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Most Pittsburgh‑area communities are losing residents – here’s why that might be OK

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By Christopher Briem
| New Pittsburgh Courier Verified
by Christopher Briem, University of Pittsburgh Few city planning concepts are as sacrosanct as the idea that growth is good and decline is bad. For cities and counties, population growth is universally seen as a metric that defines success. Even stable population trends can be cast as stagnation to be avoided at all costs. The Pittsburgh region illustrates the problem with that thinking.
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Most Pittsburgh-area communities are losing residents – here’s why that might be OK

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By Christopher Briem
| Inkl
For cities like Pittsburgh and many others in the United States, population growth is actually unlikely. espiegle/iStock via Getty Images Plus Few city planning concepts are as sacrosanct as the idea that growth is good and decline is bad. For cities and counties, population growth is universally seen as a metric that defines success. Even stable population trends can be cast as stagnation to be avoided at all costs. The Pittsburgh region illustrates the problem with that thinking.
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Most Pittsburgh-area communities are losing residents – here’s why that might be OK

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By Christopher Briem
| The Caledonian-Record Verified
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