The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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completely agree w/ your reply to jbog (I think your link needs to b fixed). I’m guessing that AC isn’t prevalent in cities like Mumbai yet it is still large and crowded but I’d bet Houston would be much smaller. Swamp coolers might keep a decent sized population in Las Vegas but no high rise hotels. Los Angeles might b more dense w much lower population in ‘eastern empire’ (swamp coolers might save the day again). Bay Area would prob b more populated. Disney World would not exist and politicians wouldn’t give a crap about FL. I suspect Dubai would b run by robots operated from Switzerland.

In southern US there would b many fewer people w birthdays in May.