The high cost of housing seemed to sap Americans’ taste for coastal cities last year as cities in Texas and Arizona gained more population than New York City or Los Angeles for the first time in a decade, according to census population estimates released today.
“What started as a promising decade for big cities is starting to crumble a little bit for them,” said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, in an email. “The Great Recession put the brakes on dispersal to small metro areas, suburbs and the Sun Belt; but those trends are beginning to resume again.”
San Antonio’s population grew by 24,200 between 2016 and 2017, the largest gain among cities, with Phoenix not far behind at 24,000.
It was the first time since 2007 that New York City did not lead the pack in population growth. That year, New Orleans added almost 39,000 residents as people started going back home after Hurricane Katrina.
The last time a Texas city had the largest population surge was in 2006, when Houston — a major destination for Katrina evacuees — added about 43,000 people.
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Smart people with a brain don't want to be on the coasts. Look at the map from the presidential election, all those for Hitler-y lived on the coasts, proof Liberal Idiots, and Morons live on the coasts!
ReplyDelete10:08-That's a fairly moronic inclusive statement. Plenty of conservative smart people are here too. Idiots are everywhere. You missed the point.
DeleteEasy 10:08 not all of us.
ReplyDeleteIts hump day and the end of the month, give 1008 a small break for their lapse in sense.
ReplyDeleteTis expensive TOO here in MD (Taxed taxed and double triple taxed. Here in OC we have OC taxes - then Worchester Co taxes, then more state taxes, hookups, outlets, insurances, etc). Virginia has plenty of taxes as well PLUS taxes on personal property, insurances, etc. DE no sales tax - whoopie, but other taxes. Maybe not so much but the state is only so big!!!
Older you are, the more you hate the cold and that's what Delmarva has - at least 5 months (Nov-Mar) of COLD! AZ and TX more warmth, less taxes. Nothing really is going to give over the next 20 years - until all Baby Boomers have left to the after life, then we'll see how things (population) pans out!
1:51- AZ and TX are not warm. They are hot! Too hot. I like the Eastern Shore for its weather, among dozens of other reasons. You can't let politics govern all aspects of your life, and the weather here is just fine. I could not imagine having to crank the A/C all year long.
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