They say time flies when you're having fun. According to a recent study, folks in Northern Michigan must be having a blast since they are, apparently, aging quicker than the rest of the state.
Excerpt: Across much of northern Michigan, the morticians are busier than the pediatricians, the moving vans continue to head south and jobs are increasingly hard to find. With fewer natives choosing to return, the population is aging far more rapidly than the rest of the state.
The graying of the north is raising questions about the long-term vitality of a region where the percentage of people between ages 20 and 40 is typically half what it is elsewhere in the state. And as politicians and community leaders work to lure young people back, residents are encouraging their own children to leave, perhaps forever.
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Source: Detroit News
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