Why do people think constant growth is a good thing? We talk about food scarcity but then we re-zone half of the land so its no longer for agro use but for housing. You want to decrease pollution but then you highly concentrate people all in one concrete hell-hole where they all contribute to a vast increase of pollution. Archive: https://archive.today/v1OOG From the post: "Colorado’s population is growing at its slowest pace on record, with domestic net migration turning negative last year and the population declines long seen on the Eastern Plains taking hold in one large Front Range county. Time will tell if the slowdown is temporary, as state demographers predict, or the start of a new trend. But Colorado’s ability to attract newcomers carries huge implications for its economic future, from filling open jobs to providing care for the surging number of older residents."