The Hilltowns Haven’t Seen That Much of a Population Boom

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Hilltowns of Albany County have seen a population growth in recent decades.

Indeed, you sometimes see new houses going up.

And there certainly has been some growth since the boom of suburbanization — which followed 20 years latere after the abandonment of farms in 1920s and 1930s.

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But generally the area has remained fairly rural.