THE RURBAN FRINGE

Overseas Recruiting for Rural Schools

To battle declining student enrolment and loss of their small school, one New York community (in the state, not the city) has turned to recruiting international students to its rural school.
Located in a valley in the Adirondack mountain range, the community of Newcomb has a year-round population of just 450.  But by successfully recruiting overseas [...]

Density is a Four Letter Word

After spending time in New York this past week, I couldn’t get over the population density of the city … over 1.6 million people live within the 60 square kilometres of Manhattan Island alone; it is the densest population centre in the United States.
I’m sure many New Yorkers wouldn’t have it any other way … [...]