Why is Pittsburgh losing people so quickly, while so many Americans are moving to Phoenix? A little urban history is needed to understand these trends. More than any city other than Katrina-beset New Orleans. Over that time, the Pittsburgh area has lost more than 75,000 people, Since the last census, Phoenix’s population has grown by 927,551, more than any metropolitan area except Atlanta and Dallas. The Super Bowl was a reversal of fortune because Phoenix is one of the country’s biggest boom cities and Pittsburgh continues to lose population. Not in terms of football talent: The Steelers were expected to win. Glaeser is an economics professor at Harvard.
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