German demography : Ageing but supple | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21646213-responding-creatively-shrinking-populations-ageing-supple?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ageingbutsupple
@klaus ça a l’air d’être moins grave chez toi que ailleurs, mais bon, nous nous faisons du souci quand même .
THE little town of Schladen-Werla in rural Lower Saxony, right alongside the former barrier between East and West Germany, is in a demographic “devil’s spiral”, says Andreas Memmert, its mayor. The place is projected to lose about a third of its population by 2030. “The young and clever leave and the less mobile stay,” he notes. As the population thins out, bus routes, crèches, schools, banks, convenience stores and libraries close for lack of demand. This makes life even harder for remaining residents, so they leave too.