Your Zip Code Decides Your Future - Bradley Schurman - #81

Bradley Schurman is a demographer, futurist, and the author of The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny.What happens when a country runs out of people before it runs out of promises to them? By the end of the decade, America will have more people over 65 than under 18, and the Social Security and Medicare trust funds are on pace to run dry by 2030 with no fix in sight. So how much of that shortfall lands on the generation that didn't create it, and what happens to the cities, jobs, and social contract left behindExpect to learn why Bradley ranked 250 American cities on their long-term resilience and what it revealed about where people should actually move, why China overbuilt its housing by 65 million units (the entire population of France), why Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money by 2030 with zero serious plans to fix it, why demographic decline is quietly rewriting the future of war in Ukraine and beyond, why an aging population might be a parachute rather than a burden, why multi-generational households are quietly making a comeback, and much more…-Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (use code MERRILL)Save on Ice Barrel Cold Plunge: HERE (use code MERRILL)Save on beef protein: HERE (use code MERRILL)Save on Nordic Wave Cold Plunge: HERE (Use code MERRILL)Save on Board Game Tables: HERE ( Use MERRILL10)-Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast-Get in touch in the comments below or head: HERE-Bradley's Instagram: HEREBradley's Website: HERE-0:00 Intro: The Geography Of Prosperity Project1:57 Why We're Ranking 250 American Cities6:47 The Genesis Of The Index9:28 When You Don't Get To Choose Where You Live13:49 The Five Dimensions Of A Resilient City18:11 The Loneliness Epidemic And Weak Ties20:28 From Demographic Destiny To City Rankings28:47 Social Security Runs Out By 203032:18 China Overbuilt Housing By 65 Million Units34:13 Why A Robot Can't Buy A Coke40:33 The Grand Renegotiation Coming For Social Security46:49 How Messy Will The Pinch Point Be53:40 What Young People Should Actually Do1:06:01 How Population Decline Is Rewriting War1:12:15 Closing Questions: Next Guest & Book Recs