Pre-emptive news alert: Get ready for another spate of articles on Massachusetts shrinking population
The United States Census Bureau will release data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS) on August 15. Inevitably it will result in hand-wringing stories about Massachusetts’ population loss. They will probably also hail the increase in non-white residents. I also forecast stories on the high cost of living in Massachusetts, slow job growth, and, for good measure, something timely and topical about rising crime in Boston and the deadly Big Dig debacle. Plus stories on the decline in number of married couples, the decrease in average household size and the growing number of grandparents who are caregivers.
It will all seem very fresh and original.
