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People Make The World Go 'Round, And, Maybe, Shrink, Chester Smolski
People Make The World Go 'Round, And, Maybe, Shrink, Chester Smolski
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"The United Nations will mark October 12 this year as a special occasion, for this is the approximate time when the world's population will reach 6 billion, a milestone that almost coincides with the millennium."
Only In Ri: Housing Booms, Population Sags, Shifts, Chester Smolski
Only In Ri: Housing Booms, Population Sags, Shifts, Chester Smolski
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"House sales in the state are at an all-time high. Some towns have imposed housing impact fees and caps on building permits to slow population growth that exceeds 20 percent. Communities are trying to save open space because 26,000 acres of raw land has gone into new development over the last 20 years. And all of this taking place in one of only two states to have lost population in the last seven years!"