Boomers today are actually less urban than previous generations of older people.
In 2018, 17.8% of people ages 54-72 lived in urban neighborhoods, defined based on neighborhood density. That’s down from 18.2% for that age group in 2010, 19.9% in 2000, and 21.6% in 1990. The downward trend is similar whether looking at all urban neighborhoods or just the highest-density ones
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.