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1. efitz+Hv1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 21:52:54
>>amathe+(OP)
If people want to live in cities and want to have a car-free lifestyle, then more power to you.

Cities are becoming increasingly unaffordable and increasingly violent. I think that we are past “peak metro” and that the absolute refusal of many people to return to office work is going to result in an acceleration of out-migration from cities. This in turn will exacerbate other urban problems as the revenue base dries up and low wage employees become ever more difficult to find in urban areas.

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2. dukeyu+Yw1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 21:59:27
>>efitz+Hv1
I don't think "increasingly unaffordable" and "acceleration of out-migration from cities" can realistically happen at the same time. I can definitely say that London's (where I am) population is growing, and grew consistently through Covid. A quick Google tells me NYC, Seattle, Chicago are all adding people at comparable-or-greater rates than the US population is growing.
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