Disappointment, Pessimism, Rage: Is this America at Middle Age?

Community conversations often devolve. Could it be partly due to the "midlife crisis" of the North American demographic? Can we look forward to a time of more social connectedness in the next decade, as we recalibrate to less "me," more "we?"

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November 24, 2014, 11:00 AM PST

By Hazel Borys

"Still wondering about why it’s so hard to have a civil conversation about planning for the future in so many places? Or why everyone seems so pissed about everything all the time?"

"Could it have something to do with the telltale bulge in the waistline of American demography?"

Ben Brown takes a look at recent studies pointing to the population bulge of people in their 40's and 50's, who just happen to be prone to midlife crisis. Could the grouchy public engagement period be, in part, a phase that we'll grow through?

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Monday, November 24, 2014 in PlaceShakers

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