Reading a report on population loss in Hokkaido between 1980 and 1985. Very pertinent to New England.
...which means the declines elsewhere offset those gains. Migration to Ishikari from elsewhere on the island doesn't show on net figures...
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...so it's not just that the rest of the island declined due to urbanization, but due to actually *leaving* Hokkaido entirely.
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The Hokkaido economy is twofold: rural supply economy based on resources and agriculture, urban service economy based on gov work & light...
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...industry (paper milling, beer brewing, some others). The supply regions took all the losses, especially coal towns like Yubari.
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Gov work in Sapporo and the services around it (shopping, dining, etc) keeps people around but doesn't generate sustainable growth...
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...relying as it does on national tax revenue, which is overwhelmingly generated outside Hokkaido in Tokyo and Osaka.
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