WHEN WELL-MEANING PEOPLE GET MENTAL VERTIGO THEY CAN'T DETERMINE UP FROM DOWN. THE FOLLOWING URL TAUTS DATA THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY OBSERVATION.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/05/01/indiana-one-top-states-demographically-resembles-1950s/83803266/
THIS "RESEARCH" MIGHT PLEASE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WENT THROUGH THE 1950s; HOWEVER, FOR THIS FRONT LINE OBSERVER IT IS WAY OUT OF FOCUS.
IN 1950'S AGRICULTURE ON SMALL FAMILY OWNED FARMS WAS THE NORM.
TODAY BIG AGRI-CORPS RUN THE FARMS. A COUPLE OF FARMERS IN JENNINGS COUNTY OWN/MANAGE OVER 10,000 ACRES!!!!! IN THE 1950'S MOST FARMS WERE 160 ACRES OR LESS.
TAKE A SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE AND NOTICE THE COLLECTION OF HOUSE TRAILERS THAT POPULATE MUCH OF WHAT WAS ONCE FARM LAND IN THE 1950'S. THE POPULATION DENSITY AND MAKE UP IS MANY TIMES GREATER THAN THE 1950'S.
IN THE 1950'S KIDS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND STAYED CLOSE TO HOME. NOW THE EXODUS GOES INTO AREAS WE COULDN'T SPELL OR EVEN LOCATE ON A MAP!
MAYBE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL BORN RESIDENTS NOW IN THE HOOSIER STATE. INDIANA NEEDS MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
INDIANA IS NO LONGER A MAGNET FOR KENTUCKIANS LOOKING FOR WORK. INDIANA IS NO LONGER A CONDUIT FOR SOUTHERNERS GOING TO DETROIT
FINALLY, THIS WILL MAKE A GOOD NUMBER OF READERS OF THIS POST VERY, VERY ANGRY---THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. TO INDIANA HAS DRAMATICALLY ALTERED THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL MIND SET WITHIN INDIANA.
TO ATTEMPT TO TIE THE NOW TO THEN IS VERY INACCURATE. IT JUST ISN'T SO. ASK SOME FOLKS WHO WERE HERE IN THE 1950'S. THE OLD GRAY MARE AIN'T WHAT SHE USED TO BE---NEITHER IS INDIANA.
WELL NOW, I STAND BY THESE OBSERVATIONS BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN THE 1950'S SO I GUESS I OUGHT TO KNOW !!!!
GLENN <><
JUST WEST OF YESTERDAY
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