from “Wedner, Diane” hide details 6/5/06
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date Jun 5, 2006 12:18 PM
subject RE: Purchased any Resisdential Real Estate Lately??
mailed-by latimes.com
Mr. Moss,
Thank you for your obviously strongly felt letter. I’m afraid you’re mistaken on all accounts, though. I wouldn’t publish census statistics without spending hours poring over them, which I did, of course. With the Times’ key census tracker. There are, indeed, more Southern California residents leaving the area for other states than are coming in from other states. And I mention that clearly in the story. But the number of births, compared with deaths, has added significantly to our ranks, as well as international immigration (they’re not all “from the south of the border,” either, as it turns out). Our population is growing, not shrinking. And I compare statistics in the story from 2000, not “the last couple of years.”
I stand firmly by my story and its findings, which were well-researched and triple-sourced, as always.
