Daily News | Cell phone data shows Philly attracting residents from suburbs and Brooklyn
“Most of the urban centers, especially in the Northeast [and] Northwest, were seeing pretty significant declines” in population during the pandemic, says Ethan Chernofsky, vice president of marketing atIn comparison with those cities, Philadelphia enjoys the advantage of being the rare dense urban center that is relatively affordable for middle income households. An obvious draw for former New Yorkers like Dobney is the cheaper cost of housing.
“We were exhausted with New York for a variety of reasons and felt that Philly checked a lot of the boxes that we prefer in cities.”Three years ago, they wouldn’t have been able to move. Then during the pandemic, Dobney’s wife’s job went remote. The company allowed her to move cities, as long as she could still easily get back for the occasional meeting. Dobney got a new job in Philadelphia, teaching in a GED program. He commutes on the Broad Street Line.
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