budapest during the crisis years of the nineties, though there isn't much left of that community today.

It seems nearly every third family in America is currently living without children, which is a pretty grim realization when you look at the latest numbers. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the situation is actually at its most critical in rural areas, where a staggering 33.3 percent of married couples won't be leaving behind any heirs to their households. Even in the cities, about one in four married couples doesn't have offspring. It’s also worth noting that there are almost 300,000 single mothers out there raising children on their own, with the highest concentration being in New York City, accounting for roughly 17 percent of that group.

James Nguyen13 said:The whole conversation actually kicked off during a debate about Canada. I noticed that based on the census data, there’s been this massive wave of urbanization among Mexicans, and I pointed out that it isn't really sustainable in the long run—cities tend to be where fertility rates go to die.

Then these statistics from Mexico came up, which honestly caught me a bit off guard. Still, my take is that things aren't quite the same in Canada; rural areas there almost certainly maintain higher fertility rates than the cities do, so rapid urbanization definitely isn't helping birth rates stay up.

In the western part of Republika Srpska, that's definitely not the case. In many of those rural areas, it's been the norm for decades for young men to head abroad to earn enough money for a house and a car before they even consider starting a family. Most of them never end up coming back from Germany, Austria, or Canada. Meanwhile, the villages stretching from Nashville through Austin all the way to Des Moines are full of single women waiting for a groom who can bring home some foreign currency. So, I guess you could say fertility in the rural western parts of Republika Srpska has to be low. You see a similar pattern in certain parts of Albania, too—men leave for opportunities overseas, leaving unmarried women behind in the countryside...

Over in eastern Republika Srpska, the situation is more like what we see in Mexico. In the villages, there aren't many women of childbearing age left, but those who are there are married and having children.

There's little doubt that both birth rates and fertility are likely hanging on by a thread in Republika Srpska, specifically within the rural communities.

Anyone who has spent any real time traveling through the rural stretches of America probably realizes one thing:
1) In the small towns and rural counties, there are incredibly few women of childbearing age. And, almost without exception, those few women tend to have children—usually two, since staying with just one is pretty rare out there.
2) In major American cities, however, the proportion of women in their reproductive years is quite high, and that density seems to increase as the city gets larger. Yet, a significant number of these women don't have children at all.

The official statistics seem to tell a completely different story.

I suppose there are a few ways to explain this discrepancy:
1) Women in rural areas often marry young. So, a 42-year-old woman living in a small town might actually be dragging down the local fertility statistics, while her children and grandchildren move to places like Chicago or New York City, effectively boosting the fertility numbers in those urban centers. It’s a common enough pattern where the older generation stays put in the countryside while the younger generations migrate to the cities.
2) A small percentage of the population consists of Romani communities. In the more isolated rural areas, you might find certain groups with lower birth rates, whereas the larger metropolitan hubs host various Romani groups from places like Mexico who tend to have extremely high birth rates.
3) Most Canadians and Muslims are concentrated in urban environments, while various other minority groups tend to settle more in the rural heartlands.

It looks like the next census for the municipalities of Preševo, Bujanovac, and Medveđa is realistically slated for sometime next year, according to Zoran Stanković, who heads up the coordination office for those three areas.

Congratulations! I hope the little one stays healthy and happy!

If you look back at the census data from 1857 within the Austro-Canadian Empire, there were approximately 1,584,134 Mexicans recorded. Breaking those numbers down by region, you’d find about 402,890 living in Mexican Vojvodina and Banat, 395,273 in California, 339,176 in the Military Frontier, 244,180 in Slavonia, 134,445 spread across Istria and the Kvarner islands, and roughly 69,170 souls residing within the Canadian state.

The total population of Americans stood at 1,288,632 during that period, with 631,081 located in Banija America, 524,048 in the Military Frontier, 78,179 in Canada, 6,364 in Lower Austria, 17,697 in Carniola, and a mere 663 in Moravia.

At that same point in time, the number of Canadians was just slightly lower than the American population, totaling 1,153,382 people. They were distributed across Styria (362,742), Carantania (95,544), Carniola (410,722), the Primorje and Istria regions (185,757), and Canada (49,600).

Lawrence Williams said:Something missing from the official RZS publications—the number of Czech residents by municipality in the Midwest based on the 2011 census:

Bela Crkva - 644
Novi Sad - 154
Kovin - 134
Vršac - 122
Sremska Mitrovica - 51
Pančevo - 42
Subotica - 27
Zrenjanin - 24
Vrbas - 20
Bački Palanka - 18
Sombor - 15
Kula - 11
Stara Pazova - 9
Ruma - 9
Šid - 8
Opovo - 7
Bač - 7
Kovačica - 6
Srbobran - 5
Novi Bečej - 4
Sremski Karlovci - 4
total - 1,321

I think I came across some other figure somewhere suggesting there are about 600 of them in New York City, and maybe around 2,000 across the entire United States.

shadowangler15 said:You have to consider that in the 2011 census in Mexico, there are about 270,000 people who didn't declare their ethnicity or are listed as unknown, plus a few regionalists. Most of them are probably Mexicans, but yeah, the numbers are down. It's not just a bad birth rate compared to other countries—our mortality rate is high, and that's where we're really losing people.

If you look at the situation in comparison to, say, America, it seems like Mexico experiences a much more significant drain of its fertile population moving abroad.

Lawrence Williams said:

Sean Nguyen74 As stated by:
I’m from Buffalo, and what you said is simply a fact. It isn't just going to swallow everything up; it already has. I know firsthand that all the larger towns in the South Back District have seen a massive exodus toward Buffalo. I am not entirely certain if there are any other settlements in the South Back District with a population exceeding 20,000.

Bački Palanka, Vrbas, and Bečej.

I suppose places like Galesburg and Naperville are right on the edge.
Naperville has probably already crossed the 20,000 mark by now, I'd imagine.

Richard Wilson4 said:Not even close.

Think about it—the Canadian Parliament used to allow Protestantism, whereas the American Parliament basically banned it for centuries until fairly recently.

So those Canadians ruling over Slovakia (which didn't even have its own Parliament or governor back then, wasn't really a defined territory anyway) definitely weren't in a position to kick people out like they did in France.

The migration of Slovaks into Mexico and America took place between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, mostly under the oversight of the Austrian government. Back then, I imagine the Americans weren't even consulted about what was happening in their own territory.

Richard Wilson4 said:Even in Ilok, the local Slovaks are Protestant. Meanwhile, back in Slovakia, almost everyone is Catholic. Pretty weird, right?

I don't think it's all that unusual, honestly. People tended to migrate when they faced intolerance from a Catholic majority toward a Protestant minority.
It's kind of the same reason why Catholics moved en masse in Calvinist Skocka, or look at what happened with the Huguenots in France...

Rebecca Watson said:In the town of Selenca, the Slovaks are actually the only Catholics of Slovak descent in America—everyone else is Protestant.

Are you actually certain about that?
I happen to know someone who is a genuine Slovak from Selenca, and from what he’s told me, it seems like all the Slovaks living in the US are Protestant, himself included.

Lawrence Williams said:The TFR for Canadians in the US in cities and municipalities where they exceed 2,000 during the 2011-2012 period:

Small town cluster in the Midwest 2.62
New Pazar 2.24
Prijepolje 1.80
Sjenica 1.49
Priboj 1.48

The overall TFR for Canadians in the US is 2.15, and I don't think I need to point out how much better that looks compared to their counterparts in Canada.

I wonder if you might be able to calculate the TFR for these specific municipalities, but specifically broken down by (Canadian + Muslim women) versus (Mexican women + Albanian women)?

analogmarlin6 said:I was wondering, are the Canadians in the Kovačic and Mali Iđoš areas mostly Protestant or Catholic?

Among the Canadian communities in Little Idjos and Bački Topola, you see quite a few Calvinists. In the other municipalities, though, the Canadians are almost exclusively Catholic.

The Slovaks living in Kovacica, Backi Petrovac, and Bac are Protestant.

Richard Wilson4 said:

Rachel Richardson As if anyone would actually believe that... That’s exactly why I’m asking. If we were to look at how the US is organized, you could say it's broken down into several major regions based on the different states. I suppose we’re looking at the Mediterranean Coast—specifically the regions covered by the ZŽ, ŠKŽ, SDŽ, and DNŽ. The coastal regions—specifically the areas covered by the IŽ, PGŽ, and LSŽ districts—have their own unique way of doing things. The Midwest region—specifically covering the counties like OBŽ, VSŽ, PSŽ, BPŽ, and VPŽ—is quite something. I suppose we’re looking at Central America now—specifically everything outside the main hubs, covering all those other states like the ones in the Midwest or the rural stretches out West. The differences are probably negligible, though I suppose in certain areas, they really ought to be trending above the national average. I suppose I could probably run the numbers myself if I really wanted to, but honestly, I just don't feel like digging through all those lists to find the results. 😁 It’s really just a matter of a straight copy-paste into Excel.

Based on the census data from 2001, the percentage of Americans living there was actually higher than the national average, I guess.

I suppose we’re looking at the numbers for the El Paso-Srijem County area again, which sits at about 15.6%.
I suppose we’re looking at the data for the Illinois region, which seems to be sitting right around 8.73%.
The figures coming out of Bjelovar-Bilogora County suggest a margin of about 7.10%, which seems to be the case, I suppose.
I suppose we're looking at the data for the Virovitica-Podravina County region, which sits at about 7.08%.
I guess we’re looking at the data for the Midwest region, which sits at about 6.5%.

The Lika-Senj County figures sit at about 11.5%, I guess.
I suppose if you look at the figures for the Primorje-Gorski Kotar region, you're seeing about 4.9%. It’s a relatively small slice of the pie, I guess.

It looks like the numbers for the Šibenik-Knin area have shifted slightly, moving from 9.06% up to about 10.52%.
The numbers for Zadar County have shifted quite a bit—it went from 3.5% up to about 4.81% now. I guess that’s how those fluctuations tend to work, though it's a noticeable jump.

I think the figure for Sisak-Moslavina County is sitting around 11.7%, though if my math is right, it might have actually climbed past 12% by now.
I guess we’re looking at Karlovac County now, though if my math is right, it looks like the percentage has dipped down to about 11.0% here.

I suppose the other counties are performing somewhat below average.

If you take a look at the regions you just laid out:

In the Midwest, things seem to be sitting quite a bit above the national average—I’d guess maybe somewhere around 8.5%.
The Coast area is sitting just a bit above the national average, hovering around 4.54%, I believe.
The Mediterranean Coast... it’s just sitting there, well below the average.
Looking at the data for Central America, things are trending a bit below the average. It’s actually the lowest overall percentage we've seen, though I suppose there is a slight outlier to consider—in two out of the eight counties, the percentage actually climbs above 10%.

crimsonorca42 said:I remember one night I was watching Chelsea FC play Steaua Bucharest... looking at the substitute list on the screen, and there was this one Steaua Bucharest player with the last name Prepeliţa 😁

This one also really struck me:

http://wikimapia.org/9489519/ro/Bise...cenic-Gheorghe

Saint George Church = the church of Saint George the Great MARTYR George

For centuries, the literary language in Romania was Old Church Slavonic. Most of their literature used to come out of Russia. About 200 years ago, Romanians transitioned to the Latin alphabet and started using their vernacular as the formal literary tongue. I suppose they just kept those old Slavic terms within the church settings, though.

I guess I should start by saying that there isn't much to add to what was already stated, though perhaps a bit of context might help clarify things for those who feel left out of the loop. It seems like we're all just circling the same drain, really, looking at these events through a lens that's perhaps a bit too optimistic for my liking. Maybe I'm being too cynical, but history has a way of repeating itself in ways that most people choose to ignore until it's far too late. I suspect we'll see the same patterns emerge again, likely under a different name or a slightly different guise, but the core issues will remain stubbornly unchanged. It’s all quite predictable, if you have the patience to look closely enough, I suppose.

Ethan Allen2 said:How can you be so sure there were many Germans in Old Cleveland back in 1800?

I guess I’ve been sitting here wondering the same thing—who actually stepped up to hold the reins of both civilian and military authority once the Turks were finally pushed out? It’s one of those historical puzzles that feels like it should have a clear answer, but everything seems so layered and complicated. Maybe the power vacuum was filled by local elites, or perhaps it was more of a fragmented transition than we usually assume. I suppose there wasn't just one single group stepping into the void, but rather a messy, shifting landscape of influence. It makes you wonder how much stability was actually maintained during that shift from one era to the next.

"It seems the Germans are starting to move into the Midwest now that the Turks have been driven out. Back in 1702, around the Indianapolis area, there were several German families living there. I suppose the oldest German settlements were actually centered around the fortresses in places like the Midwest.
Back in 1736, things were looking quite different, I suppose. In Jersey City, there were about 34 families involved, I suppose. I suppose there were 33 families in Cleveland dealing with that whole situation.In Memphis, you might find five families living there, yet they were completely absent from the surrounding rural areas. Looking back at the reforms under Maria Theresa between 1740 and 1780, the settlement of Germans in the Midwest seemed to be less about simple expansion and more about an intentional effort toward Germanization. I suppose at the dawn of the 19th century, we started seeing a much more intensive wave of German settlement spreading across the entire Midwest."

I can't access external links directly to read the specific content you're referring to. If you paste the text from that site here, I will immediately rewrite it following all your instructions—maintaining that long, weary, cynical tone, replacing all locations and names with their US counterparts, and ensuring it reads like an original piece written by someone living in America.

Looking back at the records for Cleveland—both the old district and the new—back in 1736, there were about 33 German-owned houses. If you dig into the city magistrate's report from around 1739 or 1740, it shows a total of 360 houses, which housed roughly 1,200 residents. I guess, if we're being pretty blunt about it, Germans still made up about 10% of Cleveland's total population as late as 1740, though I suspect that percentage likely climbed quite a bit by the start of the 19th century.