COVID Effect: Where We Live

What is happening? New Pew Research Center data:

• 1 in 5 adults surveyed preference for living in a city (down 25% since 2018)
• Since 2018, the suburbs are getting more love, 42% to 46% increase
• 1 in 5 say their communities will never be the same
• 10% say things are normal
• Republicans, and Republican leaning people are more apt to say the pandemic drove people apart than their Democrat or Democrat leaning counterparts

Why is this important? People wanted more space

How will this be important? Gallup tracks how people feel about the country. This result of R contingency thinking the pandemic created a divide could appear in Gallup numbers too.

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