Have You looked at a MAP recently? I would say we are overconcentrated in a few states, no?\nhttp://www.census.gov/popest/gallery/maps/popsize_2005.html
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people operate by the notion that wealth is somehow limited and think that if you have more people then their share of wealth will get smaller.\n\nthis of course couldn't be further away from the truth, anybody who takes the time to think realizes that wealth is being created by people, it can be infinite... \n\nUnfortunately this thought is too complex for many people to comprehend !\n\nI'm only hoping that in a few hundred years people will finally come to this realization!
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CA is soooo expensive. It's true. The housing prices are hyperinflated....as for job opportunities....it's hard to tell without knowing what your background is. CA is also overpopulated.\nI'm a former CA girl.
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well, the answer to your question is easy.... there aren't as many people involved in environmental and political matters, as where there are lots of people who have involvement with Wal Mart as part of their daily lives.....  and, I have also noticed....  Yahoo Answers does not draw in a vast number of intelligent people... I am not saying everyone is stupid, but by looking around at the questions and answers that come through here, it's pretty clear that a LOT  of these people are not what you would consider the "THINK TANK" of America.....
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http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html\n\nU.S. 300,143,448\nWorld 6,555,010,181
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I don't know where u live, but i count the kids every year, we had a 150 kids this year. And we live in a medium size neighborhood. When we frist lived here there was alot more, but we still get alot. \nI think parents are mopre portected now but I don't think it stops them from letting their children do anything. \nPeople are losing moral values like not going to church, but I think there is still many children who attended church with there familys.
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WOW \nYou've raised an excellent point.  I'm definitely more obliged to the USA over Illinois.  We've definitely lost sight of the ideals that our founding fathers cherished.  Separation of church and state is another prime example.
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I am from the south also and do not think it has anything to do with the hurricanes.Its just that political and business are being greedy filling their own wallets, and the heck with everyone else. Just like in the 70's gas went sky high and they had oil stored away. Pretty soon there is going to be two groups of people the rich and the poor, no inbetween. Right now you have people selling things just to get money for gas to get back and forth to work. So between the gas prices,elec bills and everyday things we need to live who is getting richer? Most of us are up the creek without a paddle. All we can do is take a really good look at who we but into office next election.
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Even though I am an American I have to agree with you.  So many people in this country take what we have for granted.  The south has always been labeled as an area of high discrimination..but I have been all around this country and trust me..it exists just as much in the north and out west as it does here..I think its the American philosophy of me me me..and if you are not like me then you are against me..its a sad thing but luckily not all Americans are like that!
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The US isn't maintaining its past lifestyle now.  There are more homeless than ever, with the rising cost of housing fewer people are able to own their own homes, more young adults are having to move back in with their parents because they can't afford their own homes or apartments. People are working more than ever but are still falling farther & farther behind.  Spiraling costs in healthcare are putting it more and more out of reach. Between less money being available for primary and secondary education, school closings, and larger class sizes, a decent education is getting further out of reach. Manufacturing and production jobs have been exported to other countries where the labor costs are cheaper, so there are fewer jobs in these areas for all of those people who can only get that limited american public education. The only sure place where there is anticipated growth is the prison industry.  It ain't just for black folks any more. \n\nThe american standard of living is quickly going straight to hell NOW. It's not going to take 100 years.  And all you teens & 20 somethings...you should care, this is the world you're inheriting, and you have a long time to be stuck with it.
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The middle class is shrinking in the US, and this is not good. Also, in places like florida there is more of an abundance of cheap labor. Immigrants who will work for a cheaper labor. The median income in the US is about 41k a year, which is well within middle class. Also, it may have been a factor of where you were. In a city you may only see those two aspects highlighted. And you may have to travel the suburbs to find the true middle class.
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while i would agree with the other 2 answeres to a point.  If the poll is being conducted by the same organization, say Wall Street Journal, then you can assume that they used the same procedures and sampling selection as the previous poll.  While it may be better to show all the assumptions, the core results would show a shift in the average.  Now take a USAToday poll and the Christian Science Monitor, and the comparison may be totally invalid.
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"Bacwood"? You have a pretty big set, insulting other people's intelligence when you apparently can't find the little "Check Spelling" button Yahoo provides. \n\nThe Midwest tends to share more values with the south than with the coasts. If you want to slam an entire region of the country, at least get your facts straight. \n\nAnd us "redneck hicks" in Alaska would LOVE to divorce ourselves from the "values" of the coasts - I'll bet the south feels the same way.
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Oil, and i agree with you. I'm tired of hearing Americans talk about how perfect we are. In school, everyone used to say "we're from the greatest, and most advanced country!" and "We're always going to be on top!" It made me sick. \n\nI think it's great to be behind your country and to be patriotic, but being pig-headed and full of ourselves is over the top. We're NOT on top. American is not #1 in education (i believe that space is reserved for japan) He** half of america is f***ing illiterate (he**, i probubly misspelled that lol). We're only as advanced as we are because all the geniuses  ran to america for some reason or another. We're not even the most advanced though (that award goes to some asian country; china or japan i think). \n\nSo although i'm not going to say we're not a super-power, cause we are (god only knows how that happened lol), Americans need to realize we're not #1. We're just another clump of land with people on it.
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Yes, the small towns are not small towns anymore. Big box stores like Wal-mart have moved in killing small businesses. Big chain restaurants like McDonalds have moved in, killing out all the mom and pop restaurants. Urban sprawl has taken over, meaning all the trees and land on the outskirts of town have been mowed over and paved to accomodate all these franchises, so we are losing our green-space. And if you notice, every town now has the exact same stores and restaurants, so travel is a real drag. You can drive 100 miles and it is just like you are home. There is an eerie similarity like in the children's book "A Wrinkle In Time" where all the houses were alike. And you talk about hectic! When I was a kid, you could walk down the middle of the street at night-time because everyone was home sleeping. Now, the traffic rolls by as steadily at 2 AM, as it does at 2PM. It's all a real shame, and I'm very disgusted with it all. Thanks for asking by the way, I think I needed to vent that! : )
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That's a single data point.  I wouldn't assume that other country's systems are better without more information.  I think we just get firehosed with info when it happens in the US vs elsewhere.
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well I don't know about all over the country but what I see here in the midwest is that the transportation industry is always in need of drivers for short and long haul trucking. several years ago a conversation with a company recruter for a very large  trucking company told me that at that time they were over 100,000  new drivers short of what they wanted to have on the road and this was one of thousands of companies .\n        the second industry that never has a surplus of people for jobs available is the health care industry. Just pick a field from nursing to specialized care centers.
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We are overpopulated. Our activities are having a major impact on the environment. Many species of plant and animal have been made extinct and their blood is on our hands. We are no longer a population.. we are an infestation.