00:00Immigrants saved big cities from dramatic population decline after the pandemic pushed 2 million people into the suburbs, exurps, and
00:08smaller cities.
00:09According to a report published this month by the Economic and Innovation Group, between July 2020 and July 2021, 1
00:17.2 million people left the country's large urban counties.
00:21Another 860,000 people joined the move between 2021 and 2022.
00:27The Hill reports 17 of the nation's 25 largest counties suffered population losses between April 2020 and July 2022, despite
00:37the immigrant population influx.
00:40The historic exodus, combined with chronic office vacancies and surging crime, posed profound and potentially existential challenges to America's great
00:48cities.
00:49Half of all office spaces sit empty in 10 of the largest cities in America.
00:53In turn, the nation's downtowns feel depopulated, making room for a rise in crime, invoking memories of a much worse
01:01urban crime problem in the last millennium.
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