by Elyse Menger | Jul 20, 2023 | Current Events, Demographics
This weekend, the New York Times published an article titled “How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World”. Of course, it caught our eye. The article talked about how the world is going to experience a major shift, particularly in age, over the next few...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 16, 2023 | Current Events, Demographics
A few weeks ago, we had ChatGPT write our blog post to see what the AI machine knew about site selection. The results surprised us, as for the most part the AI bot wrote something that we could stand behind. While it was somewhat boring and stiff, it got us...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 9, 2023 | Current Events, Demographics
This weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. But who is watching? Who are the fans? And where do they live? First, let’s look at sports fans across the board. Using the 2021 MRI-Simmons Doublebase survey, we added...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 2, 2023 | Current Events
Just last week, the Biden administration announced proposed changes on how they will collect data on employees which would allow them to specify a more specific race than only “white” or “Asian”. This comes from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) who has kept...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 26, 2023 | Current Events, Demographics
We’ve heard about students using AI tools to help them write essays for university with varying degrees of success. So we wondered—could ChatGPT write the AGS blog? We asked the ChatGPT bot to write an essay on using demographics for retail site selection, which you...
by Elyse Menger | Jan 12, 2023 | Current Events, Maps
Each year, U-Haul releases a list of states experiencing growth based on their own data for equipment demand for one-way trucks which they call the “U-Haul Growth Index” (U-Haul Growth States of 2022: Texas, Florida Top List Again | U-Haul (uhaul.com)). The 2022 list...
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