Civic Capacity

Civic Capacity

Growing Pains: What 200 Years of Data Tell Us About How We Grow

Vol. IV, No. 53 - Are we growing too fast? History tells us we are not.

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William Lutz
Jul 15, 2026
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Ask around Troy, Piqua, or Tipp City and you’ll hear a common complaint: things are growing too fast. But two centuries of census records tell a different story — one…

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