Reading a report on population loss in Hokkaido between 1980 and 1985. Very pertinent to New England.
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During that time, net population actually rose by 100,000...but everywhere outside Sapporo and Asahikawa declined
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Population in Sapporo rose by some 140,000 during that time, population elsewhere in Ishikari subprefecture rose by net 50,000...
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...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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