Developments Since 1972
Forty years later, some improvements were introduced to address these earlier transportation inequalities, but the US Census data (1960–2010) shows significant business relocation, population exodus, and growing poverty in the region.
From 1950 to 2012, these 3 states (Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri) have lost 17 seats in the United States House of Representatives. For Illinois this is a 31% drop, for Iowa a 50% drop, and for Missouri a 38% drop in national representation and political power. In this same 62 year period, the Forgottonia region of Illinois went from 3 US House Representative districts to 1 US House Representative District, shared with central or southern Illinois.
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“The developments in the North were those loosely embraced in the term modernization and included urbanization, industrialization, and mechanization. While those changes went forward apace, the antebellum South changed comparatively little, clinging to its rural, agricultural, labor-intensive economy and its traditional folk culture.”
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