Many in Madison have long perceived the city to be a youthful place based in part, I suppose, on the annual infusion of University of Wisconsin freshmen. Well, the facts are indicating otherwise. A report by The Brookings Institute has Madison 6th in the nation for the rate of growth of pre-seniors, people ages 55 to 64, between 2000 and 2010. It is hard to generalize, but it feels like all those Vietnam-era Baby Boomers at UW who chose to stay are still around.
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