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Major US cities are losing residents: they are leaving en masse for smaller towns

Eight of the 10 largest US cities lost population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The leaders among them are New York (New York), Los Angeles (California) and Chicago (Illinois). Between July 2020 and July 2021, New York lost more than 305 people, while Chicago and Los Angeles lost 000 and 45 residents, respectively. Why and where do residents of large cities move? 6ABC.

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While San Francisco, California is not among the top 55 cities, almost 000 residents, or 6,3% of its population, left in 2020, the highest of any US city.

Among the 10 largest cities in the US, according to 2021 population estimates, only San Antonio (Texas) and Phoenix (Arizona) received new residents, but each added only about 13 people, or less than 000% of its population.

Justin Jordan's move to Phoenix a year ago was motivated by a job offer where he was paid more than in Moundsville, West Virginia, where he lived. He had to adjust to a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (+43,3 degrees Celsius) and uncontrolled traffic.

“I love the weather and the atmosphere here,” said Jordan, 33, a senior operations manager at a business services firm.

Among the largest US cities, Austin and Fort Worth (Texas), Jacksonville (Florida), Charlotte (North Carolina) and Columbus (Ohio) received modest population growth. Cities where it has grown by more than 5% include North Port and Port St. Lucie in Florida, Spring Hill, a city near Nashville, Tennessee, and three Idaho cities: Caldwell, Meridian, and Nampa.

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In March, the Census Bureau released city and county estimates showing changes from mid-2020 to mid-2021. For example, March data shows that the Dallas, Texas metro area experienced the largest population growth of any U.S. metropolitan area. More than 97 inhabitants were added there, but at the same time, the metropolis lost almost 000 of its citizens. The increase occurred in the suburbs of Dallas, in particular in Frisco, McKinney and Plano.

The reasons for the population change vary from city to city, they are due to the cost of housing, work, births and deaths. The pandemic and lockdown that followed in the spring of 2020 made life in the crowded city less attractive for a while, and those who could leave (such as workers who could do their jobs remotely) did.

Brookings Institution demographer William Frey said he believes the population decline in most major U.S. cities from 2020 to 2021 is "short-lived and pandemic-related."

The fastest growing cities with at least 50 inhabitants were in the suburbs of rapidly developing urban areas. These included: Georgetown and Leander outside of Austin; the cities of Queen Creek and Buckeye, Casa Grande and Maricopa outside of Phoenix; the city of New Braunfels, not far from San Antonio; Fort Myers, Florida. Their growth rates ranged from 000% to 6,1%.

According to Keith Hutchinson, the city's communications manager, the Austin metro area has grown by leaps and bounds, as has Georgetown, more than 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the Texas capital. The city grew by 10,5%, the most in the country last year, and is now home to 75 residents.

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“It's not really a surprise,” Hutchinson said. “People move here looking for work.”

Estimates also showed population declines of 3-3,5% in New Jersey cities such as Union City, Hoboken, and Bayonne. Similar declines occurred outside of San Francisco in Daly City, Redwood City, and San Mateo, as well as Cupertino in Silicon Valley.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, which was devastated by Hurricane Laura in 2020, lost almost 5% of its residents, the second-highest loss in the US after San Francisco.

There, the cause was a Category 4 storm, while elsewhere, a pandemic was the cause of the move. Andrew Mazur, 31, has long wanted to leave Philadelphia for South Florida, where he grew up. In November 2020, it became possible to work remotely without changing jobs in a large professional services firm. He joined nearly 25 residents who left Philadelphia between 000 and 2020.

Although now he needs a car to get around. But Mazur loves to play golf and go to the beach every weekend. He recently moved out of his parents' house and bought his own apartment in Fort Lauderdale.

"I will not be back. It's great here," concluded Andrew.

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