[amtrak-official]

[asquared-ohgodnotthehorrors]

What happened in 1980?

[amtrak-official]

The cause of literally everything of course, Suburbanisation, urban renewal and the decline of American Industry in the 70s

[sillimancer]

ALT

[amtrak-official]

While he did ruin so many things, the drop we are looking at was before his election as it took place between 1970 and 1980 and therefore he wasn't a direct cause in the population decline of Philadelphia, Nixon on the other hand...

[amtrak-official]

Here is the metro area population over time for comparison, where Philadelphia grew by about 200,000 people, so my theory is that a lot of the decline came from the growth of the suburbs

[femtien]

Philadelphia also bombed itself in 1985

[amtrak-official]

OK, but we are discussing the decline of Philadelphia in the 1970s!! Not the 80s!

[femtien]

you're right I misread, carry on

[amtrak-official]

It's fine

[redsunrisinginthesky]

Also the PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT bombed BLACK ACTIVISTS (MOVE) in 1985 killing 5 adults and 6 children as well as leaving 250+ people homeless. Philly didn't "bomb itself"

[amtrak-official]

I honestly didn't know about this event and I am horrified

[mynameiskleiosgirl]

NOT SUBURBANIZATION

It's called white flight.

First case was 1972.

An Examination of Philadelphia 's School Desegregation Litigation | Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education

urbanedjournal.gse.upenn.edu

[amtrak-official]

Fair, I consider White Flight to be one of the main causes of Suburbanisation but that is a fair criticism, I should have mentioned it directly