<p>Intro/Outro: “America,” by Neil Diamond</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-burkham-05799417/">Jonathan Burkham</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/migrant-midwest-the-case-for-immigration-and-economic-growth-in-the-american-heartland-dr-jonathan-mann-burkham/6d3473bccb748f47?ean=9798216276098&amp;next=t&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=94913&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">Migrant Midwest</a></p><p>Ed Glaeser – “<a href="https://nyti.ms/4lWnHrJ">Human Capital Follows the Thermometer</a>,” New York Times, April 19, 2011</p><p>Civic Federation’s report “<a href="https://www.civicfed.org/blog/chicagos-budget-growth-2019-2025?utm_source=copilot.com">Chicago's Budget Growth: 2019–2025</a>”</p><p>Minneapolis’ resilience and defense of its Somali community against ICE raids</p><p>Springfield, Ohio – myths and realities about its Haitian population</p><p><a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cityDCD/planning/plans/Citywide/plan/Data.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com">Milwaukee</a> – population trends 1960-2024</p><p>Michigan governor Rick Snyder’s 2014 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/michigan-us-give-immigrants-visas-help-bankrupt-detroit-flna2D11980300?utm_source=copilot.com">call for 50,000 visas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mcda/population/michigan-population-analysis/2026/01/27/vintage2025-estimates">Michigan’s population growth</a>, 2021-2025</p><p>Nick Reding, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methland">Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town</a>”</p><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominee-program.html">Canadian Provincial Nominee Program</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-provincial-nominee-program-focusing-temporary-workers-9.7063307">Backlash to the CPNP</a> + no housing growth</p><p><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&amp;&amp;p=d1f235259799d092d7a3a21233a2f18a9b8ce8b565b7f3ab789fcc5a0a063bb0JmltdHM9MTc3NDY1NjAwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=0dc8a875-56a9-618d-0c45-be1a57e460cc&amp;psq=Canada%e2%80%99s+population+decline&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvY2FuYWRhLXBvcHVsYXRpb24tZGVjbGluZS1maXJzdC10aW1lLTkuNzEzMzY0Mw">Canada’s population decline</a> – 102,000 in 2025, the first since Confederation in 1867</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/61-smaller-cities-in-a-shrinking-world">Allan Mallach – Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World – Unfrozen</a> 61&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/108-north">Jesse Keenan – North – Unfrozen 108</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/climate-migration-duluth.html">Climate-proof Duluth</a>”&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darylfairweather?utm_source=copilot.com">Daryl Fairweather,</a> Redfin chief economist, new resident of Williams Bay, WI</p><p><a href="https://cms.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/2024-11/2024-migration-trends-report-11-25-2024.pdf">National Association of Realtors migration trends 2024</a></p>