Demographics – Page 6 – Coldstreams

Tue. May 12th, 2026

Demographics Everything is Untrue Gen Z/Generational issues Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration Media

Media: “I moved abroad” stories are biased to Europe

2026 March 15

A pop meme in the media is "I moved abroad" stories, with about 80% detailing a move to Europe. Yet only about 20+/-% of Americans abroad live in Europe.

Demographics Education Everything is Untrue Gen Z/Generational issues International/Global/Immigration

Immigration: The US exports humanities students and imports STEM students

2026 March 13

Up to 45% of humanities students study abroad and develop global skills; hardly any STEM students do this as their course schedules do not allow study abroad.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues

Demographics: Portland State University has seen a -23% enrollment drop

2026 March 13

The demographic collapse starts to get noticed ... Washington's WSU has seen a similar drop.

Demographics Economy Gen Z/Generational issues

Economy: Baby boomers already selling their homes

2026 March 12

Boomers are already selling their homes.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues

Demographics: Oregon City schools faced with declining enrollment

2026 March 12

More school cutbacks due to the declining fertility rate - and over building of schools, in some districts.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration

Education: Who studies abroad?

2026 March 12

Data shows that humanities students more likely to come from wealthier families, far more likely to do study abroad programs.

Demographics Doomerism Economy Gen Z/Generational issues Media

Misleading media: “Almost half of recent college grads underemployed”

2026 March 12

Unemployment among recent college graduates is actually at a lower rate than the long term average.

Demographics Economy Gen Z/Generational issues Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration Policy/Government

Economy: The end of free trade

2026 March 11

Globalization went wild from the 1980s to 2020s. Now we've gone full protectionism. Older workers pay the costs of this flip, at both ends.

Demographics Doomerism Economy Gen Z/Generational issues

Economy, Gen Z, Demographics: Home Price to Income Ratio

2026 March 10

A popular social media meme is that the home price to income ratio has exploded. But it has an incredibly obvious error ... take a look.

Demographics Everything is Untrue

Demographics: Do you see the sleight of hand in this chart?

2026 March 8

A chart shared by a prominent X account appears to tell us nothing at all, due to how misleading it is. Wow.

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