(Latinos) are growing faster because they are a bigger part of immigration than other groups and they also have higher fertility than other groups. |
A lot of people are hedging their bets. They don't want to move away from a place where they have family they can rely on. They don't want to give up their community, their circle of friends. |
Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor. |
Basically, Louisiana has been a poster child for brain drain, especially whites with college degrees, |
Certainly, it (New Orleans) will be more of a Hispanic city than before. The real issue is how well immigrants will be integrated into the community. |
D.C. is like a revolving door. These young people move in and then they move out when they want to have kids. |
Economists always say there is a supply and demand equilibrium. |
I think low density is the attraction. People would rather make a long commute and have a big yard and a big house. |
If anyone has a desire to go back home, they do, |
If it takes a year or two, there will be significant resettling back in New Orleans, ... then people sort of get on with their lives. |
If you look at states like North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, you see growth of 300 percent or over 200 percent from 1990 to 2005 in the number of immigrants. |
Immigration is good for the United States ... it's important for us to keep our doors open, but we need to keep an eye on the people coming in, ... While initially it will be a state problem, eventually it will be a national issue, and education is the best way to deal with it. |
In the new destination states, it's a small share of the population, but it's growing fast. Immigrants coming in to these states tend to be lower income, more likely to be in low-skill, blue-collar jobs, and tend to be more likely to be undocumented (illegal) than the ones in the traditional magnet states. It's no wonder there's a public reaction to the new immigrants coming in these new destination states. |
It's a symptom of the new divide in housing costs between the expensive, congested, urbanized states such as California and New York and newly sprawling suburban states on both coasts. This whole half of the decade, housing has been an issue. ... The question is: Will it continue? |
Let's face it, bright lights aren't as bright as they used to be downtown. The high priority is to have an affordable house. |