While outmigration has been primarily a problem for the Midwest and South. there are nearly 18.000 cities with populations of less than 2.500 for which economic growth and/or stability is necessary. Overconcentration is readily apparent to those of us from California. There used to be a great immigration to the State but the result very clearly was a deterioration in the quality of life. Because of this we are now witnessing a more stabilized situation and there are some indicators which suggest the possibility of a trend toward overall outmigration. In each of the counties of the Redwood Empire. we have a program of coordinated land use planning working toward a balance between the "greenbelt. openspace" concept of agricultural usage with the areas for cities and towns.
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