TypePad 2011-03-25T22:21:31Z Hudson https://www.sampratt.com/sam/ tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.sampratt.com/sam/2011/03/2010-census-data/comments/atom.xml/ tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83454ca3969e2014e6021755d970c 2011-03-26T22:34:48Z 2011-03-27T04:28:34Z Peter Meyer http://profile.typepad.com/petermeyer1

I agree. You surely can't tell much from raw population numbers, especially in Hudson. You need to know the age,...

<p>I agree. You surely can&#39;t tell much from raw population numbers, especially in Hudson. You need to know the age, education, and income, of the population. You also need to know housing numbers (vacancy rates, housing sales data, etc.) Sales tax income is indicative, but so is property tax information (as we know, property taxes in Hudson are a huge brake on economic development). Hudson&#39;s big problem at the moment is economic diversity and depth. We don&#39;t have much of either. The fact that we have only one developer in town -- Galloway -- building new is not a good sign... But the immediate future, in my opinion, is incredibly important; if we don&#39;t fix our political system, I&#39;m afraid the next census will be dismal. </p> <p>--pm </p>