between 25 and 40 - most probably because of young people moving away in search of job opportunities.

The second group is made up of new towns such as Milton Keynes and Warrington.

It was mostly young people who moved to new towns in the decades after they were created.

However, those once-young residents have got older - and the average age of these cities has increased.

Milton Keynes, for example, had a large population of 20 and 30-somethings in 1996, but they are now approaching middle age.

What does this mean for cities?

A younger population can bring advantages such as attracting businesses, who will have a larger pool of working age residents to draw from.

However, cities need to provide opportunities for young people to start and build careers, as well as culturalMaand: december 2008

Below you can read the interview with 3DValley Featured Artist for December 2008 – Anikó Hencz. Anikó currently lives and works from Budapest, Hungary. She was taught graphics and painting by some excellent artists. Later on in life she took private drawing lessons and was more and more attracted towards abstract art and surrealism. She mostly use computer graphics, though all her paintings – may they be hand drawings, computer graphics, photo manipulations or some combination of all these techniques – she tries to capture an unique language that shows her personal emotions and visions. Her second “love” is creating handcrafted jewelry, especially beaded jewelry combined with glass, cork, wire, or stones. Please read our interview with Anikó below to get to know her and her