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[quote=Anonymous]This came up before and it is interesting how dismissive and defensive people were. The numbers were only part year, but the trend was obvious.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/981001.page

It is very important that this trend precedes COVID, because it is not a COVID restricted phenomenon. COVID just accelerated it.

The city is now confirmed to have lost a total of over 40,000 people in net domestic migration in the last two years. Note that these stats don't include births or international migration, where the city nets about 6-8,000 per year, but that is clearly not enough to offset.

It is telling that no one is changing their perspective as a result. Which means that everything people are saying about "smart growth" is not data driven, but more exactly what most people expect. A confluence of policies supporting enriching developers with a nanny state philosophy.

Unfortunately, attitudes take a long time to change. So expect the situation to get obviously worse and hit rock bottom before things can get better.[/quote]

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