Sunday Reads: Dec. 8

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and made it to the Christmas Stroll downtown.

Here’s to a great week.

NPR: Demographer unpacks why fewer Americans are moving

High Country News: Montana’s water rights fractured by new development

AP: Female minister, 24, tapped to become Finland’s youngest PM

CityLab: The changing geography of the opioid crisis

Route Fifty: Ranking States Based on ‘Bike Friendliness’ Amid an Uptick in Serious Crashes

Route Fifty: Rural America Sees Biggest Income Dips—and Jumps

New York Times: Parking Lots, Once Asphalt Wasteland, Become Golden Opportunities

The Atlantic: The hidden crisis in rural America

The Economist: Minds turned to ash

NPR: Big money is building a new kind of national park in the Great Plains

The Atlantic: The false promise of morning routines