92.9 Jack FM -- Playing What We Want » Recession http://929jackfm.com Playing What We Want Sat, 18 May 2013 23:02:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 US Population Growth Finally Slowing Down, But By How Much? http://929jackfm.com/us-population-slowing/ http://929jackfm.com/us-population-slowing/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:00:38 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=67498 If you think you’re seeing fewer babies now, it’s not your imagination — the US Census Bureau says the US population is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, possibly caused by fewer births and less immigration as a result of the recession.

]]> http://929jackfm.com/us-population-slowing/feed/ 0 dherholz, Flickr Give Thanks to the Recession, Families Are Closer Than Ever Because of It http://929jackfm.com/recession-families-closer/ http://929jackfm.com/recession-families-closer/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:30:03 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62228 A lot of families don’t have to go over the river and through the woods to get to grandmother’s house for the holidays this year. More and more families are living in grandmother’s house, and getting closer because of it.

Many cultures support a tradition of multigenerational families living in one home, but it has been decades since the US was one of them. Now, because of the current nature of the economy, that seems to be shifting.

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