Ask any American what they think the best dish is, and you’ll likely get an emphatic response about some local joint that makes top-tier food. It could be a regional delicacy that you just have to try or a local comfort food you won’t find anywhere else.
Ten years ago, finding out you had a half-sibling two states over took something dramatic, like a deathbed confession or a box of letters someone forgot to burn. Now, it arrives as an email notification.
In 2024, just 11.2% of U.S. households relocated, the lowest mobility rate since the Census Bureau began tracking the measure in 1948. That works out to about 14.8 million households changing addresses, which is a fraction of the movement seen even a decade ago.
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission put together a comprehensive Consumer Sentinel Network aggregation of reported incidents, and it revealed a clear pattern. More than 6 million reports of fraud, identity theft, and other consumer complaints were measured against state populations.
If you’re ready to get started on your search for a long-lost connection, Spokeo has put together a list of nine ways to track down family members and how to approach establishing contact.
Many people at one point or another have lost touch with once-close friends, a phenomenon only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, 2021 data from the Survey Center on American Life indicates that the share of adults with no close friends at all has quadrupled since 1990.