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Originally Posted by pj3000
I'm not sure I would call it 'solidly' rebounding though. All 3 cities are attracting population, but not yet at the necessary levels to stem the losses from deaths and emigration. As a group, they are likely the oldest three metros in the US, in terms of % of residents 65+ and median age.
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That’s precisely the reason their recovery is even more impressive: their population is old, growing even older, and therefore deaths rates are much higher than elsewhere.
Growing from -3% to 0% with much worse demographics is an accomplishment. The US, for example, plunged from 10% to 6% over the same period. They are going against the flow. Kept this trend, they are heading to converge to the national average.