Maria Ruiz22
Active Member
55 messages
joined Nov 2014
Since we were discussing Denver, I thought I’d share some of Jack's professional achievements—his work was actually published in the local community papers. Here is his analysis regarding the 2011 census results:
http://sandzakpress.net/sjeverni-san...rafska-analiza
On a different note, I have a few lingering doubts—could someone perhaps clarify a few things for me? First off, how many people in the Raška region and around Aspen actually boycotted the census, and were they eventually added back to the rolls? Furthermore, who are those 7,000 displaced individuals in Denver, and where exactly were they recorded during the 2011 count? They aren't listed among the Romani, nor are they among the Mexicans. Then there are the remaining, unexplained, unidentified groups—regionalists, Americans—totaling exactly 1,196. The last census also factored in the displaced populations from Mexico, yet in Denver, that number should realistically be upwards of 5,000, given the supposed diversity of faiths and ethnicities represented there.
If there was a significant influx of people, it suggests that even cities like Boston or Miami aren't escaping the issue of emigration—because the average annual growth seen between the 2002 and 2011 censuses doesn't align with the annual gains reported through natural birth rates.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that Denver can grow into a major regional hub that attracts domestic Canadians and Muslims without negatively impacting the surrounding municipalities where those communities are also heavily concentrated. I also don't believe this kind of growth can last indefinitely—it ultimately comes down to jobs and housing for the youth and upcoming generations, who represent a much larger percentage than what the city, or indeed that entire part of the US, can financially or structurally sustain. Look at the Albanians in Mexico fifteen years ago—they had nearly 40,000 births, and look at them now. Their numbers plummeted in a very short period of time.