The Next Hundred Million America Summary

In the book “The Next Hundred Million – America in 2050” author Joel Kotkin predicts the future outcome of America compared to other countries around the world. According to him “The Next Hundred Million is not a story of power brokers, policy disputes, or media perceptions. Rather, it is an inquiry into the evolution of cities, towns, and neighborhoods, and of industries, churches, and families, both in newly emerging regions and in venerable old ones.” While reading this book my thoughts and ideas were mostly parallel with his, but there were a few exceptions when I hit a crossroad in his theory. I mostly agreed with some of his points such as the new occupants and new ways of suburban life and the increasing heterogeneous population, but I also disagree with his stand on issues …show more content…
Such an ethnic diversity in the population will demand for a variety of places of worships. To prove this, chapter one “Four Hundred Million Americans” says “The best places to find America’s Hindu temples and new mosques are not in the teeming cities but in the outer suburbs of Los Angeles, New York, and Houston. But these areas are rarely dominated by one ethnicity, and alongside the temples and mosques you will also find churches and synagogues.” It is said that suburbs in the future will become melting pots in the years to come, as more and more immigrants from other countries opt for dispersed living over crowded metropolises. In the coming years there will be floods of multi-racial people such as Chinese, Hispanics, African Americans, Europeans, and many others. This leads to the prediction that America will become nearly fifty percent non-white by the year 2050. This is one of the main reasons and points brought up that I agree with from the thesis of the book “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050” which is a revolutionary visual into the futures of the