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I like the Brother monotone laser i have.   ...w scanning/copying. 

If you're anything like me, you're not only your own IT guy, you're the IT guy for your aging parents, and your aging inlaws, and your sister, and your brother, and your tech-incompetent friends, and sometimes the next door neighbor or guy down the street. 

I was. Now I don't answer my phone, and it's been SO much better. 

I just call my kids.

A while back, we got a building wide email from a resident wanting help in setting up a printer.  I demurred.

I bought a new stereo receiver a while back and it was tough enough to set up, it was a bit crazy with all the stuff on the back panel, most of which of course I'd never use.  I gaze at the new TVs in Costco each visit and then think about setting one up in the house.  Nope.  Even cars today can be "set up" and personalized.

These Are the Fastest-Growing Counties in the US - Marketing Charts

The Census Bureau release also identified the 10 counties with the largest numeric increase in population between 2021 and 2022. Counties in Texas occupied 6 of the top 10 spots, followed by Florida with 3 and Arizona the other. Maricopa County in Arizona was the fastest-growing in terms of numeric growth, adding 56,831 to its population, followed by Harris County in Texas (+45,626) and Collin County in Texas (+44,246).

In terms of percentage growth year-over-year, and limiting the analysis to counties with a resident population of at least 20,000, the Census Bureau finds that Whitman County in Washington was the fastest-growing last year, and the only to break the double-digit mark (+10.1%). It was followed by Kaufman County in Texas (+8.9%), Sumter County in Florida (+7.5%), Dawson County in Georgia (+5.8%) and Lumpkin County, also in Georgia (+5.8%). Not surprisingly, the counties with the biggest relative growth tended to be smaller ones, with none featuring more than 200,000 residents in 2022. For context, about one-fifth (19.5%) of US counties have a population of at least 100,000.

Turning to declines, and large counties – not surprisingly – feature on the list of those with the biggest numerical declines, led by the 2 largest counties, LA County (-90,704) and Cook County (-68,314). Rounding out the top 5 were 3 counties in New York: Queens County (-50,112), Kings County (-46,970), and Bronx County (-41,143).

Given the size of these counties (the top 4 each with at least 2.5 million residents), these declines were only a small fraction of their total population. On a percentage basis, Lassen County in California (-6%) had the largest decline, followed by 3 counties in Louisiana: St. John the Baptist Parish (-5.1%); Terrebonne Parish (-3.9%); and Plaquemines Parish (-3.3%).

There are subsets to these number that nobody likes to talk about.

People are leaving. Simple, right? Well, no it's not.

Who is leaving, and how many tax dollars are going with them?

Yet some Americans feel like they need to visit or vacation in those countries