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31,000 people chose to leave DC during the pandemic: Report
DC losing taxpayer dollars due to pandemic-era exodus
The pandemic changed a lot about the DMV, including where many people are choosing to live. A new report details a “pandemic-era exodus” in the District. But as FOX 5’s Josh Rosenthal reports in Northwest, the people who left D.C. didn’t necessarily go too far.
WASHINGTON – A new report details a “pandemic-era exodus” in D.C.
Released by District officials, the report states that recent data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that approximately 31,000 people left the city between 2019 and 2021, during the height of the pandemic. The migration resulted in a net loss of more than $3 billion in taxable income, including more than $1.2 billion to the city’s inner suburbs, officials found.
Researchers also found that tax filers who stayed in the city had higher average incomes than those who left; that the city lost taxpayers aged 26-44 with mid to high incomes while gaining younger, lower-income taxpayers; and that the District lost a net of about $600 million in taxable income to Montgomery County alone.
“I’m not surprised,” Sheryl Katzin said Thursday in downtown D.C. when told of the roughly 31,000 people who’d left the city.
She and others gave their thoughts about why.
“You no longer have to be close to your job, so it makes a lot of sense that people would want to make D.C. salaries and not pay D.C. prices,” Ethan Heilig said.
“The violence is getting very, very bad,” Izayah Williams told FOX 5.
“You think about the period during the pandemic,” Amit Thakkar said, “People are living in high-rise buildings like this, not a lot of space.”
“I think our mayor is not amazing at her job,” added Jada Gainer.
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FOX 5 had hoped to ask Mayor Muriel Bowser about the report, but her office declined, instead sending a statement from the deputy mayor for planning and economic development.
“We know that D.C., like other big cities across the nation, saw demographic changes during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the statement reads. “We are fortunate to have a strong tax base and continue to show economic resilience. Mayor Bowser and the District are focused on ensuring that, as part of D.C.’s comeback, we are working across government to ensure we have the right policies in place to grow our population and retain our residents.”
As far as the report goes, the news wasn’t all bad — with officials saying the most recent Census estimates show D.C. is now getting people back.
Read the full report here.
Jack Schlossberg look-alike contest in DC
D.C. is the latest city to jump on the trend of celebrity look-alike contests, with a Jack Schlossberg look-alike contest being held Sunday at Malcolm X park in Northwest D.C.
WASHINGTON – Hundreds gathered in Northwest D.C. Sunday to crown one person the doppelganger of Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s only grandson.
Schlossberg, a political correspondent for Vogue, spoke at the Democratic National Convention earlier this year.
Sunday’s look-alike contest at Meridian Hill Park is the latest in a trend of look-alike contests in major cities throughout the country. Timothee Chalamet himself showed up to his look-alike contest in New York City last month.
Watch the moment the winner was crowned below.
Winner crowned Jack Schlossberg look-alike
One person was named the look-alike of Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s only grandson and Vogue’s political correspondent. Video via X user @setotah.
Washington, D.C
Starting XI: How the Orlando Pride will line up ahead of the NWSL Championship match against the Washington Spirit | Orlando Pride
Orlando Pride lineup: Anna Moorhouse, Cori Dyke, Emily Sams, Kylie Strom, Kerry Abello, Angelina, Haley McCutcheon, Adriana, Marta (C), Ally Watt, Barbra Banda
Substitutions: McKinley Crone, Celia, Summer Yates, Carrie Lawrence, Morgan Gautrat, Ally Lemos, Viviana Villacorta, Julie Doyle, Carson Pickett
Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute to give the Orlando Pride their first National Women’s Soccer League championship with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Saturday night.
Banda dribbled into the right side of the box and made a move past a defender before kicking the ball on the ground with her left foot and past the goalkeeper. She became the first player in the NWSL to score in each round of the playoffs.
The Pride’s Angelina was nearly called for a push before passing it to Banda, but the VAR determined that the play was fair.
The Spirit (20-7-2) controlled the game and outshot the Pride 25-9, had two more shots on goal and held onto possession 58% of the time. Rosemonde Kouassi had Washington’s best chance in the 47 minute when she headed a ball from about 10 yards away.
Orlando’s win gave Brazilian star Marta her first NWSL title. The 38-year-old Marta, considered arguably the greatest female soccer player of all time, joined the Orlando Pride in 2017 but had never reached an NWSL championship game until this year.
“(It’s a) magic moment for me because I’ve been in this club for so long and (to) wait for this moment, you know, so it’s… I’m just enjoy every single moment,” she told CBS News Friday ahead of the game. “…This year become like the best year in my club life.”
Top-seed Orlando (21-6-2) went unbeaten in its first 23 matches, a league record. They beat the Kansas City Current in the semifinals before hoisting the trophy at CPKC Stadium, their home field.
Orlando is the first team since 2019 to win the Shield and the title in the same year.
Washington had won its last five playoff games when trailing at the half, but that streak was broken with this loss.
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