Funny you should mention Buffalo.

That is one of only two of the 50 largest US metropolitan areas to lose population metrowide from 1990 to 2000, and I believe Census Bureau estimates have both of them continuing to shed residents in toto.

The other one? Pittsburgh.

You're probably right, phillynova -- compared to Buffalo, we do have our act together.

I'd even be willing to include Detroit in that category. Not so sure about Pittsburgh despite the relative performance of Pennsylania's two big cities, though.

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