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Ed Markey: Boston had 800,000 people who lived there in 1950. It drifted all the way down to about 600,000.

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Boston had 800,000 people who lived there in 1950. It drifted all the way down to about 600,000.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses Boston's population decline and recent growth due to transit-oriented development.

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