Some thoughts. No population loss is good... BUT:
1. Philly is #8 of all cities when it comes to net gain of Gen Z -
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...n/11337814002/
We've gained more than NYC, Houston, Seattle, Charlotte, Tampa, Pittsburgh, and others. This great news for the future!
2. Who knows if this is accurate at all. I've also seen this:
"Using an analysis of cell phone location data, the company examined where Americans have been moving during the pandemic.
They found that while Philadelphia steadily lost population during the first year and a half of the pandemic, the picture has been more mixed since mid-2021. Between April 2021 and April 2022, the city’s population grew by 0.8%, while Brooklyn, Chicago and San Francisco have not experienced a single month of population increase since March 2020."
https://localtoday.news/ny/philly-at...hows-5778.html
3. The biggest losers were Los Angeles County, California (-90,704); Cook County, Illinois (-68,314); Queens County, New York (-50,112); Kings County, New York (-46,970); and Bronx County, New York (-41,143).
This tells me that as usual, we are beholden to national trends. I didn't do the math but it looks like LA, Chicago, and NYC lost more, proportionally speaking