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28. Reality 1: The Great Unraveling
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29. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark
will catalyze a Crisis mood. Remnants
of the old social order will
disintegrate. Political and economic
trust will implode. Real hardship will
beset the land, with severe distress
that could involve questions of class,
race, nation and empire.
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34. Reality 2: The Graying and the
Browning of America
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35. Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for
83 percent of our population growth this
last decade. We are well on the way to
becoming a majority-minority society.
Bruce Katz
The Brookings Institution
“An Impending National Transformation”
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38. In Wisconsin
Source: Wisconsin Population 2035, WI Dept of Administration
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/docview.asp?locid=9&docid=2108
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43. For every ten minutes a person spends in
traffic, their civic participation decreases
ten percent.
Dr. Robert Putnam
Author, Bowling Alone
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45. The Talent Dividend
For every 1% increase in the number of
residents who hold bachelors degrees...
There is a $763 increase in annual regional
per capita income.
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46. Fifty-eight percent of a city’s success, as
measured by per capita income, can be
attributed to post-secondary degree
attainment.
CEOs for Cities
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47. Who are our future citizens
and how can we delight them?
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60. It is a wonderful thing to be part of a place
that is becoming, rather than a place that
has been.
Kip Hodges
ASU School of Earth & Space Exploration
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