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Pittsburgh Isn’t Growing. Could That Be a Good Thing?

Pittsburgh Isn’t Growing. Could That Be a Good Thing?

City Cast Pittsburgh

February 20, 202420m 14s

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Show Notes

Last year, Pittsburgh (quietly) got a lot bigger — not because some huge influx of people moved here, but because the White House decided to redraw the boundaries of our metro population. Now we’re eight counties instead of seven. But despite the new boundaries, Pittsburgh as a city isn’t growing. And that got us wondering why growth is so important, and whether it might actually be a good thing to be a city settled in its size. We took our questions to Chris Briem, a regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Social and Urban Research.

**This episode originally aired October 16, 2023.

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