[OC] Der Großraum New York City hat seinen Bevölkerungsverlust in der COVID-Ära offiziell vollständig aufgeholt

Data from the US Census Bureau, table „Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025“ at [https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/counties-metro-micro-population-estimates.html](https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/counties-metro-micro-population-estimates.html)

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This is a monstrously deceptive graph, and there’s nothing about beautiful about it either. Looks like a 2% dip over 2.5 years, and subsequent return. A reasonably Y axis and some historical context would make this much less interesting-looking, but much more honest

No one lives in NYC, there’s too many people

What’s crazy is for all this talk about urbanism, the city’s total available housing hasn’t kept up with population growth.