Why Urban America Will (Always) Make a Comeback

Americans have always had a love-hate relationship with big cities. Now, in an age of remote work, is the country entering a post-urban era?

At the time of the first census, only about 5% of Americans lived in cities. But by 1920, most Americans did. And in 2020, a full 80% of us were city-dwellers.

That urbanization brought incredible prosperity. By 2017, America’s 25 biggest metro areas produced over 50% of the nation’s GDP, with many of them boasting economies as big as those of major countries.

But with the onset of the COVID pandemic, a lot of Americans decided to leave cities behind. Some analysts worried we were entering an “urban doom loop,” where declining populations would lead to lower tax revenues and cities would enter a death spiral.

But that’s *not* what happened. Many of the people who left big American cities during the pandemic simply moved to other big cities. And even many of the urban areas hardest hit by pandemic-era population losses are now showing signs of recovery.

What makes cities so hard to kill? Our video reveals the secret.

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This all may be true, but Thomas Jefferson's statement about the corrupting effect cities have on people is simultaneously true.

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