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BroSnow t1_iu8pniw wrote

California and Florida’s population didn’t explode until after the 1950s, whereas Pennsylvania was one of the most populous states at the start of the country and continued to be so through industrialization until the rust started to form in the 1970s. That’s almost 200 years of growth compared to CA and FLs recent 50.

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