Boston had 800,000 people who lived there in 1950. It drifted all the way down to about 600,000.
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
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Markey discusses Boston's population decline and recent growth due to transit-oriented development.
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