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I appreciate how that article points out that even though there has been steady population loss since the 70s (until recently), this has been mostly in the outer areas of the city whereas Center City and University City has in fact grown steadily in a healthy and intelligent way. There was no boom that we see in Sunbelt cities, however Center City was pieced back together and we are now seeing the fruits of this in said outer areas with new housing and infill popping up literally everywhere. Its easy to say that Philadelphia has been a dead city for decades, however a closer look shows a slow resuscitation that is still gaining momentum and we now look no further than these Ucity projects for this Boom that we've been waiting for that a strong, mature, city can support. I see this overbuilding in many "young" cities becoming a big problem in the near future. The development in Philadelphia over the last several decades has been very sustainable.