The revival of the American city?

Gene Expression
By Razib Khan
Mar 25, 2012 9:37 PMMay 21, 2019 6:00 PM

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I've never watched Mad Men, but I really can't help but hear all about the show. One thing that has struck me about the change from then, ~1960, to now, ~2010, is the alignment of quantitative demographic trends with impressionistic cultural ones. The 1970s were a disaster for the old urban order. Below are the top 10 cities by population in 1960 and 2010.

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