Parsing out the reasons for demographic change can be complicated, but some local and regional trends might offer clues to why some Virginians are starting families – and where. “No one has a clear answer, but I think part of it can be traced to a change in priorities,” said Hamilton Lombard, a demographer with UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center. “And it is unbelievably complicated, but I think there is something to be learned from looking at certain regions of the state.”