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What is needed before attributing a population jump across Macon’s consolidation to migration?

A comparison of the areas’ official nicknames
A comparison of unrelated release dates only
A comparison of two differently defined areas only
A comparison using harmonized boundaries

A comparison of the areas' official nicknames
A comparison of unrelated release dates only
A comparison of two differently defined areas only
A comparison using harmonized boundaries

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A time series spanning Macon's consolidation needs harmonized boundaries before demographic change is attributed to migration.

Compare the same geographic area across both dates, or explicitly separate the boundary change. Otherwise, newly included territory can appear as migration even though the residents did not move at all.

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