A Surprise From Philly

An overview of demographic change in Philadelphia, PA.

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March 13, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The move to the suburbs continued in Pennsylvania, even when the suburbs were of cities in another state. The state's two largest cities lost population in the 1990s...The decline in Philadelphia was less than half the drop that the Census Bureau had estimated last year, when it predicted that the city's population would fall 10.6%. The smaller-than-expected loss had city planners firing off e-mails reading, 'I told you so.'"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Amid suburban push, a surprise from Philly

Monday, March 12, 2001 in USA Today

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