A resettlement policy for asylum seekers could help revive the rusting industrial cities of the heartland.
The population of Providence, R.I., has barely held even since 2020. Had it not been for some 8,300 immigrants who settled in Saint Joseph County, it would have shrunk by 1.3 percent by last year. Same in South Bend, Ind., where some 1,700 immigrants into the county barely filled a gap left by locals ditching town.. Their numbers made up more than the entire growth of the population in 131 of them.
Depopulation is bad for economies. Housing prices tank, local tax revenue collapses, the labor force shrinks, businesses go bust or leave, schools close. “All problems get harder because of population loss,” notes John Lettieri of the Economic Innovation Group. “To a first approximation problems would ease with more people of working age.”There would be upfront costs. Shuttered schools would need to be refurbished. Local services might be strained, at first.
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